Numerous Canadian cleaning and maintenance service companies have achieved the Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) certification, ISSA has announced.
Created by the industry for the industry, the certification is the first consensus-based management standard that outlines the primary characteristics of a successful, quality cleaning organization.
“Earning CIMS certification demonstrates that organizations are dedicated to a higher standard of cleanliness, which is essential given the biorisks that exist today,” said ISSA Executive Director John Barrett. “Using CIMS as a management framework allows cleaning organizations to maintain quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.”
This year’s new and renewing companies that have earned CIMS-Green Building with Honours include Commercial Cleaning Services in St. Catharines, Ont.; Hines Facilities Services Ltd. in Fort McMurray, Alta.; Kleenway Building Maintenance Services, Inc. in Richmond Hill, Ont.; MP Group Ltd. in Edmonton, Alta.; and Power Clean Building Maintenance Ltd. in Saanichton, B.C.
In addition, Classic Building Systems, Inc. in Calgary, Alta. achieved CIMS-GB.
Meanwhile, Ottawa’s Service Star Building Cleaning Inc. earned CIMS with Honours, and Goldstar Cleaning Services out of Fernie, B.C. is one of three companies in North America to achieve certification without honours.
Relevant for in-house operations and outsourced building service contractors of all sizes, CIMS leverages five core elements of management best practices and requires participants to meet 100 per cent of the mandatory elements and 60 per cent of the recommended elements, per section.
An ISSA-accredited third-party assessor completes an on-site evaluation to validate that the cleaning operation follows documented systems and processes that support cleaning for health.
