Yesterday Kimberly-Clark Professional announced a new awards program aimed to recognize and reward companies that have made a comprehensive corporate commitment to surface hygiene in the workplace as well as to the education of its employees in the importance of office hygiene. The announcement was made at the 2011 Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International Conference in Washington, D.C.

Yesterday the software giant introduced Microsoft Office 365, a cloud-based suite of productivity apps. The product was first introduced last October and now comes with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint), SharePoint, Exchange and Lync as well as email support and Microsoft Access in the cloud. ActiveSync is a new tool that lets customers access their cloud-based data (email, web apps, websites, calendars, etc.) from almost any device, including mobile phones and tablets. The company also guarantees 99,9% uptime.

The L’Oréal Group set the goal of reducing CO2 emissions at its industrial sites by 50% between 2005 and 2015. This is a part of its sustainable development policy. Due to an innovative technical solution designed and implemented by EDF Optimal Solutions, the Active Cosmetics Production (ACP) factory in Vichy is now making this goal a reality. Yesterday the implementation of the new equipment took place in Vichy.