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15 ISSA Members Obtain Perfect Corporate Equality Scores

By |2023-12-04T20:14:45-06:00December 4, 2023|

Fifteen ISSA-member companies have achieved a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2023–2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). First published in 2002, HRC’s annual list rates companies on their internal policies regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees, consumers, and investors. This year more than 1,300 companies actively participated in HRC’s survey, with 545 ...

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ISSA Partners With Penn State & CUNY Medicine to Advance Environmental Justice

By |2023-11-30T16:00:45-06:00November 30, 2023|

ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, is proud to announce a partnership with Penn State’s College of Medicine and The City University of New York School of Medicine (CUNY Medicine) to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities across Pennsylvania and New York. The initiative will be funded by a US$1.19 million Pollution ...

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SC Johnson Professional Offers Tips for National Handwashing Awareness Week

By |2023-11-29T20:16:45-06:00November 29, 2023|

Taking place this year December 3–9, National Handwashing Awareness Week promotes healthy hand hygiene habits in the United States. In recognition of the week, SC Johnson Professional®  has shared the following hand hygiene tips: Understand what proper hand washing entails. The correct handwashing procedure involves a thorough process: Wet hands, apply soap, and scrub for ...

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Registration Now Open for 2024 ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit and Fly-In

By |2023-11-29T16:00:39-06:00November 29, 2023|

Registration is now open for the 2024 ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit, the premier Capitol Hill fly-in event for the cleaning industry, April 10-11 in Washington, D.C. ISSA is co-hosting next year’s summit with the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) and INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry. On the first day ...

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City Wide Expands Into Idaho

By |2023-11-28T19:41:42-06:00November 28, 2023|

City Wide Facility Solutions has opened a new office in Nampa, Idaho. Local entrepreneur Bob Bennett, a U.S. Army veteran and former business executive, will lead the branch, City Wide’s first in the state, reports Building Service Management. Prior to teaming with City Wide, Bennett spent more than two decades leading Fortune 300 organizations The ...

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ISSA Show North America Celebrates 2023 Innovation Awards Winners

By |2024-03-11T15:56:12-05:00November 16, 2023|

Informa Markets’ ISSA Show North America today announced the recipients of the 2023 ISSA Show Innovation Awards. The Innovation Awards program honors trailblazing companies in the commercial, institutional, and residential cleaning community. “As we celebrate 100 years of ISSA at this year’s show, it’s also important to look towards the future,” said Ed Nichols, ISSA ...

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Purchase a Piece of History at ISSA Show North America 2023

By |2024-03-11T15:56:08-05:00November 9, 2023|

Attending ISSA Show North America 2023? Be sure to visit ISSA at Booth #647 to purchase your copy of the 100th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Official ISSA Cleaning Times: The Cleaning Industry’s Most Trusted Tasks, Tools & Workloading Resource. First released in 1963, this invaluable resource has been updated as a collaborative effort by ISSA ...

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Servicon VP Named to ISPE Board

By |2024-03-11T15:56:07-05:00November 9, 2023|

Stacey Wong has been named to the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) board of directors. Wong currently serves as vice president of strategic partnerships for Servicon. She has been with the company for more than 16 years, and in her current position, Wong is focused on developing new business partnerships in the life sciences ...

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IICRC Publishes Revised Floor Coverings Standard

By |2024-03-11T15:56:07-05:00November 9, 2023|

The Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) has released a newly revised ANSI/IICRC S800 Standard for Professional Inspection of Textile Floor Coverings (Second Edition, 2023). The IICRC S800 Standard, which has received American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approval, describes the procedures, methods, and systems to be followed when performing professional inspection of textile floor coverings ...

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Sodexo Names CEO of US Healthcare

By |2024-03-11T15:56:03-05:00November 7, 2023|

Sodexo has appointed Molly Matthews CEO for the company’s U.S. healthcare and seniors divisions. Matthews joined Sodexo in April 2022 as chief operating officer (COO) for the company’s healthcare division. Previously she was with Vizient, where she was senior vice president and general manager responsible for managing sales. She succeeds Stuart Winters, who is returning ...

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