Cleaning Industry news

• MAG Laundry Equipment sustainability strategy to reach net zero by 2040 

  04-07-2023 14:20 via chtmag.com
  
  One of the leading suppliers of commercial laundry solutions, MAG Laundry Equipment, has committed to reaching net zero by 2040, a decade ahead of the UK Government’s target.
  Dedicated to responsible energy and water consumption, MAG has restructured its operations to support a sustainable approach to business, as well as continuing to invest a further five million pounds into research and development for all product ranges.
  One hundred per cent of MAG’s electricity now comes from re
  
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• BCC hopes Apprenticeship Standard will be approved later this year

  04-07-2023 13:47 via chtmag.com
  
  The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) is considering final proposals for an Apprenticeship-Levy funded Apprenticeship Standard for the cleaning and hygiene sector, with the expectation that it could be approved later this year.
  The final submission for the funding band will happen on 5 July, with a decision likely to be made by early autumn before the required ministerial sign off.
  The British Cleaning Council (BCC) also holds an expectation that the final Apprentices
  
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• Feelings for facilities

  04-07-2023 13:22 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Patrick Ames, Design Director at Claremont, shares insights from Claremont’s research report – aptly titled The Workplace Oooh which sets out the feeling’s employees are searching for from their workplace and offers practical tips on how this can be achieved
  Facilities management has always been a varied role with busy professionals juggling the realities of buildings, facilities, services and user behaviours on a daily basis. But now, according to new research, facilities mana
  
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• Pareto launches its first ESG impact statement

  04-07-2023 13:08 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Facilities services provider, Pareto, has launched its inaugural ESG impact statement.
  The report covers the plethora of ESG led activities that Pareto has worked on across the last few years, including initiatives ranging from how Pareto was awarded the Social Value Award at the IWFM Impact Awards for its participation of the Kickstart Scheme, commissioning its own honey, planting well over one thousand trees, culminating with Pareto achieving carbon neutral status.
  Pareto adds that the report
  
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• Smart and social

  04-07-2023 12:25 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sara Bean and Craig Peters report from the London Unworking Conference which over two days explored the future of work, real estate, technology and innovation
  In day one’s focus on Smart Technology and its impact on how we work and live, Matthew Marson, of JLL Technologies suggested that with office usage being challenging and expensive to measure, organisations need to be data driven in everything they do to make the right decisions. Developing this theme, Will Readshaw of Arcadis UK arg
  
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• Met Office launches Climate Data Portal to help organisations respond to climate change

  04-07-2023 10:41 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Met Office’s Climate Data Portal has gone live today, giving organisations improved access to climate data and other resources, allowing them to better understand and respond to climate change. Part of the Met Office’s wider strategy to maximise the benefits of its data, the portal contains 60 different data layers, as well as guidance and information.
  Built using geospatial technology from Esri UK, the portal makes it easier for any business or government organisation
  
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• Cambridge University bids to boost waste resource recovery with Mountain Recycling

  04-07-2023 10:11 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Mountain Recycling, part of the Beauparc Group, has secured a contract win with the University of Cambridge’s Estates Division.
  The contract commenced on the 1 July with Mountain Recycling providing the University with resource recovery solutions across the University’s estate. The new process will utilise technology that enabled the MR team to develop the industry’s first, 100 per cent fully recycled wheelie bins in branded colours.
  The process will separate resources at one o
  
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• Wates teams up with NHDG to boost social housing retrofit

  04-07-2023 09:46 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Building and property maintenance company, Wates, has become one of the first members of the newly formed National Homes Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) in a move that will help accelerate the social housing retrofit challenge.
  The Group will work together to drive social housing retrofit at scale, with a focus on growing a compliant supply chain, seeking innovation and advising on Government policy.
  Wates’ membership comes as its Retrofit team completed its 3,000th low carbon retrofit for so
  
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• The simple & certain route to fire door compliance from Doorfit

  04-07-2023 09:33 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Doorfit has an enviable reputation for specifying and supplying high quality products in the areas of architectural ironmongery, timber doorsets, entrance doors and garage doors. Doorfit’s deep and extensive experience with architectural ironmongery has been wrapped into a new product offering, Protus Timber Fire Doorsets.
  Post GrenfellIn the wake of Grenfell, demonstrable compliance is central to fire doors. Doorfit’s Protus Timber Fire Doorsets are now the simplest and most certai
  
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• Churchill wins contract with the Metropolitan Police Service

  04-07-2023 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Churchill, one of the UK’s largest soft-service providers, has won a wide-ranging three-year contract with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). The contract has the option to extend for another two + two years and will seeChurchill cleaning operatives deployed across 351 buildings in all 32 of London’s Boroughs.
  
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• ISSA Show North America open for registration

  04-07-2023 01:00
  The ISSA Show North America 2023, which takes place from November 13-16 in Las Vegas, is now open for registration.In addition to the trade exhibition, there will be over 70 sessions, providing resources for attendees to learn about the latest trends and solutions for cleaning, disinfection, and infection prevention and for pursuing accreditation, training, and certification.The show also features a Spotlight Event in honour of ISSA's 100th anniversary - called 'Then, Now, Forever. Celebrating 1
  
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