We serve as a trusted resource for the latest news and helpful information related to skin health and surface hygiene advancements. GOJO microbiologists, scientists,
nurses and other professionals post regularly
and we also get the views of outside experts and
thought leaders in the field. It’s all part of the
GOJO Purpose, Saving Lives and Making Lives Better Through Well-Being Solutions.
Solving Important Human Problems Around the Globe
4/4/2022
By Beth Beddow
Former, Internal Communications Specialist, GOJO Industries
In 1946, Goldie and Jerry Lippman started GOJO with very little to their name except the grit to get work done and solve a very real human problem. Our story begins in Akron, Ohio, during World War II. Goldie was a supervisor in one of Akron's rubber factories, manufacturing life rafts and rubber products for the war effort, where she and her co-workers discovered how difficult it was to clean their hands after a day’s work.
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GOJO Exceeds its Chemical Footprint Reduction Goal
1/18/2022
By Antonio Quiñones-Rivera, Ph.D.
Product Safety and Sustainability Senior Manager, GOJO Industries
On December 8, 2015, at the 10th Annual BizNGO Chemical Footprint Conference in Boston, Mass., we announced our 2020 Sustainable Value Strategies and Goals, which included a bold commitment to reduce our chemical footprint by 50% by the end of 2020. In doing so, we became the first company to publicly announce a specific chemical footprint reduction target. Our sustainable chemistry strategy goes far beyond the required regulatory compliance in countries where our products are sold. This goal is another example of our commitment to lead by going above and beyond to offer products that are worry-free for our customers and better for the environment.
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GOJO Latest Innovation: A New Model of Work that Balances Flexibility and Productivity
12/16/2021
By Emily Esterly
Work Ecosystem and Employee Experience Vice President, GOJO Industries
You know us as the inventors and makers of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer. We are a company with a 75-year history of solving critical human problems and bringing game-changing products to the marketplace that improve public health. Our products have had an essential role during the pandemic. But while we were running our operations 24/7, sourcing raw materials, and doing everything we could to meet immeasurable demand, we were also innovating. And not just innovating new products but also innovating for what the future of work could be for our GOJO team members and our company.
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Product Certifications Help Drive Sustainable Innovation at GOJO
9/21/2021
By Dylan Beach
Sustainability Senior Manager, GOJO Industries
GOJO was founded 75 years ago on a safer way to clean hands, with the development of the first-ever one-step, rinse-off GOJO® Hand Cleaner as an alternative to the harsh solvents of the day that rubber factory workers used to remove tar and carbon black from their hands. We carry the same safe and effective design ethos forward with us today. Our formulations are based on decades of scientific innovation, using high-quality ingredients rigorously tested for safety and efficacy, like USP grade ethanol.
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Sustainable Focus: Significant Waste Reduction through Improved Injection Molding Tools
8/17/2021
By Dylan Beach
Sustainability Senior Manager, GOJO Industries
Is it possible for an organization to ramp up manufacturing while maintaining a commitment to sustainability? Last year, in light of the market-altering impacts of the pandemic on the hand hygiene space, GOJO took significant steps to expand its capacity to meet the exponential increase in demand for PURELL® sanitizer, soap, wipes, and surface spray. These substantial investments help us be ready for future surges like we saw in 2020.
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Embedding Sustainability Drives Climate Impact
4/16/2021
By Dylan Beach
Sustainability Senior Manager, GOJO Industries
This year, as we celebrate the 51st Earth Day, the world is uniting over three days, April 20-22, to focus on actions we all can take to further prevent climate change and environmental destruction. Science tells us that we need to reduce the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2030 to avert the most significant effects of climate change.
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Dispensers 101
4/12/2021
By Stephen Marks
Former Total Solutions Senior Director, GOJO Industries
With many businesses working around the clock to open safely and return to some form of a “new normal,” we are seeing many looking to offer PURELL® Hand Sanitizer for the first time as part of that effort. For many businesses, the most appropriate solution may be through a dispensing system. However, the world of dispensing can be overwhelming and confusing for someone offering it for the first time, so we are here to help simplify this for you.
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How Smart Restroom Solutions Transformed the Way Building Cleaning is Managed at One World Trade Center
4/6/2021
By April Bertram
Former Senior Business Development Director, GOJO Industries
The iconic One World Trade Center, located in lower Manhattan, has been a long-time customer of GOJO. Recently they turned to our partnership with Kimberly-Clark Professional to transform the way they manage their restrooms. The 104-story tower has adopted the internet-connected, state-of-the-art Onvation Smart Restroom Solution to proactively control and optimize servicing of its 140 restrooms.
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GOJO Celebrates Women’s History Month as a WBENC-Certified Women’s Business Enterprise
3/31/2021
By Kimberly Morgan, MS, CDE, SHRM-CP
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Senior Director, GOJO Industries
Women’s History Month has been celebrated annually in the United States for more than three decades, but with the dramatic changes caused by the pandemic over the past year, we are hearing more and more stories of women leading their companies through these challenging times or otherwise making significant contributions to businesses helping the world recover from the pandemic.
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Raising Awareness During National Poison Prevention Week
3/22/2021
By Sheila Goertemoeller, PharmD, DABAT, ICPS
Clinical Toxicologist & Pharmacist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Drug and Poison Information Center
National Poison Prevention Week is celebrated the third week of March every year and is a good reminder of the actions we can take to ensure the safe use of products at home. The U.S. Congress established the recognition week in 1961 to focus national attention on the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them. According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers, 93 percent of exposures happen at home, and 45 percent of exposures involve children 0 to 5 years of age.
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