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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
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
Cleaning chemicals - minimising risk
14th of June 2022
Some chemical cleaning products pose a potential risk to staff – particularly when inhaled. ECJ finds out what employers and associations are doing to protect staff members and minimise the risk to cleaners’ lungs.
THE WORKPLACE IS A SAFER place today than it has ever been before. Or so we like to think. Safety came fairly low down
SK Clean - EFCI’s report on the outcome of two years’ work
7th of June 2022
Isabel Yglesias at EFCI reports on the outcomes of the project SK-Clean: Digitalisation in the Cleaning Sector, Supporting the Skills Transition for Cleaning Agents.
At the beginning of April the EFCI presented at the Viennese Building Cleaning Academy (the Bundesinnung der chemischen Gewerbe und der Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereiniger,
The ambiguity at the heart of sustainability reporting
24th of May 2022
A gap in the way we measure corporate CO2 emissions and product sustainability is risking the creation of lower quality products as well as hitting corporate sustainability goals. Here, Malene Thiele, Director, Global ESG & Sustainability at Nilfisk, discusses the challenges of working with lowering GHG emissions in Scope 3, whilst also
Washrooms - his, hers and theirs
4th of April 2022
Will gender-neutral washrooms soon become the norm in our increasingly equal society? ECJ considers the pros and cons of unisex toilets and asks providers whether or not they believe these to be the future of public washrooms.
“I’M JUST POPPING TO THE LADIES.” “I’m heading for the gents”. Or: “I’m
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