The ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standard-Green Building (CIMS-GB)—a certification program that provides third-party verification for cleaning operations—is now a direct option to meet the green cleaning policy prerequisite of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) revised Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (LEED-EBOM) rating system.
CIMS certification is administered by ISSA, the leading trade association for the cleaning industry worldwide, and one of the ways ISSA is working to change the way the world views cleaning. There are 184 CIMS-certified organizations in the United States, more than 150 of which are CIMS-GB certified.