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Cleaning for Health

Health should be the most important concern to each and every one of us, as it is truly the only thing we really possess that we cannot live without.  This conversation came up in class during a recent GCIC Technician training, and it was identified that living was the only thing a person really has to do until one passes. While this is not something that we want to dwell on, it is a fact.

Green Information

Information is coming at us these days from all directions, but for the largest part it comes from the internet. This information can be a wonderful insight into places of our world that we would have never come in contact with. Other times the information found must be taken with a grain of salt. What can you trust and how do you know?

Green Clause for RFP

If your company is Going Green, then I suggest that you put into your RFPs (Request for Proposal), bid requirements, and contract demands that any company doing business with your company must hold an "Audited Green Certification." 

GCI Named Top Merchant

Top MerchantGreen Clean Institute has recently been named "TOP MERCHANT" by Merchant Circle.  This is a pleasant piece of news as the reputation of the Green Clean Institute grows.  We have worked with hundreds, even thousands of people and firms to educate them about Green Practices.  It is good to see some growing recognition for our work, and this is the beginning of greater things to come.

Janitorial Greenwashing

As a janitorial service, we find that the race to add Green Products to the janitorial closet is the primary claim for a Green janitorial business.  This begs the question, "What happens when all the other firms eventually add Green products to their janitor carts as well?"  We have long asserted that "Green does not come in a bottle," and it is misleading and dishonest to say that your firm is Green because of the inclusion of one or more Green products.  After everyone equalizes out on products, which firms will be the ones that have the su