ISS, a leading global workplace experience and facility services company, has been awarded a new contract by West Sussex County Council to deliver high-quality, inclusive, and sustainable school meals across the county. The contract has an annual value of approximately DKK 100 million. Under the agreement, ISS will provide approximately 25,000 meals per day to ...
ABM (NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of facility, engineering, and infrastructure solutions, today announced it has earned a 4-Star Employer designation in the 2026 VETS Indexes Employer Awards. This is the Company’s first 4-Star rating and third consecutive year of recognition, reflecting ABM’s continued progress in supporting veterans and the broader military-connected community. The award ...
With a broad range of chemical formulations and deep segment knowledge, Hospeco Brands Group delivers high-performance solutions tailored for demanding environments—including industrial, automotive, aviation, marine, and large-scale manufacturing operations. Products are supported by a nationwide production network to help ensure consistent quality and supply. Strategically located manufacturing and distribution centers across North America allow Hospeco ...
For decades, outside sales ran on a simple formula: get in the car, visit customers, build relationships, grow business. That model served distributors and manufacturers well. But the landscape of B2B selling has shifted dramatically, and Dave Kahle, founder of Kahle Way® Sales Systems, isn’t sugarcoating what that means for the salespeople still operating the ...
The cleaning and facility services industry is changing—and women are driving much of that change. From the factory floor to the C-suite, women are filling leadership roles across manufacturing, distribution, building service contracting, and everywhere in between. At a recent roundtable conversation, Lauren Belskie, marketing operations manager at Imperial Dade; Ashley Fubini, vice president of ...
We have economists. Scientists. Physicists. Artists. Each of these “-ists” represents more than a job title. They signal a way of thinking, a discipline, and a commitment to applying knowledge responsibly in the real world. Sustainability deserves the same level of clarity and credibility. That’s why I want to introduce—and intentionally coin—a new word: sustainablist. ...
Our research has found that people who are responsible for cleaning buildings extensively use Google to make “informed” or “smarter” decisions. We also found that people are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to “make or assist in decisions” about the procurement and use of cleaning products. We have an ongoing research question: Will people ...
The cleaning industry is entering a new era, one that can best be described as the rise of physical AI. If artificial intelligence (AI) has traditionally been understood as software that analyzes information, predicts outcomes, or generates recommendations, physical AI goes a step further. It brings intelligence into the real world through machines that can ...
Golfing for a Reason Registration is open for the 2026 Golfing for a Reason charity event on October 19, 2026, at Bella Collina San Clemente, San Clemente, California. This charity golf event brings together cleaning and facility solutions professionals for a day of golf, networking, and giving back, with proceeds supporting two ISSA signature charities: ...
Growth in the cleaning and facility services industry has traditionally been measured in contracts. More buildings, more square footage, and more accounts have long been the primary indicators of success. But many operators are recognizing that scale alone does not necessarily guarantee long-term value. Increasingly, the companies that stand out to acquirers are the companies ...
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