Ecover is an international company active in the fast-moving ecological detergents and cleansing agents market. Founded in 1980 in Belgium, Ecover has been a trendsetter from the very start: as a pioneering company, it marketed a phosphate-free washing powder even before phosphates were branded as a problem. Since then Ecover, under the ownership of Jørgen Philip Sørensen CBE, has developed into the world's largest producer of ecological detergents and cleansing products. Besides its headquarters in Malle, close to Antwerp in Belgium, Ecover has sites in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Switzerland, and its products are marketed in more than 26 countries.