The future of commercial cleaning through sustainability
August 26, 2021 | by digital@lkda.co.za
Sustainability revolves around fulfilling current needs in a way that does not jeopardize future generations’ ability to meet their own needs. We also require social resources in addition to natural and economic resources.
Environmentalism isn’t the only aspect of sustainability. Concerns for social equity and economic development are found in most definitions of sustainability.
Corporations have no choice but to evaluate their carbon impact and sustainability strategy to determine where they are overexposed to climate risk and underexposed to the potential to go green to counteract global warming.
With a particular focus on the cleaning sector, it should be emphasized that the industry is currently undergoing a significant transformation in response to customer demand for greener goods, increased social responsibility regulations, and service providers’ commitment to sustainability.
While green initiatives are already taking shape, commercial cleaning companies have more potential to improve.
Technology and Green Solutions
The use of biological products and processes that are safer for both the environment and human health is fundamental to sustainable cleaning. Eco-friendly cleaning products can help fight ozone depletion and climate change in the future by reducing air and water pollution. Furthermore, cleaning companies can implement developing technologies such as the i-team range of equipment, which use less water and chemicals, reducing waste across the board. From a financial standpoint, this provides cleaning professionals with a lot of cost savings, as well as lowering the organization’s environmental effect.
Waste Management improvement
Commercial cleaning organisations may take sustainability to the next level by implementing a waste hierarchy with three major levels: reduce, reuse, and recycle. Reducing the use of cleaning products and chemicals is critical in the waste hierarchy, followed by repurposing or reusing objects to reduce waste and energy consumption. Goscor Cleaning Equipment has implemented this by introducing the IPC “Black is Green” range of equipment which are made, using 75% recycled plastic, to promote sustainable development and environmental protection.
Putting people first
Organizations in the cleaning sector must ensure that they are working in ways that serve society and safeguard individuals. In order to maintain social sustainability, commercial cleaning companies must evaluate how they treat their staff and safeguard their well-being. Local employment, diversity, and inclusion, as well as paying workers a fair salary, are all important issues. Businesses can also take action in the community by responsibly partnering with appropriate charities and projects to ensure that the company’s presence in the area benefits the local community.
Working towards sustainable results
Employees and customers are becoming more environmentally concerned, and they want to know that organizations are taking environmental considerations into account when making fleet decisions. This is true not only for car fleets, but also for cleaning equipment; many sites require several machines and using environmentally friendly equipment will only improve the global impact.
The Road to Absolute Zero
For enterprises in the cleaning sector, sustainability has evolved from a “nice to have” to an “essential” practice. Although many commercial cleaning businesses have begun to implement sustainability best practices, there is always room for improvement on the road to Absolute Zero.
Now is the time to adapt to new sustainable standards and transform into a greener future industry that benefits their company, consumers, employees, and stakeholders.