Articles | Sustainability & ESG


Seven Steps to Drive Sustainability
Stephen P. Ashkin | May 8, 2017

The professional cleaning industry has done a great job with green cleaning.  Today over 30 percent of all cleaning products in the...read more


Sustainability: The Next Turning Point in Professional Cleaning
Ron Segura | May 3, 2016

Earth Day 2016 (April 22) represents a possible turning point for many in the professional cleaning industry. For most custodial workers, the...read more


Master Your Membership to Maximize Your Business
Rosie Rangel | January 11, 2016

Part of ISSA’s mission to change the way the world views cleaning involves delivering solutions to our members to better their business....read more


Water Efficiency
Klaus Reichardt | May 23, 2013

Americans have been blessed in the sense that, for most of our history, a shortage of water has just not been a...read more


Brushing Up on Your Water Vocabulary
Doug Berjer | May 1, 2012

With last week’s observation of Earth Day, this is a good time for cleaning professionals to become more focused on water, which...read more


Every Day Is Earth Day for the Cleaning Industry
Jolynn Kennedy | April 20, 2012

Earth Day was created 42 years ago by a small but passionate group of individuals that organized speeches and rallies throughout the...read more


Taking Green Cleaning to Schools
Bill Balek | January 26, 2012

Environmental preferability, sustainability, “green,” reducing your environmental footprint … these terms have become part of our everyday lexicon as schools, businesses, households,...read more


Green Trends Not to Be Ignored
Bill Balek | January 26, 2012

Not so many years ago, distributors of commercial cleaning products would only venture to stock a handful of green chemical cleaners, and...read more