“I never want a student to have to study to find a way to undo what we did to their planet.” That statement, spoken by George Bernardon, vice president of grounds management for SSC Services for Education, during the company’s 50th-anniversary celebration in September of 2019, helped strengthen the building services contractor’s commitment to sustainability. ...
Whether provided by contractors or in-house, facilities management and cleaning services are industries ripe for disruption. Despite the availability of technology, these industries have been slow to adopt it due to several obstacles, including a lack of digital skills, competing priorities, and cost-cutting efforts. However, there is an opportunity to fully integrate facility management systems ...
Workforce development must be more than watching a video or sitting in a classroom. ISSA is working with our members, along with federal and state governments, to map all available training centers and revise and develop training frameworks and curricula for “cleaning for health.” ISSA recognizes the power of collaboration and impactful engagement. To do ...
Chlorine often gets a bad reputation, especially in the cleaning industry. It’s often stigmatized for toxic and corrosive qualities, a pungent smell and irritating effects to the eyes and respiratory system. In fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) won’t even consider any products containing chlorine for its Safer Choice certification program. While it’s true ...
Jansan and other distributors have been grappling with several challenges since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Once the pandemic subsided, many thought things would soon return to normal. Far from it. Instead, the door closing on the pandemic has opened the distribution industry to a host of new complications, most of which the industry has not ...
Recently, the media has accused synthetic textile washing of causing fiber contamination. Clothing created from natural fibers is clothing made from animal or plant fibers (Acharya et al., 2021). Natural fibers include things like cotton, silk, linen, and wool. On the other hand, humans use a process called polymerization to create synthetic fabrics. Microfiber is ...
Safer Choice is program established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help both consumers and businesses locate products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the overall environment. But how does this initiative impact the cleaning industry? In this episode of Straight Talk!, ISSA Media Director Jeff Cross goes ...
Recent cleaning product launches in the Industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaning segment indicate this segment is trending greener. Formulators, therefore, may be looking for ingredient alternatives while maintaining or improving overall product cleaning performance. One way to make a cleaning product greener is to select eco-friendly biodegradable ingredients such as hybrid polymers that work as ...
As our lives and careers become ever more dependent on digital technology, cybersecurity is an issue that affects everyone. Cybercrime can be costly and damaging to a company’s reputation. This is as true for the cleaning industry as it is for any other sector of the economy. Cybersecurity expert Larry Dietz should know. Dietz has ...
For years the ISSA Show Innovation Awards Program has been celebrating companies in the commercial, institutional, and residential cleaning community that are addressing challenges with new products and services. The annual awards program honors trailblazing companies for developing innovative products or services that address key challenges industry professionals are trying to solve in their daily ...
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