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GP PRO Joins Cleaning Coalition of America
The Cleaning Coalition of America (CCA), the leading trade group representing cleaning service professionals nationwide, today welcomed GP PRO, along with Diversey Holdings, GOJO Industries, and Kimberly-Clark Professional, as an Official Partner of the organization. As one of the nation’s top hygiene and facility management product suppliers, GP PRO will help strengthen the CCA’s voice as a champion for cleaning best practices and measures that protect public health.
Founded in 2020 by six of the nation’s largest facilities services companies, the CCA advocates on behalf of professional cleaners and suppliers nationwide to shape and advance crucial policies that promote healthy and safe spaces. With the addition of leading hygiene and cleaning product suppliers, the CCA represents the entire cleaning value chain – from the scientists developing innovative cleaning supplies and the manufacturers producing these products to the millions of professional cleaners nationwide who use these tools every day.
“These partnerships with the nation’s preeminent hygiene and cleaning product suppliers represent the next chapter of the Coalition – one that spans across all facets of cleaning and disinfecting,” said Josh Feinberg, President of the Cleaning Coalition of America. “Together, we will continue to work with policymakers, industries, and businesses to develop smart policies and protocols that promote a safe and responsible return to business.”
More than ever, embracing enhanced cleaning regimens is both a health and business imperative that can help reduce the potential for COVID-19 outbreaks, support the nation’s continued economic recovery, and mitigate the spread of viruses that cost U.S. employers more than $225 billion annually in lost productivity – nearly $1,700 per employee. Over the past two years, the CCA has leveraged the expertise of its founding members in the commercial cleaning industry to develop resources and original reports to inform a safe return to in-person business and to keep workers healthy amid the pandemic.
Now, with declining hospitalization rates and widely available vaccines, America is reaching an inflection point where endemic-focused policies can replace pandemic-driven restrictions. As the Coalition looks to the future and ways to mitigate against the next public health emergency, the addition of the largest global hygiene and cleaning product suppliers will bring a critical perspective on the products, tools, and technologies needed to keep shared spaces healthy and safe.
“As a company dedicated to helping advance hygiene in public places, GP PRO applauds the work of the Cleaning Coalition of America in advocating on behalf of professional cleaners and cleaning suppliers nationwide,” said Julie Howard, vice president and general manager of GP PRO’s Towel, Skin Care and Air Care categories. “These individuals have served tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and we look forward to working together with CCA and other leading hygiene companies to support them and to create a positive impact in all corners of the industry.”
Last year, the CCA released Clean Slate: A Reopening Guide for New York Businesses. The report, developed in coordination with independent experts in infectious disease and environmental hygiene, outlines recommendations for how businesses can maintain a safe and healthy workplace and mitigate the spread of viruses.
Most recently, the Coalition conducted a survey examining the perceptions of 1,800 U.S. workers on returning to the workplace. The survey found that an overwhelming 93.4 percent of vaccinated respondents and 82.2 percent of unvaccinated respondents cited workplace cleaning protocols as important – with 77.2 percent of workers wanting the workplace cleaned daily.
Founded in 2020 by six of the nation’s largest facilities services companies, the CCA advocates on behalf of professional cleaners and suppliers nationwide to shape and advance crucial policies that promote healthy and safe spaces. With the addition of leading hygiene and cleaning product suppliers, the CCA represents the entire cleaning value chain – from the scientists developing innovative cleaning supplies and the manufacturers producing these products to the millions of professional cleaners nationwide who use these tools every day.
“These partnerships with the nation’s preeminent hygiene and cleaning product suppliers represent the next chapter of the Coalition – one that spans across all facets of cleaning and disinfecting,” said Josh Feinberg, President of the Cleaning Coalition of America. “Together, we will continue to work with policymakers, industries, and businesses to develop smart policies and protocols that promote a safe and responsible return to business.”
More than ever, embracing enhanced cleaning regimens is both a health and business imperative that can help reduce the potential for COVID-19 outbreaks, support the nation’s continued economic recovery, and mitigate the spread of viruses that cost U.S. employers more than $225 billion annually in lost productivity – nearly $1,700 per employee. Over the past two years, the CCA has leveraged the expertise of its founding members in the commercial cleaning industry to develop resources and original reports to inform a safe return to in-person business and to keep workers healthy amid the pandemic.
Now, with declining hospitalization rates and widely available vaccines, America is reaching an inflection point where endemic-focused policies can replace pandemic-driven restrictions. As the Coalition looks to the future and ways to mitigate against the next public health emergency, the addition of the largest global hygiene and cleaning product suppliers will bring a critical perspective on the products, tools, and technologies needed to keep shared spaces healthy and safe.
“As a company dedicated to helping advance hygiene in public places, GP PRO applauds the work of the Cleaning Coalition of America in advocating on behalf of professional cleaners and cleaning suppliers nationwide,” said Julie Howard, vice president and general manager of GP PRO’s Towel, Skin Care and Air Care categories. “These individuals have served tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and we look forward to working together with CCA and other leading hygiene companies to support them and to create a positive impact in all corners of the industry.”
Last year, the CCA released Clean Slate: A Reopening Guide for New York Businesses. The report, developed in coordination with independent experts in infectious disease and environmental hygiene, outlines recommendations for how businesses can maintain a safe and healthy workplace and mitigate the spread of viruses.
Most recently, the Coalition conducted a survey examining the perceptions of 1,800 U.S. workers on returning to the workplace. The survey found that an overwhelming 93.4 percent of vaccinated respondents and 82.2 percent of unvaccinated respondents cited workplace cleaning protocols as important – with 77.2 percent of workers wanting the workplace cleaned daily.
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