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Registration Opens for ISSA Show North America, Increasing Networking for Distributors, Building Service Contractors, and Facility Services

By |2024-06-28T14:25:48-05:00June 28, 2024|

ISSA Show North America, the largest and most comprehensive event dedicated to the worldwide industrial, commercial and residential cleaning and facilities industries, opens registration for the upcoming annual gathering (November 17-21 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas). ISSA Show North America, organized by Informa Markets and sponsored by ISSA, convenes over 600 exhibitors ...

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ISSA LARU—U.S. House Passes WIPPES Act

By |2024-07-02T21:47:13-05:00June 20, 2024|

Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on the ISSA-supported WIPPES Act passing the U.S. House, a janitorial workloading bill advancing in California, an ISSA survey on period-friendly restrooms, and more. Want to stay informed about ...

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ISSA Unveils New Wave of CIMS Advanced by GBAC Certified Cleaning Organizations

By |2024-07-01T14:16:09-05:00June 18, 2024|

ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, is pleased to announce 12 ISSA member companies have successfully achieved Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) Advanced by GBAC certification or CIMS-Green Building (CIMS-GB) Advanced by GBAC certification in the second quarter of 2024. CIMS and CIMS-GB certification help to set cleaning organizations and their green cleaning operations apart in the marketplace. It also ...

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ISSA Hosts Successful 2024 Business Growth Strategies Conference

By |2024-07-01T22:06:24-05:00June 17, 2024|

Dozens of cleaning industry professionals from across the United States converged on ISSA’s Rosemont, Illinois, headquarters for the 2024 Business Growth Strategies Conference. This exclusive three-day event took place June 11-13 and featured nearly 20 cleaning industry thought leaders who shared their expertise on such topics as optimizing performance practices, enhancing sales techniques, improving worker ...

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GBAC STAR Facility Reaccreditation Assists With Keeping NBA Finals Fans Healthy

By |2024-06-12T15:00:56-05:00June 12, 2024|

American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, recently completed the reaccreditation process for GBAC® STAR Facility Accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA.  The 19,200-seat sports arena, home of the NHL’s Dallas Stars and the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, joined more than 100 facilities across the globe in renewing its GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation ...

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Cintas Earns Seventh Consecutive Fortune 500 Ranking

By |2024-06-10T19:35:32-05:00June 10, 2024|

Cintas Corp. has been ranked in the 2024 Fortune 500, marking the seventh consecutive year the company has been included in the publication’s annual list. To compile its annual list, Fortune magazine examines U.S.-based companies who file financial statements with a government agency and ranks them based on their last available fiscal year revenues. Cintas posted US$8.82 ...

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ISSA LARU—OSHA Updates Hazard Communication Standard

By |2024-06-07T14:00:45-05:00June 7, 2024|

Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on DOL releasing a final rule updating its Hazard Communication Standard, EPA issuing its 2023 PRIA annual report, two upcoming ISSA webinars on recent labor laws and regulations, and ...

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ABM Reports 2% Rise in 2nd-Quarter Revenue

By |2024-06-06T19:56:15-05:00June 6, 2024|

ABM has reported a fiscal second-quarter revenue of US$2 billion, a 2% year-over-year increase in sales. The company reported a quarterly net income of $43.8 million, or $0.69 per share, down 16% compared to $51.9 million, or $0.78 per share, last year. ABM attributed the decline to the absence of a $12.6 million pre-tax gain related to ...

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California Assembly Passes Janitorial Workloading Bill

By |2024-06-04T21:59:39-05:00June 4, 2024|

On May 22, the California State Assembly amended and passed a bill (AB 2364) that would have imposed a 2,000 square feet per hour production-rate limit for workers, as well as increased the costs of mandatory, in person harassment-training programs for all cleaning service employers.  While the amended bill removed the production-rate limit, it would ...

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JLL Adds Managing Director

By |2024-06-04T20:18:32-05:00June 4, 2024|

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has appointed Kristen Vosmaer managing director of the company’s data center work dynamics division. Vosmaer has worked within the data center industry for more than two decades and joins JLL from GLP where he served as vice president of global operations. A Dutch native, he’s created and managed international teams and worked ...

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