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Clorox Continues Reign as Most Sustainable U.S. Company

By |2024-02-23T22:05:35-06:00February 23, 2024|

The Clorox Co., parent company of CloroxPro™, has achieved the top ranking on Barron’s 2024 100 Most Sustainable Companies list. In developing the seventh-annual index, the financial publication collaborated with Calvert Research and Management to analyze the 1,000 largest U.S. publicly traded companies by market value and scored them on more than 230 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance indicators. This ...

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Ecolab Adds Microsoft Exec to Board

By |2024-02-23T22:04:48-06:00February 23, 2024|

The board of directors of Ecolab Inc. has appointed Judson Althoff to the company’s board. Althoff currently serves as chief commercial officer for Microsoft Corp. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2013, Althoff held senior executive and sales roles at Oracle and EMC. Althoff will serve as an independent director and a member of Ecolab’s audit ...

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Brain Corp Teams With Tennant

By |2024-02-22T22:00:59-06:00February 22, 2024|

Brain Corp has entered into an exclusive technology agreement with Tennant Co.  The deal calls for the two organizations to collaborate on accelerating the development and adoption of the next generation of robots in the floor cleaning industry. As part of the agreement, Tennant will launch the new X4 ROVR, the company’s first purpose-built autonomous mobile robot ...

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Tennant 4th-Quarter Sales Increase 7%

By |2024-02-22T21:56:45-06:00February 22, 2024|

Tennant Co. has reported fiscal fourth-quarter net sales of US$311.4 million, an increase of 7% compared to consolidated net sales of $291 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. The company posted a net income of $31 million ($1.64 per share), a 30.38% jump from $23.8 million ($1.27 per share) a year earlier. Sales in the company’s ...

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Genesis Biosciences Joins Antimicrobial Resistance Consortium

By |2024-02-21T22:21:26-06:00February 21, 2024|

Genesis Biosciences has joined the COMBAT AMR consortium. Led by Professor Jean-Yves Maillard of Cardiff University, the consortium seeks to understand and control the emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in complex drain biofilms. Genesis Biosciences will collaborate with universities and educational institutions throughout Europe on this research project, Cleaning Hygiene Today reports. The COMBAT ARM consortium ...

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3M Files With SEC for Healthcare Spin Off

By |2024-02-21T22:19:36-06:00February 21, 2024|

3M has officially filed a Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the planned spin-off of its healthcare business as the newly independent healthcare company Solventum. Pending final approval from 3M’s board of directors, Solventum is slated to spin off April 1. The new company has applied to list ...

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ISSA Members Among Top Employers for the Black Community

By |2024-02-20T21:05:06-06:00February 20, 2024|

Seven ISSA member companies have been named to DiversityComm Magazine’s 2024 Top Employers for the Black Community list. The publication’s annual list acknowledges companies across a variety of industries for promoting diversity and inclusive work environments. The ISSA member companies included in DiversityComm’s 2024 list include: Aramark Colgate-Palmolive Co. Ecolab Inc. Hilton Worldwide Jones Lang ...

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Cintas Acquires SITEX

By |2024-02-20T21:03:01-06:00February 20, 2024|

Cintas Corp. has acquired SITEX, a Kentucky-based, family-owned supplier of uniform and facility service programs. Established by the Sights family in Henderson, Kentucky, in 1961, Sitex currently has five locations with operations in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Financial details of the transaction were not announced. “The Sights family has grown SITEX into a strong ...

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Sofidel Recognized for ESG Risk Management

By |2024-02-15T20:42:17-06:00February 15, 2024|

Sofidel recently ranked as the top company in the household products category of Morningstar Sustainalytics’ annual ESG Risk Ratings.  Each year, Sustainalytics analyzes more than 14,000 companies worldwide on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and its risk to the business’ financial stability. Sofidel received a score of 14.4, placing it in the Low Risk ...

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Tennant Reveals Custodians Are Key Contest Finalists

By |2024-02-13T22:07:13-06:00February 13, 2024|

Tennant Co. has announced the finalists for its fifth-annual Custodians Are Key recognition program. First launched in September 2019, the annual program recognizes the work K–12 custodians are doing in educational facilities across the United States. This year’s campaign theme is a school yearbook, providing a look back over the past four years of the contest while highlighting the ...

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