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Cleaning service companies - we must adapt
3rd of May 2012
Writing exclusively for ECJ, Andreas Lill from the European Federation of Cleaning Industries (EFCI) addresses the topic: ‘cleaning and building service companies must do more to adapt to clients’ changing needs in the face of economic difficulties’.
Cleaning service companies are increasingly forced to adapt to clients’
Cradle to Cradle - make a positive contribution
30th of April 2012
Michael Braungart is a German chemist and former Greenpeace activist who advocates that we humans can reduce our negative environmental impact by redesigning industrial production processes. He will be the keynote speaker at the ISSA/INTERCLEAN Amsterdam Innovation Awards presentation next month, and here he talks to ECJ editor Michelle Marshall.
Once-in-a-lifetime Olympic contract for Leisure Support Services
27th of April 2012The London 2012 Olympic Games are now just a few months away, but for the cleaning company contracted to work at some of the Games’ many venues preparations are well underway. Aden Duncan is business operations manager at Leisure Support Services and he talks about the company’s drive to recruit up to 900 extra staff in the run-up to
SCA in the world’s most ethical list for fifth year running
16th of April 2012
Tork tissue products manufacturer SCA has been named as one of the most ethical companies in the world for a fifth consecutive year.
A record high of nearly 5,000 companies were considered for inclusion by the Ethisphere Institute this year. The 2012 list comprises 145 organisations - the highest number since the award's inception in 2007.
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Italian Forum Pulire discusses integrated services
4th of April 2012
Milan was the venue for the first Forum Pulire, a congress for the Italian market about integrated services that took place at the end of last month.
Over 280 delegates attended the two-day event - among them were service companies, manufacturers and product distributors. Vice president of the European parliament Gianni Pittella was also
bpi.recycled products invests millions in recycling
30th of March 2012
Refuse and recycling sacks manufacturer bpi.recycled products has commissioned a multi-million euro state-of-the-art, waste wash plant at its factory in the UK, which will enable it to improve its 100 per cent recycled polythene products.
Estimated to have cost in the region of 5.4 million euros, the new plant will be used to recycle waste such
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