The focus for “Going Green” is almost all about products, and the product providers has been more than anxious to celebrate the new opportunities to capture this new market. The feeding frenzy will continue for a while yet, but what happens when nearly every janitorial firm has added some Green products to their carts? The equalization factor kicks in, and nearly every janitorial firm will claim to be Green by self-acclamation, but has anything really changed?
Can Green program will not come from a new Green product. It comes from the practice of the janitorial crew that are often the missing piece to the Green program puzzle. the fallacy is that practice does not evolve out of a tool. It is obvious that you cannot become a great mechanic by purchasing a great set of tools. Neither will you suddenly become a great golfer because you bought a new set of golf clubs. A woman will not lose weight by buying a dress that is two size too small.
Going Green means you have a basic working knowledge of Green Practices as well as a new set of products on the cart. The workers are equally as important as the products being used. For example, does the working staff really understand that a microfiber can be used without chemicals? Do they use the “Spray and Wipe” routine instead of allowing for “Dwell Time” for the new product? Do they understand how to remove dust rather than just moving it?
In fact, there are hundreds of changes in a Green janitorial firm that are just as important as buying the latest Green product. Going Green is not passed automatically to the staff or by clandestine training. This is why most Green janitorial services are unintentional frauds that pursue profits above full Green conversion. This means that the Green status of little more than a Green facade that is proclaimed for the benefit of others rather than a full integration of a Green practice.
Green Clean Institute offers the only true Green Clean training designed for the workers of your service. Why? In case you haven’t noticed, the janitorial world is in transition from a “task oriented” program to a more demanding “service orientation.” We expect more of these people of these workers because we now realize the impact of all a cleaning service has on the health, safety, and future of each of us.
The word custodian has a rather profound meaning. If infers that these group of workers have duty to the health and welfare of the community they serve. We have discovered that we can no longer pollute the world at large, and we cannot pollute the workplace through the caustic chemicals and sprays commonly brought by those who clean the buildings. This is why clinging to the old practices while using a Green product or two is a fool’s errand and a hoax that needs to change.
Instead of pretending to be Green in your janitorial program, why not take the steps to fully integrate your service with the full program. This does not mean that you need to go vegetarian, trade your car for a bicycle, or run off to save the whales. We all know that the Green movement is here to stay, and it is well past time go into the full Green program. A Green program is the culmination of three factors: a Green Agenda by those making decisions, the inclusion of Green Products, and the training needed for Green Practices by the workers. It is well past time that we end the Green fraud and become Green Clean certified janitorial services.
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