Monthly Archives: January 2024

Cintas Launches 2024 Custodian of the Year Contest

By |2024-01-16T21:04:44-06:00January 16, 2024|

Cintas Corp. is now accepting submissions for its annual Custodian of the Year contest. Now in its 11th year, the contest calls for elementary, middle, high-school, and college students, in addition to staff, to submit a short essay by February 9 describing why their school’s custodian deserves the award. Cintas will announce 10 finalists on March 5, ...

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3M Starts Search for America’s Top Young Scientist

By |2024-01-16T21:00:30-06:00January 16, 2024|

3M, in partnership with Discovery Education, has launched the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge. The 17th-annual middle school competition calls for students in grades 5–8 to submit a video demonstrating an innovation that could provide a solution to an everyday problem. A panel of judges will select 10 finalists in June. The finalists will participate in ...

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ISSA Launches New State Advocacy Leaders Program

By |2024-01-16T20:29:29-06:00January 16, 2024|

ISSA has announced the launch of a new State Advocacy Leaders (SALs) program to grow and strengthen its advocacy efforts. The SALs program is intended to further engage even more ISSA members in advocacy to further impact state and federal legislation important to the cleaning industry. “We’re excited to take ISSA Government Affairs to the ...

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Don’t Miss This Week’s FREE Facility Management Webinar

By |2024-01-15T20:26:10-06:00January 15, 2024|

Whether your facility is a university campus, a manufacturing site, or a corporate office, learn how the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles create an outstanding fan experience while welcoming over 70,000 fans per game to their world-class football stadium: Lincoln Financial Field. Facility Management Playbook: Improve Guest Experience with Football Season Strategies is a free webinar, being presented ...

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Sofidel Commits to Net Zero Emissions by 2050

By |2024-01-15T20:21:12-06:00January 15, 2024|

Sofidel has announced a commitment to reaching full-scope net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. According to a press release, Sofidel will work with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to lower the company’s greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible across its entire supply chain. Sofidel has set a goal of a ...

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ACI Announces Latest Round of Staff Appointments

By |2024-01-15T20:19:57-06:00January 15, 2024|

The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) has announced the promotions of three staff members and welcomed a new addition to its government affairs team. ACI has promoted Kristin DiNicolantonio to senior director of stakeholder communications. DiNicolantonio has been with ACI since 2020 and most recently served as the institute’s director of stakeholder communications. Brennan Georgianni has ...

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Winter’s Threat: Navigating the Surge of Respiratory Illnesses as a Cleaning Professional

By |2024-03-20T20:14:11-05:00January 12, 2024|

It’s winter in the United States, and showing up along with the cold and snow is a rise in respiratory illnesses, namely influenza (flu), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and variants of COVID-19. How, as cleaning professionals, do we address the threat of these infectious diseases to protect others and ourselves? In this episode of BioTalk, ...

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Winter 2024 Edition of Contractor’s Corner Now Available Digitally

By |2024-01-12T21:01:42-06:00January 12, 2024|

The Winter 2024 edition of Contractor’s Corner is available digitally from ISSA Canada. ISSA Canada’s quarterly publication is geared specifically toward the building service contractor (BSC) and in-house service provider markets. The Winter 2024 edition covers such topics as: Commercial cleaning and the way forward: ISSA’s Hygieia Network The art of meeting deadlines and staying on schedule A ...

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Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on Independent Contractor Classification

By |2024-01-12T21:00:30-06:00January 12, 2024|

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a final rule to help employers and workers better understand when a worker qualifies as an employee and when they would be considered an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This rule rescinds the Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act rule (2021 IC Rule), which ...

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Sodexo Appoints CFO for North America

By |2024-01-11T20:55:47-06:00January 11, 2024|

Sodexo has appointed Rohit Bahety chief financial officer (CFO) for Sodexo North America. Bahety joined Sodexo India in 2006 from Abbott Healthcare. He was named CFO and country president for Sodexo India in 2020 and was elevated to his most recent position, CFO of Sodexo’s North American campus and government division, in 2022. Bahety succeeds Sébastien ...

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