With the rash of Green programs, it might help to realize that there might be a difference between Green Clean and Cleaning Green.  They sound alike, but they have come to infer two different approaches to the Green process.  Green Clean is a kind of self-appointed title that basically says, "We've included some Green products."  Janitorial services are playing games with the public because adding Green items to the cleaning cart is not the full expectations of the Green Office program.

Now that you are facing Tax Season, there is some good news about getting the training you need to be Green Clean certified. This training expense is definitely "Business Related" and a classic tax deductible expense.  There is always the need to present this to your accountant, but it is typically an expense that you can write off against your income.  If there is any hesitancy to about paying the modest price to get Green Clean certified, it is a positive factor on your tax bill while upgrading the credentials of your janitorial service.

Here's a great idea!  The Green Janitor (www.greenjanitor.net) will list your firm in this great website if you can meet their Ten Green Compliance items.  From a marketing aspect, it is great PR and can give your firm a Green Image on yet another level.  Right now, you cannot be too Green, and this gives you a great way to make your firm even more visibly Green.

New York was first, and Illinois is now the second state to create statewide laws requiring Green Clean products and practices.  If you can read the handwritting on the wall, this is a trend that other states will follow and the value of a certifiably Green Clean firm is increasingly important.  This trend is not ust for schools.  Much of this cam about after Executive Order 13101 came into place start Dec 6, 2006 and has only increased month by month.  It started with an awareness of Green products into the cleaning carts but will eventually require that t

A Green Clean Institute firm landed two large accounts primarily because they had the Green Clean Certification.  Though already a solid firm, every account counts.  In a heavy competition, price lost out to credentials as this GCI firm landed two bids for over $54,000 with their Green Clean Institute certification as the noted benefit that made it happen.