Ecolab Inc. received top marks for its efforts to reach net-zero emissions in a recent report compiled by the nonprofit As You Sow. The study ranked 55 of the largest U.S. companies on their progress in reducing emissions. Ecolab joined Microsoft and Pepsi as the only organizations to receive an overall A grade on their …
Reckitt, parent company of Reckitt Professional, has been named the official hygiene partner of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant. The four-day holiday in the United Kingdom honors the 70th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The celebrations include a lighting ceremony, parade, and party at Buckingham Palace. Reckitt plans to provide more than 10,000 bottles …
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ABM has successfully completed its acquisition of Momentum Support. ABM’s purchase of the Dublin, Ireland-based Momentum Support expands the company’s geographical footprint and customer base in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Terms of the all-cash transaction, which includes the equity interests of the three legal entities which together comprised Momentum Support, were not …
Kellermeyer Bergensons Services (KBS) has acquired Kimco Facility Services LLC. The acquisition of Kimco expands KBS’s service offerings and client base. Per the terms of the deal, Kimco will operate as a KBS company. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. During the past four years, KBS has acquired a total of 15 organizations. “Kimco is a respected …
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) has announced 15 cities and counties selected to participate in the 2022 LEED for Cities Local Government Leadership program. USGBC’s initiative, a partnership with Bank of America, brings together local governments from around the country to collaborate on and support LEED for Cities …
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City Wide Facility Solutions opened a new office in Norfolk, Virginia. Area businessmen Jamie Brooks, Sam Ross, and Daniel Brown have partnered to open the new branch, City Wide’s third in the state. This marks the fourth City Wide office opened by Brooks, the second for Ross, and the first for Brown. The Norfolk office will service Virginia’s …
The five airports operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)—John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, New York Stewart International Airport, and Teterboro Airport—along with their terminals and fixed-base operators, have completed the annual reaccreditation process for GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory …
Diversey has appointed Anita Verkerk managing director of the company’s Benelux division. Verkerk has nearly three decades of leadership experience within the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. She joins Diversey from Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC, where she spent the last three years as general manager. In her new position, Verkerk will lead Diversey’s activities in Belgium, the Netherlands, …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is initiating an enforcement program that identifies employers who failed to submit Form 300A data through the agency’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA). All establishments with 250 or more employees—and those with 20 to 249 employees in industries with historically high rates of occupational injuries …
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Kimberly-Clark Professional has announced an expansion to the company’s RightCycle Program in the United Kingdom. Kimberly-Clark’s recycling program will now include the installation of new restroom dispensers and the disposal of old dispensers and used hand towels, Cleaning Hygiene Today reports. Interested organizations in the United Kingdom can arrange for Kimberly-Clark to remove, collect, and collate …