ARE YOU READY TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES OF REDUCING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT?

Contract cleaning
Cost Neutral green cleaning
Grouped Property Services can offer a choice of using cost neutral green cleaning programs!

Clean and green are not mutually exclusive. Grouped Property Services understands Green cleaning is not simply about replacing our current products with biodegradable or milder cleaning agents.

Towards a sustainable future

Some benefits of our well-designed green cleaning programs can include: Improved productivity and morale of building occupants Improved health of building occupants, which helps reduce sick days Recognition in the community for reducing resource usage and pollution Reduce liability from worker safety issues Satisfaction from helping to make the facility and community a better place

Together with our Environmental Policy and our eagerly awaited Certification for ISO 14001 Environmental Management, Grouped Property Services can provide you with a comprehensive, integrated and tailored green cleaning program to achieve desired outcomes. Green cleaning is about examining our entire cleaning processes based upon an assessment of spaces, products and work practices to maximize cleanliness, both in terms of dirt and germs, while at the same time reducing unnecessary hazardous cleaning chemical exposures to cleaners, staff, and visitors, and reducing the environmental harm of sending used chemicals down the drain.

No subcontractor policy
We at Grouped Property Services have extensive cleaning industry experience and we are committed to providing services you need so you can concentrate on your core business activities. With our "no-subcontract" policy and our large array of dedicated staff across the nation, we are well-positioned to offer you Value for Money.

GREEN CLEANING DEFINITION

Green cleaning means the use of those products and services that have a lesser or reduced impact on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose.

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Getting the most from sustainable cleaning

While simple in its approach, Grouped Property Services has adopted a definition which incorporates several key concepts worthy of elaboration:

10 STEPS TO
GREEN TRANSITION

Green equipment requirements

Grouped Property Services has partnered with chemical companies who are serious about Environmental Responsibility - who take a real-world approach to minimising the overall environmental impact within the context of a commercially viable operation.

Grouped Property Services selects products which are highly biodegradable, formulated in concentrated form to reduce freight and fuel costs and are supplied in recyclable containers. Grouped Property Services also partners only with chemical companies who have demonstrated research and development into the use of plantderived ingredients. An important element of Grouped Property Services green cleaning program is limiting exposure to potentially hazardous contaminants from cleaning equipment while ensuring effective cleaning processes. Grouped Property Services develops, implements, and maintains programs for all cleaning equipment whether managed in-house or by contract. There are a number of technologies Grouped Property Services can use which can assist us in the reduction of the environmental impact from cleaning equipment. A thorough green cleaning equipment purchasing strategy will always look at the following areas: vacuum cleaners carpet extraction equipment powered maintenance equipment automated scrubbing machines battery-powered equipment microfiber technology ergonomically designed equipment equipment safeguards equipment logbook staff training requirements

Human Health. Of course, the principle purpose of cleaning is to protect human health so any definition of green or environmentally preferable should address human` health considerations. In the realm of green cleaning, Grouped Property Services means we must give due deference to the health impacts cleaning has on cleaners and the occupants of the built environment where we are performing our cleaning activities. Special consideration should be given to more vulnerable populations, such as children, the elderly, and those with suppressed immune systems. Comparative in Nature. Group Property Services definition of green cleaning is comparative in nature. In other words, it does not set an absolute or final endpoint of what is environmentally preferable. Instead, it makes a comparison to competing products and services and thereby encourages continual improvement along the green spectrum. Performance. Lastly, implicit in our definition is the concept that green products and services must perform their intended function of cleaning. It goes without saying that a cleaning product that cannot clean is a waste of resources altogether and is therefore the antithesis of environmentally preferable. More importantly, the performance of cleaning products is critical to maintaining a safe and healthy indoor environment. The Good Environmental Choice Label
is the only environmental labeling program in Australia which indicates the environmental performance of a product from a whole of product life perspective. The label is awarded to products that meet voluntary environmental performance standards which have been created and assessed in conformance to international environmental labeling standards.

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Reach an agreement Build the team Conduct baseline surveys Develop a plan Get everyone on board Acquire Green products and equipment Provide training in Green cleaning Implement the plan, products & procedures Take responsibility Communicate and provide feedback

Contact
Adriaan Aalbrecht Business Development Manager GROUPED PROPERTY SERVICES Level 1, 58 Parramatta Rd FOREST LODGE NSW 2037 Tel: 02 9571 1000 M: 0417 513 097 E: bdm@gpsfm.com.au gpsfm.com.au

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