The cleaning industry has always been about more than appearance. At its best, our industry protects public health, improves indoor environments, supports worker safety, and helps organizations operate more efficiently. Today, advocacy and sustainability are becoming increasingly connected, and companies that understand this relationship may be better positioned to succeed in a changing marketplace. Sustainability ...
Most foodservice operators indicate that sustainability initiatives are becoming increasingly prevalent at their establishments. Many restaurants and institutional kitchens are focused on food waste reduction, sustainable and local sourcing of ingredients, and energy-efficient, smart kitchens as part of these initiatives. However, using sustainable cleaning products and procedures has also become a key focus of industrial ...
Indoor air quality and mold management are no longer back-of-house maintenance issues. They are brand issues, guest experience issues, and in many cases, risk management priorities. Nowhere is that clearer than in the global hospitality space, where expectations are high, environments are complex, and consistency across locations is critical. I recently sat down with two ...
For decades, the cleaning and facility solutions industry has built its case for value around appearance, productivity and, especially since the pandemic, infection prevention. A larger conversation is now taking shape around healthy buildings grounded in science, one that gives cleaning and facility solutions professionals a stronger voice in how buildings are designed, managed, measured ...
In today’s business world, companies are no longer competing solely on products, services, or price. They are competing on their ability to anticipate change, adapt quickly, and prepare for the future. Markets are evolving rapidly, customer expectations continue to shift, and new technologies are disrupting traditional business models. At the same time, global uncertainties have ...
Michigan State University, a valued ISSA member organization, does not act its age. Walk into one of its 27 residence halls on a fall morning, and the floors shine, the dining equipment runs, and a building that has sheltered generations of its athletic teams, the Spartans, looks ready for generations more. What students rarely see ...
A new research center at Penn State University is inviting companies, facilities, manufacturers, distributors, and public-sector organizations to build the evidence base demonstrating the value of professional cleaning. The cleaning industry has a credential gap Every day, millions of workers clean hospitals, schools, office towers, airports, factories, aircraft, and transit systems. They control infection, protect ...
When people ask me how my wife and I built our cleaning company, they usually expect me to talk about marketing, sales, or finding customers. The truth is none of those things came first. Trust did. When we arrived in the United States, we had the opportunity to invest in a business, but we had ...
Every weekday at 7:30 a.m., a small gathering on an inpatient unit shapes the fate of every patient on the floor. The attending physician, charge nurse, pharmacist, case manager, and social worker cluster around the nursing station. They run the list. They discuss who is going home, who is not, who needs a family meeting, ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) keeps showing up in our industry conversations, and I think we are talking about it the wrong way. We are talking around it. What we are not talking enough about is what we want it to actually do, and who benefits when it does it. I lean toward a concept I call ...
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