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More ladies’ toilets for Mumbai
30th of November 2011
The municipal corporation of Mumbai in India is to build dedicated toilets for women at 2km intervals around the city.
And a group of NGOs in the region want them to be equipped with sanitary pad vending machines and staffed by female cleaners.
The civic body of Mumbai aims to improve sanitary standards by providing free-to-use washrooms for
Chidichimo encourages excellence in service delivery
28th of November 2011
In the last of his exclusive series of articles for ECJ, Pedro Chidichimo of Diversey writes about the importance of service quality and customer satisfaction as components of measurable profit for a company. He advocates the development of a service quality model for facility management/service contractor companies, based on five simple
Surewash aims to standardise hand hygiene compliance
25th of November 2011
ECJ reports on a state-of-the-art technology aimed at improving hand hygiene compliance and standardising technique in applications such as healthcare.
The numerous studies that have taken place worldwide can now leave us in no doubt about the key role hand hygiene has to play in safeguarding us from infection and cross-contamination - whatever
ISS presents 2020 Vision for the Future of FM
24th of November 2011
Global facilities management services provider ISS has carried out a study in conjunction with theThe Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS) about the future of Facilities Management (FM) worldwide.
The study is based on four scenarios where the basis of the research is a survey involving more than 300 senior executives from ISS and 50
World Toilet Summit starts in China
23rd of November 2011
Yesterday saw the start of the 11th World Toilet Summit, being held this year in Haikou, capital of China's Hainan province.
During the three-day summit, representatives from relevant institutions and enterprises worldwide will look into ways to improve the world's toilets and sanitation conditions. Demonstrations of novel sanitaryware will
Tilda Swinton leaves movie promo to clean sons' school
22nd of November 2011
Hollywood star Tilda Swinton was forced to cut short her latest Oscar bid to do a cleaning shift at her children's school in Scotland.
The actress flew back from Spain where she was promoting her latest film - We Need to Talk About Kevin - to scrub floors and wash windows at the school in Moray. Tilda's 14-year-old twins Honor and Xavier attend
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