Monthly Archives: February 2024

EPA Updates List of Disinfectants for Combating Bloodborne Pathogens

By |2024-02-27T08:28:17-06:00February 27, 2024|

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has combined and updated information from several disinfectant lists to create a new list titled EPA-Registered Antimicrobial Products Effective Against Bloodborne Pathogens (HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C) [List S]. The EPA’s newly released list combines product information from the agency’s following former disinfectant lists:  List C: EPA’s Registered ...

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24,000 Cleaning Professionals Are Now LinkedIn With ISSA

By |2024-02-26T22:50:19-06:00February 26, 2024|

ISSA’s corporate LinkedIn page—ISSA-The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association— continues to expand at steady pace and recently achieved a significant milestone, topping more than 24,000 members. With a steady stream of content focusing on the latest news, events, and articles, ISSA’s LinkedIn page helps thousands of professionals stay ahead of the curve on current trends and happenings. ...

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Hill & Markes Announce Albany Expo

By |2024-02-26T22:48:56-06:00February 26, 2024|

Hill & Markes Inc. will host a free trade show, February 29 from 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. ET at Crowne Plaza – The Desmond Hotel in Albany, New York. The in-person event is free to all current Hill & Markes clients and potential customers. The show will feature how-to workshops and expert demonstrations of the latest ice cream ...

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Leveraging AI for Facility Maintenance Services

By |2024-07-16T21:05:00-05:00February 26, 2024|

Sustainable and efficient facility management is vital in today’s fast-changing business industries. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) within facilities can significantly enhance building efficiency and performance. As AI gains traction, its applications are expanding across various industries, including environmental sustainability. AI has the potential to drive corporate responsibility through predictive analytics, automation, energy optimization, cleaning, inventory ...

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Newell Announces Updates to Board

By |2024-02-23T22:07:21-06:00February 23, 2024|

Newell Brands, parent company of Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP), has announced changes to its board of directors as part of the board’s continued commitment to refreshment. On February 15, James “Jim” Keane was elected to the company’s board of directors. Keanne is the retired president and CEO of Steelcase Inc. and is the second new director to ...

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Sellars Named a Top Impact Company

By |2024-02-23T22:06:19-06:00February 23, 2024|

Sellars Absorbent Materials Inc. has been named a 2024 Top Impact Company by Real Leaders magazine. In compiling its sixth annual list, the publication evaluated and ranked privately-owned companies by asking 30 questions within six categories of intention, model, people, accountability, collaboration, and transformation (I.M.P.A.C.T.). Real Leaders selected Sellars from a pool of more than ...

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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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Technology and Building Service Contracting

By |2024-07-16T21:04:53-05:00February 23, 2024|

“Technology doesn’t define our operations; it can only enhance them.” When presenting to future or current clients, this has been one of my favorite rebuttals in addressing technology integration into our operations. It isn’t that we are resistant to technology—quite the contrary. My question has always been: Is it as effective as it has been ...

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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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