Being “Green Cleaning Certified (GCC)” could benefit my company by way of encouraging the establishment of well-designed GCC program which would always guide our daily cleaning operational standard and method of carrying out respective cleaning tasks.

Also, if our company has GCC status, the cleaning consumer products to be used will majorly/all be ecologically friendly, less harmful to the cleaning workers, and the facility occupants/customers.

The following streamlined standard operating activities could be put in place for quality services and to make life easy for the workers, while creating opportunities for improvements. Such specific activities may include but not limited to:

• -          Cleaning Method
• -          Recycling and Waste Disposal Methods
• -          Environmental Policy and Procedures
• -          Training Schedule
• -          Health and Safety Plan
• -          Continuous Improvement Plan (Periodic Surveillance Audits)

Also, if our company has GCC status, the cleaning consumer products to be used will majorly/all be ecologically friendly, less harmful to the cleaning workers, and the facility occupants/customers.

A company that has GCC status stand a chance of remaining competitive within the cleaning services sector by getting more jobs/contracts, being trusted, and maintaining globally accepted standard practices by way of safety, environmental sustainability, socially, economically, working with the right Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), keeping up with the trends by frequent interaction with other professional associations/colleagues, and ensuring that adequate training/re-training programs are in place.

Taking cognizance that the Cleaning Services business is ever evolving, the possession of GCC status from an individual perspective, could help me remain ahead of my competitors that don’t have GCC status, expose me to more business opportunities, make me to be conscious of my working environment and the available consumable materials/products to be used by always ensuring they have Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), ecologically friendly, recyclable, biodegradable, less harmful to human in conjunction with always asking probing questions when working in an occupied facility, in case someone may have allergies.

According to an Environmental Working Group (EWG), it is recognized that the chemicals found in common cleaning products can seriously impact adversely on human lives by causing cancer, asthma, and increased birth defects. However, the positive impact on human health after eliminating toxic products cannot be underestimated.

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Being GCC either as company or an individual, will help in preventing workers using chemicals for regular cleaning from being sick, keeping the employees and working environment safe as all applied/used chemicals will be minimally harmful.

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