News – Manufacturing

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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Clorox Board Names Rendle Chair

By |2023-11-29T16:00:59-06:00November 29, 2023|

The Clorox Co., parent company of CloroxPro™, announced that its board of directors has elected Linda Rendle to the role of chair, effective January 1, 2024. Rendle has served as Clorox CEO and a member of the board of directors since September 2020. She has been with the company for more than 20 years, serving in a variety ...

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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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Reckitt Chair Announces Retirement

By |2023-11-28T19:45:37-06:00November 28, 2023|

Chris Sinclair, chairman of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, parent company of Reckitt Professional, has announced his intention to retire as chair and step down from the company’s board following its 2024 annual general meeting. Sinclair has served a nine-year term as a member of Reckitt’s board, with the last six years as its chairman. He ...

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Essity Joins Circular Electronics Research Project

By |2023-11-28T19:44:22-06:00November 28, 2023|

Essity has joined Sustronics, a European research project supporting the development of circular electronic products. According to a press release, Essity will team with companies and universities from 11 countries to develop sensor-based digital solutions for self and professional care. Sustronics consists of nine pilot studies with a focus on healthcare and diagnostics. Essity is leading ...

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SC Johnson CEO Honored by UN Foundation

By |2023-11-28T19:43:04-06:00November 28, 2023|

Dr. Fisk Johnson, CEO and chairman of SC Johnson, parent company of SC Johnson Professional, was named the recipient of the United Nations (UN) Foundation’s Leadership for a Better World Award. The honorific is part of the UN Foundation’s annual We the People awards program, which recognizes organizational leaders whose achievements have made measurable impacts in charting ...

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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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Essity Launches New Digital Platform for Family Caregivers

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

Essity recently released Caressa, a new digital platform to assist family caregivers. Essity’s new platform brings together care essentials such as tasks, medications, and appointments, into one subscription-based app. According to a press release, Caressa expands Essity’s offerings in the field of AgeTech, a rapidly growing sector driven by the combination of an aging population and ...

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SC Johnson Recognized for Combatting Plastic Waste

By |2024-03-11T15:56:04-05:00November 8, 2023|

SC Johnson, parent company of SC Johnson Professional, has been recognized as a leader in the household and personal care industry in tackling the plastic waste crisis in the fifth-annual Global Commitment Progress Report. Produced by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN Environment Programme, the annual report highlights a set of plastic packaging commitments of more ...

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