Over 1,900 facilities in more than 80 countries have earned accreditation, and another 3,000+ are pursuing it.

The home of the Montreal Canadiens is the latest notable milestone for the program in Canada.

CCS Facility Services is the first business in the world to achieve GBAC STAR Service Accreditation for cleaning service providers.

Cleaning service providers have a new way to show off their credentials.

The convention centre had previously committed to the accreditation in the second half of 2020.

One positive from the pandemic is a new respect for the important role professional cleaners play.

The grant offers qualifying facilities a chance to help offset the costs of the GBAC STAR accreditation program and a free 6-month trial of a cleaning task management software.

The Hyatt House WPG South in Winnipeg is among dozens of locations worldwide that have recently achieved GBAC STAR accreditation.

The GBAC STAR accreditation was only launched in spring but has already seen huge uptake from facilities around the world.

GBAC, a Division of ISSA, has launched its GBAC STAR Facility Directory tool to allow users to easily identify accredited facilities.

Vancouver's BC Place Stadium has become the first stadium in Canada to achieve global GBAC STAR accreditation.

Exhibition Place in Toronto has become the first Canadian venue to earn global GBAC STAR™ Facility Accreditation.

The Toronto Congress Centre is the first and largest facility within Canada to commit to the new GBAC STAR accreditation, which launched in May.

The new GBAC STAR accreditation program is taking the complication and uncertainty out of reopening large Canadian commercial facilities.

The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has been reaccredited to offer IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

The International Facility Management Association’s (IFMA) facility management credential program has earned an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accreditation and seven commendations. ANSI accredited IFMA for their Facility Management Professional and Sustainability Facility Professional programs, both of which were described by ANSI as “world-class, gold-standard models of learning and development.”