Tennant Co. has appointed Mark Sheahan to the company’s board of directors. Sheahan currently serves as the CEO of Graco Inc., an international manufacturer of products and solutions for the management of fluids and coatings. He has more than three decades of experience in global manufacturing, strategic growth initiatives, technology-driven product development, and financial strategy. “We ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) Annual Report. Since 2004, PRIA has authorized the system for registering pesticides. The latest report, the EPA’s first since PRIA 5 was authorized in 2022, details the agency’s implementation efforts, including the tracking and status of the ...
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification (IICRC) has released a newly-revised American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved ANSI/IICRC S520 Standard for Professional Mold Remediation (4th Edition, 2024). The IICRC S520 Standard describes the procedures to be followed and the precautions to be taken when performing mold remediation in residential, commercial, and institutional buildings. It also explains ...
ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, is pleased to announce the launch of the 2024 ISSA Emerging Leaders Awards. The inaugural awards program is designed to recognize the brightest young talents from across the cleaning industry supply chain—manufacturers, manufacturer representatives, wholesalers, distributors, building service contractors, in-house service providers, residential cleaners, and associated service members—who are ...
Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on urging your elected officials to put period products in schools, ISSA requesting an extension to the implementation of DOL’s new overtime rule, what the FTC ban on non-competes ...
Sofidel has been named a recipient of a Sustainability, Environmental Achievement, and Leadership (SEAL) Environmental Initiatives Award. The annual SEAL awards program recognizes companies across the world for implementing impactful and innovative environmental and sustainability initiatives. Sofidel was recognized for its Amazonia project, a collaborative effort with Suzano Papel e Celulose, a Brazilian producer of pulp and ...
Aramark has been named to global volunteer service organization Points of Light’s 2024 Civic 50 list. Established in 2012, Points of Light’s annual index recognizes the top companies in the United States based on their civic and community engagement. Last year, Aramark was an honoree of The Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia and ranked the top organization ...
F. Quinn Stepan, the longtime Stepan Co. chairman, president, and CEO passed away on May 13. Born in 1937 and raised in Winnetka, Illinois, Stepan joined the U.S. Army after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. In 1961, he assumed leadership of Stepan Co., an organization his father had founded in 1932. A tireless ...
Four ISSA-member companies have been named to Fair360’s Top 50 Companies. To develop the 2024 index, Fair360, formerly known as DiversityInc, assessed hundreds of companies worldwide on four key areas of diversity management: workforce breakdown and recruitment, talent development, leadership accountability, and supplier diversity. The ISSA-member companies included in Fair360’s 2024 list include: Aramark BASF ...
Betco® Corp. has promoted Matt Luchansky to vice president of operations. Luchansky joined Betco in 2012 as a production supervisor and most recently served as operations and manufacturing manager. In his new role, he will oversee the company’s supply chain, distribution, equipment, maintenance, operations, scheduling, manufacturing, and fermentation divisions. “Matt brings many years of Betco experience, and ...
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