UN SDG 6 main goal is to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. However, the most recent UN report on Water warned of an approaching global water crisis because of pollution, global warming and overconsumption.

In today’s blog, you'll read about some of the main problems related to water and sanitation that are included in the United Nations Agenda, but are far away from being solved.

Access to clean water & sanitation

Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need for health and well-being, and still having unlimited water running out of the sink is a privilege:

In 2020, only 74% of the global population had access to safely managed drinking water services. Meaning that two billion people live without these services.

Sanitation is essential to prevent diseases such as diarrhoea which is the second leading cause of death in children under five. 946 million people still openly defecate and 2.4 billion people la...

In today’s world of instability, there are certain parts of our daily lives both personally and in business that we feel we have SOME amount of control over. 

The COVID Climate that still shadows us daily, has reinforced the idea of personal responsibility across the globe and it came down to the simple tasks of social distancing and hygiene.

Washing your hands, cleaning down surfaces and touch points - there was and is, a real palpable fear of dropping the ball, resulting in serious consequences both for the human element and for your business. 

Within all industries, there is a need for sanitation and cleaning. Some require it more than others. But sanitation has leapt up the scale and is now a top priority.  

Something we can speak from experience with at the 50 Shades Greener office, is cleaning within the hospitality industry. It doesn’t matter the department that we worked in, there would always be an element of it involved. 

Often you would find yourself working with cle...

The pandemic has sent sanitation and hygiene to stratospheric levels of compliance for the majority of people and businesses. Never have we paid such close attention to what we touch and how we clean to keep ourselves “safe”.

It is no surprise that with such demand, the offer for new products and sanitation technologies is through the roof. I have been watching closely those systems that claim to be environmentally friendly and often get asked to comment on such new technologies.

I am not an expert, and I am always so careful with the advice I give, positive or negative. For me, when a product claims to be environmentally friendly, saying so is not enough. I want to know more detail:

• What are the exact ingredients used to make it?
• What is the process of making the product?
• Where is it made and sold?
• How is it packaged?

Trying to understand the full life cycle of a product, will allow you to spot possible environmental issues. Of course perfection is difficult, and you might ...