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Wages and Olympics bring doubt
17th of April 2024
French cleaning firms face uncertainty in 2024 as wages rise and the Olympic Games take place there. Christian Bouzols tells us more.
The year 2023 was an active but quite varied one for French cleaning companies and their clients. The economic background encouraged a high number of takeovers among companies large and small.
According to Patrick
Sustainable washroom strategy
16th of April 2024
With reports suggesting consumers are looking for more eco-conscious products, Alasdair Sharp from Satino by WEPA explains how facilities managers can curate a more sustainable hygiene strategy to help achieve the EU’s goal to be climate-neutral by 2050.
AS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES take centre stage within businesses, one area that may be
Solutions to combat poverty risk
15th of April 2024
Low-skilled workers in the Dutch cleaning sector are at a higher risk of poverty, explains VSR’s John Griep.
A 2021 report by the Social Economic Council (SER) shows low-skilled workers in the Dutch cleaning sector are at greater risk of poverty. The issue occurs in all sectors with relatively more minimum wages, temporary workers and short
Sustainability - opportunity to transform
12th of April 2024
The impact you have on the world is changing. Are you taking advantage of it? As an industry, we need to change how we think and talk about cleaning, says Malene Thiele, global director, ESG & sustainability at Nilfisk.
Global warming and the extreme weather events often linked to it are key reasons why. Because no matter where we live,
High-fives, hearts and cake
11th of April 2024
The first Cleaners’ Day in Denmark went well with the sector, says Lotte Printz. Media still reluctant.
Imagine entering an empty office every night when everyone else has gone home, working on your own without the support of colleagues and without any recognition for your job whatsoever…
That’s what everyday life for many
Sustainable cleaning - waste not, want not
9th of April 2024
ECJ asks manufacturers how they limit the amount of waste they produce - and finds out about the schemes they have in place to reuse or recycle any surplus.
WASTE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST issues facing industry today. And in a world where we are all striving to re-use and recycle it can be hard to accept that some industry by-products simply need to
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