Cleaning Industry news

• The Cleaning Show 2025: Top conference agenda picks

  28-02-2025 13:27 via chtmag.com
  
  By David Cousins, Divisional Managing Director of Bunzl
  The Cleaning Show Conference Sessions provide a platform for industry professionals to exchange knowledge, promote best practice, and discuss the future of cleaning and hygiene. Bunzl Cleaning & Hygiene Supplies (BCHS) will attend multiple sessions across the three days, including ‘A Structured Approach to Training, Education and Development for the Cleaning Sector’, ‘Industry Panel: The Evolution of Cleaning in FM&rsq
  
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• CIBSE Building Performance Award winners 2025

  28-02-2025 13:10 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has announced the winners of the 2025 Building Performance Awards which celebrated individuals, organisations, products and projects that have set new benchmarks for sustainability, innovation and performance in the built environment.
  The Awards, hosted by comedian Marcus Brigstocke took place on 27 February 2025 at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London.
  With a total of 30 diverse categories this year, the BPAs highlighted th
  
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• Kimberly-Clark expands decarbonisation efforts with BNZ

  28-02-2025 12:25 via chtmag.com
  
  Kimberly-Clark (K-C), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of personal care and hygiene products, has signed a new partnership with Independent Power Producer (IPP) BNZ and announced the future start of three new virtual solar power purchase agreements (vPPAs) in Italy and Spain.
  The vPPAs will generate a forecasted 164 GWh of renewable electricity each year from two solar power facilities in Italy – Camposcala and Rinaldone (Lazio) – and one in Spain – Santa Catalina
  
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• Common business waste myths debunked 

  28-02-2025 11:47 via chtmag.com
  
  With just over a month until Defra’s new Simpler Recycling reforms come into action, many businesses will need to take a closer look at their waste management practices.
  There’s plenty of misinformation when it comes to sustainability, which can cause unnecessary costs, non-compliance with regulations, and environmental harm. As a result, dry mixed recycling experts at BusinessWaste.co.uk wanted to debunk 10 common myths about waste and recycling.
  1) Landfill is always the cheapest o
  
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• Window Cleaning World Cup returns to The Cleaning Show

  28-02-2025 11:20 via chtmag.com
  
  The highly anticipated Window Cleaning World Cup is returning to London for 2025 and will take place at The Cleaning Show from 18-20 March at London’s ExCeL. This exciting competition invites window cleaning professionals from all over the world to showcase their speed, skill, and precision for the ultimate prize: £1,000 in cash.
  Whether you’re a seasoned expert or a rising star in the window cleaning world, this is your chance to compete against the best in the business. Both
  
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• Sodexo recognised for ethnic diversity inclusion

  28-02-2025 11:05 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sodexo UK and Ireland has been named as one the Top 25 companies for race and ethnic inclusion in the workplace score as part of Investing in Ethnicity’s Maturity Matrix.
  It is the first year Sodexo UK and Ireland has been ranked in the Top 25 index of the Maturity Matrix, a benchmarking tool that assesses how organisations are making progress towards improving ethnic diversity and inclusion within their organisations.
  The Top 25 index recognises organisations that have gone above and beyo
  
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• Remote working tribunals up 11% in 2024 as back-to-the-office mandates gather pace

  28-02-2025 10:44 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Employment tribunal cases relating to remote working were almost 11 per cent higher in 2024 than the year before – as businesses increasingly push employees to return to the office, reveals analysis of court records by HR consultants, Hamilton Nash.
  Asda, Boots, Barclays, Dell and PricewaterhouseCoopers were among the companies that encouraged staff to work from the office more frequently last year.
  Staff resistance to similar moves is shown in the growing number of employment tribunals ci
  
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• CIC unveils new Competence Framework for Sustainability in the Built Environment

  28-02-2025 09:55 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Construction Industry Council (CIC) in partnership with built and natural environment think tank, the Edge, have published the ‘Competence Framework for Sustainability in the Built Environment’.
  This is an underpinning framework for developing discipline-specific sustainability competence requirements across the built and natural environment sector. The standard has been drafted as a Seed Document for a British Standard in the BSI’s Competence in the Built Environment serie
  
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• Diversey opens new European HQ and OpCo office

  28-02-2025 09:42 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Diversey, a Solenis company and leading player in professional cleaning and hygiene solutions, has opened a new European headquarters and shared operating company (OpCo) office for Solenis and Diversey in Breukelen, the Netherlands. The new facility reflects the shared vision of both companies to enhance collaboration, drive innovation and deliver value to customers across the region.
  
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• Serco reports a strong performance in 2024, with good momentum into 2025

  28-02-2025 09:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Global provider of government services, Serco Group, has reported a strong performance in its full year results 2024.
  Group revenue of £4.8bn in 2024, was in line with guidance, underlying operating profit increased by 10% in the full year to £274m, although reported operating profit dropped to £130m, due to an exceptional £115m non-cash goodwill impairment charge in Asia Pacific.
  Order intake increased by +7% to £4.9bn in 2024, with a book-to-bill ratio of 102%, an
  
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• Sodexo commits to meaningful change in Social Impact Pledge 2030

  28-02-2025 01:00
  Sodexo has published its Social Impact Pledge 2030, which it says sets out clear commitments to create meaningful impact for its people, planet, places and partners in the UK over the next five years.The publication represents the next phase in the company's social impact strategy, coming 10 years after the first one. There are four 'impact pathways':• People: Sodexo says it will nurture inclusive and equitable workplaces, measuring progress through its position on the Social Mobility Emplo
  
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