General Industry related news to keep you informed
Tork, an Essity brand, recently teamed with the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles to donate US$39,000 worth of essential hygiene products to Project HOME. For every completed catch made by the Eagles from September 19 through the end of the NFL season, Tork pledged to donate $100 worth of hygiene products to Project HOME
Kingston City Hall in Kingston, Ontario and Fleet Landing in Atlantic Beach, Fla. are the latest facilities to achieve GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA. From government buildings to retirement communities, GBAC STAR validates infection prevention procedures in the most critical Read more
GP PRO has established a marketing partnership with Butlr Technologies, a spin-out of the MIT Media Lab. The agreement calls for Butlr’s people-sensing platform, which uses wireless sensors and artificial intelligence to passively detect human presence indoors, to be paired with GP PRO’s KOLO Smart Monitoring System. The collaboration will help facilities enable Read more
National Cleaning Week is just around the corner! The week-long event hosted by ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, takes place March 27 – April 2, 2022. National Cleaning Week provides an opportunity to recognize cleaning professionals, promote legislation that supports the industry, get involved in philanthropy, highlight the Value of Read more
The Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, today announced that its first official scientific paper has completed peer-review and been accepted for publication. The paper, “Biological Air Quality Considerations for Non-Healthcare, As Built Environments,” was developed with support from the National Airduct Cleaners Association (NADCA) and addresses Read more
Essity has been named a Supplier Engagement Leader by the global nonprofit environmental organization CDP. The CDP’s designation reflects Essity’s efforts to reduce emissions of what is referred to as Scope 3 (which includes purchased goods and services, purchased transportation, and waste from operations) in the Science-Based Targets initiative. “Our day-to-day Read more
The Clorox Co., parent company of CloroxPro, has been named the official cleaning and disinfectant product partner of The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkley). Per the terms of the three-year, nearly US$1.3 million-dollar relationship, Clorox will provide the Berkley, California, university with Clorox® disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer as well as Read more
The Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI) has announced the installation of newly elected officers and directors to its board. The following directors were elected to officer positions on the BSCAI Board of Directors in 2022: President: Nathalie Doobin, Harvard Services Group Inc. President-elect: Paul Taylor, ESS Clean Inc. Vice president: Philippe Read more
CloroxPro has launched CloroxPro HealthyClean, an online learning platform designed for frontline cleaners and managers. The on-demand digital educational system features the HealthyClean Trained Specialist Course, which recently achieved accreditation from the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB), indicating it has met the highest standards for program quality and training comprehension. CloroxPro Read more
Tork, an Essity brand, pioneered the industry’s first data-driven cleaning solution in 2014. Back then, few people had given serious thought about how digital solutions could help Facility Managers and Facility Service Companies maximize efficiency and allocate resources. Now, the pandemic has brought new and even higher demands on cleaning Read more