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Safe products, healthy bodies
23rd of June 2022
Christian Bouzols in France tells us about a cleaning company that’s been prioritising safety for its staff.
Launching a cleaning company using only green products back in 2009 was far from a safe bet. Omar Akaski had to use all his skills of persuasion to convince his first clients that bleach type products were not useful for sanitising
Back to the office - seeking new solutions
22nd of June 2022
As staff around the world return to offices, there is increased awareness about the relationship between the performance of a building and retention of staff. New technologies and IoT solutions can help to address many of the challenges – explain Simon Redgate of microshare.io and Nicolai Baumberger at Soobr.
WELCOMING STAFF BACK to the
Tokyo 2020 - under the microscope
21st of June 2022
ECJ correspondent in Japan Bobbie van der List reports from Tokyo on the enormous cleaning operation involved in the Olympic Games there last year. Among concerns around Covid-19, cleanliness standards were under the microscope, however there were concerns about how cleaning operatives were being treated.
WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM the world watched
Don’t lose the focus on cleanliness
21st of June 2022
A new wave of Covid cases in schools has led to increased focus on cleanliness in public spaces – writes Anna Garbagna in Italy.
The new increase of infections recorded in Italy during the month of March, as well as alarming the national health service in fear of a fourth wave of Covid, has once again brought to the fore the ongoing problem
A chemical reaction
20th of June 2022
The need for sustainable solutions has become a key driver in cleaning. But at the same time, Covid-19 has heightened demand for sanitised, germ-free public spaces. So how are these contrasting requirements impacting on the chemicals sector, asks Ann Laffeaty?
TWO KEY TOPICS have dominated the cleaning industry in recent years: the need for
The value of passing on experience
17th of June 2022
The value of mentoring others should never be underestimated, says UK reporter Lynn Webster.
At a recent networking event I attended with some eminent and influential cleaning industry colleagues, we realised that between what was only a fairly small group we actually have hundreds of years of valuable experience between us. This was a
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