Monthly Archives: November 2023

Edmonton Tourism and Hospitality Industries Commit to GBAC® STAR Accreditation

By |2023-11-29T14:24:37-06:00November 29, 2023|

Explore Edmonton, the visitor economy and venue management organization for Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, has announced a collaborative initiative to pursue city-wide GBAC® STAR Facility Accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA. The collaborative effort includes Edmonton International Airport; Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels (EDMH), which oversees 38 properties across the city; ...

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Kimberly-Clark Names Chief Research and Development Officer

By |2023-11-29T14:24:38-06:00November 29, 2023|

Kimberly-Clark Corp., parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, has appointed Robert Long to the newly created position of chief research and development officer, effective March 15. Long joins Kimberly-Clark from The Coca-Cola Co., where he held a variety of senior leadership roles throughout his 17-year career. Most recently, Long served as chief innovation officer and senior vice ...

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Coalition Launches for a Healthy and Safe Workplace Tax Credit Campaign

By |2023-11-29T14:24:39-06:00November 29, 2023|

ISSA, in coordination with its coalition partners, released a video ad and campaign in support of a healthy and safe workplace tax credit to help businesses cover the costs of essential cleaning and disinfecting solutions, personal protective equipment (PPE), social distancing measures, employee training and certification, and more. On March 2, U.S. Senators Rob Portman ...

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City Wide Expands Partnership Program in Minnesota

By |2023-11-29T14:24:41-06:00November 29, 2023|

City Wide Facility Solutions has announced its franchise-owned location in Burnsville, Minnesota will transition into the company’s partnership program.   As part of City Wide’s heightened growth strategy, the franchise, which serves the greater Minneapolis and St. Paul area, will become a partnership with the company’s founder and CEO, Jeff Oddo, and three key team ...

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EathSafe Adds Business Development Associate

By |2023-11-29T14:24:41-06:00November 29, 2023|

EarthSafe Chemical Alternatives has appointed Travis Rafferty business development associate. Rafferty holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law. “With his strong legal and business background, Travis is the perfect candidate to lead our COVID-19 testing roll-out,” said Steven Wilson, EarthSafe CEO. “He is already developing COVID-19 testing programs with ...

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Clorox Teams With NBA & WNBA

By |2023-11-29T14:24:41-06:00November 29, 2023|

The Clorox Co., parent company of CloroxPro™, has entered into a multi-year agreement with the NBA and WBNA. The deal calls for Clorox to serve as the professional basketball leagues’ Official Cleaning Partner. Clorox will collaborate to promote health and safety at all NBA and WBNA events and games. The announcement builds upon a previous agreement with ...

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Workplace Solutions Industry Week Gets Congressional Lift

By |2023-11-29T14:24:42-06:00November 29, 2023|

Yesterday the workplace solutions industry received bi-partisan support from U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX), who teamed up to introduce House Resolution 184, which expresses support for the designation of the week of March 28, 2021, through April 3, 2021, as National Small Business Workplace Solutions Week. Like so many small ...

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Congress Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package With Implications for Cleaning Industry

By |2023-11-29T14:24:43-06:00November 29, 2023|

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a US$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package with implications for the cleaning industry. U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the legislation, which the Senate passed last week. The bill (the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, H.R. 1319) contains several provisions with implications for the cleaning industry. ...

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Kimberly-Clark Scholarships Help Small & Women-owned Businesses Fight COVID-19

By |2023-11-29T14:24:43-06:00November 29, 2023|

Last year, in collaboration with ISSA and the Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, Kimberly-Clark Professional donated US$500,000 to fund specialized scholarships for the GBAC Fundamentals Online Course: Cleaning & Disinfection Principles to provide critical training to small and women-owned businesses around the world. To date, the initiative has provided 6,131 scholarships in 84 countries, and helped 3,900 organizations prepare their workers ...

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GBAC Director Discusses Updated CDC Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Individuals

By |2023-11-29T14:24:44-06:00November 29, 2023|

When the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines this week that stated fully vaccinated individuals can gather indoors without a mask, people may have wondered whether they can leave their masks at home when they go to work. Although the guidance is relevant to people in social situations, it does ...

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