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Nordic joint article for all the Nordic cleaning newsletters
In Denmark, there is a strong focus on robotic technology, quality and sustainability rather than price alone in cleaning tenders and of course Cleaners Day! Read more.
In Finland, it´s time for Finnish Cleaning Sector´s Act of the year 2025! This is the second year for this activity, and the winner will be announced on Cleaners Day 1st of December. Read more about the four finalists.
In Norway, Social Sustainability and New Technology Are Shaping the Cleaning Industry.
In the Norwegian cleaning industry, social sustainability is more prominent than ever. One of the most important areas of development concerns working hours: we are now seeing a shift toward more cleaning being performed during regular daytime hours, and companies actively working to make this possible. The goal is simple – cleaners should have safe, predictable, and attractive jobs, with the opportunity to be a fully integrated part of the work environment they maintain.
In Sweden, we have just had our yearly Clean & Facility fair in Jönköping with a lot of visitors, seminars and exhibitors.
Coming up is Cleaners Day 1st of December – don´t forget to Thank your Cleaner!
Education and the importance of networking locally is as always important, but at the same time often hard to achieve in the hectic working days!
Denmark:
In Denmark, there is a strong focus on robotic technology. Robots have become more affordable, making it worthwhile for many workplaces to start using them. However, to create a solid business case, a certain amount of floor space is needed – the larger the area, the better the utilization of the robot.
Another important topic is cleaning tenders, where there is ongoing discussion about the right award criteria. We now see that many public institutions are placing greater emphasis on quality and sustainability rather than price alone. This is a positive development and clearly the direction our industry should move in.
Cleaners Day has also been very well received by the industry in recent years. The next step is to get even more people involved – also outside the cleaning sector – because whether it’s a construction company or a shoe store, no one can have a good working day without a cleaning assistant having been there first.
Jytte Hansen, Chairman of Dansk Rengöringsteknisk Forening
Sweden:
In Sweden, we have just had our yearly Clean & Facility fair in Jönköping with a lot of visitors, seminars and exhibitors. CleanBrightAwards winners were put on stage and celebrated! To mention some of the focus areas at the fair; robotics, digitalisation, and “combat workplace crime”. Also, some new tools and inventions.
Coming up is Cleaners Day 1st of December – don´t forget to Thank your Cleaner!
Education and the importance of networking locally is as always important, but at the same time often hard to achieve in the hectic working days!
Matthias Lindholm, Chairman of Städbranschen Sverige
Norway:
Social Sustainability and New Technology Are Shaping the Cleaning Industry in Norway
In the Norwegian cleaning industry, social sustainability is more prominent than ever. One of the most important areas of development concerns working hours: we are now seeing a shift toward more cleaning being performed during regular daytime hours, and companies actively working to make this possible. The goal is simple – cleaners should have safe, predictable, and attractive jobs, with the opportunity to be a fully integrated part of the work environment they maintain.
At the same time, a great deal is happening within technology. The robotisation of cleaning is no longer a future concept, but a concrete part of everyday operations in more and more organisations. This is not about replacing cleaners but about relieving them of the most monotonous and physically demanding tasks. When robots handle large areas and repetitive routines, time is freed up for cleaners to work more variably, more professionally, and with tasks that require judgement and competence. This too is social sustainability in practice – technology that makes the profession more attractive, more meaningful, and more sustainable over time.
Together, these trends point toward an industry that clearly places people at the centre. It is a development that we at the Norwegian Association for Service and Cleaning strongly support, and one we hope will spread throughout the sector and among clients across the country.
Mari Fagertun-Røed, Leder Norsk Forening for Service og Renhold
Finland:
Tässä ovat Puhtausalan vuoden teko 2025 -finalistit! | Puhtausala ry
Here are the finalists for the Finnish Cleaning Sector’s Act of the Year 2025!
The board of Puhtausala ry has selected three finalists from the nominations for the Act of the Year:
- the Clean Cloud software for the needs of cleaning companies
- the establishment of a task entity for the management of robot use
- the project to prevent labour exploitation in the cleaning sector as part of contract period supervision
In Finland, the Cleaning Sector’s Act of the Year has had a positive impact on the development of operations or expertise in the cleaning sector. It can also be a product or service design process that makes work easier or quicker, or a significant new construction or renovation project from the perspective of cleanliness management. The recognition can be awarded to a company, community, organisation or an individual.
The Finnish Act of the Year 2025 will be announced on Cleaners Day, 01/12/2025. The winner will be chosen by the Cleaning Sector’s 2024 Influencer of the Year, Senior Lecturer Leila Kakko from Tampere University of Applied Sciences.
Finalists for the Cleaning Sector’s Act of the Year 2025
Development of the Clean Cloud software for the needs of cleaning companies, Cloud Group
Clean Cloud is the first and fully Finnish digital solution developed for the cleaning sector, bringing together all the functions needed by a cleaning company in one software – from shift planning and human resources management to equipment management, customer registers, contracts, and quality control. The software has been developed in collaboration with companies operating in the cleaning sector.
Establishment of a task entity for the management of robot use, ISS Palvelut
ISS Palvelut has created a new job description for managing the use of robots, to make supervisors' daily work easier and to streamline the introduction of robotics. This year, ISS has employed a supervisor for robots, who ensures that the robots are in active daily use. He supports and assists cleaners with practical issues and ensures, together with supervisors, the productivity and operation of the robots.
Project to prevent labour exploitation in the cleaning sector as part of contract period supervision, Motiva Service and the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI)
Labour exploitation and human trafficking have also increased in Finland in the cleaning sector. In the project by Motiva Service and HEUNI, a peer-learning based supervision model was developed, enabling experts from six public organisations to compare their operating methods, identify areas for improvement in their own and each other’s operations, and create a shared understanding of the role of supervision in the prevention of labour exploitation.
