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We serve as a trusted resource for the latest news and helpful information related to skin health and surface hygiene advancements. GOJO microbiologists, scientists, nurses and other professionals post regularly and we also get the views of outside experts and thought leaders in the field. It’s all part of the GOJO Purpose, Saving Lives and Making Lives Better Through Well-Being Solutions.

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GOJO Sustainable Value Strategy Includes Climate Resilience and Responsibility

4/11/2023

By Dylan Beach

Sustainability Senior Manager, GOJO Industries

This year's Earth Day theme is "Invest in Our Planet." This theme is "focused on engaging governments, institutions, businesses, and the more than 1 billion citizens who participate annually in Earth Day to do their part – everyone accounted for, everyone accountable," according to the global organizers. This blog post will explore a brief history of how we arrived at this moment of a warming planet, how GOJO as an organization focuses on sustainability, and actions you can take on a personal level to do your part and invest in our planet.

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WBENC Honors Women’s History Month and all Women Business Enterprises, like GOJO

3/8/2023

By Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

Every March, which includes Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day on March 8, is a chance to honor the trailblazing women who have come before us and celebrate and support those doing the same today. GOJO Industries and their leadership, under Executive Chair Marcella Kanfer Rolnick and President and CEO Carey Jaros, are the epitome of the type of exceptional women business owners involved with the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC-Certified Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs), including GOJO, are greatly contributing to the economy, jobs, and innovation.

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Helping to Engineer a Future of STEM Professionals in Our Own Backyard

1/24/2023

By Dawn Yeomans, Ph.D.

Research Principal, GOJO Industries

For many of us, January is a time of self-reflection, new beginnings, and a renewed focus on personal growth. January is also National Mentoring Month, a time to think about how we can look outward to help others develop their potential and foster our communities to flourish. As a third-generation Family Enterprise, GOJO is committed to strengthening its local community through continued collaboration and cooperation. Our co-founders, Jerry and Goldie Lippman, instilled this vision when they founded GOJO – with a mission to find a better hand-cleaning solution to promote the well-being of factory workers in their hometown of Akron, Ohio.

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Promoting Public Health Through Collaboration

12/27/2022

By Jim Arbogast, Ph.D.

Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements Vice President, GOJO Industries

Also By David Light

Chief Executive Officer, Valisure

GOJO and Valisure, a leader in independent testing, are collaborating to accelerate independent quality assurance and help ensure that only safe and effective hand hygiene products are available in public settings.

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The Way We Work at GOJO

12/19/2022

By Emily Esterly

Work Ecosystem and Employee Experience Vice President, GOJO Industries

The way we work at GOJO is unique and intentional. Our ways of working and organizational design are essential to achieving our Purpose of Saving Lives and Making Life Better Through Well-Being Solutions and to leading with our GOJO Values. Throughout our 76-year history, there have been critical periods when we innovated how we work – GOJO Transformation in the mid-1990s, GOJO Workplaces in the late 1990s, and, in the early 2020s, with our GOJO Work Ecosystem of the Future efforts.

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Veterans Day – Honoring All Who Served

11/11/2022

By Kimberly Morgan, MS, CDE, SHRM-CP

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Senior Director, GOJO Industries

This Veterans Day, GOJO honors the 120 GOJO Team Members who have served our country. Joe Hoff, a Public Sector Sales Manager and a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserve, and Phil Null, a Quality Inspector at GOJO Wooster Campus and Military Veteran of the United States Army, generously shared personal stories of their military service with Team GOJO.

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For National Disability Employment Awareness Month – GOJO Team Member Shares His Story

10/3/2022

By Kimberly Morgan, MS, CDE, SHRM-CP

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Senior Director, GOJO Industries

At GOJO, we all are rooted in our personal foundations that give our lives meaning, texture, and direction. We strongly believe that these multiple perspectives foster community, drive innovation, and inspire excellence. This post is the latest in a series from GOJO team members and partners sharing their personal or cultural experiences that shape each of us and our communities. These stories are an important part of how we gain new perspectives, learn from others, and ensure GOJO is a place where everyone can bring their full authentic selves to the pursuit of our Purpose.

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GOJO Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

9/14/2022

By Kimberly Morgan, MS, CDE, SHRM-CP

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Senior Director, GOJO Industries

This post is the latest in a series from GOJO team members and partners discussing how cultural experiences shape each of us and our communities. These stories are an important part of how we gain new perspectives, learn from others, and ensure GOJO is a place where everyone can bring their full authentic selves to the pursuit of our Purpose.

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Solving Important Human Problems Around the Globe

4/4/2022

By Beth Beddow

Former, Internal Communications Specialist, GOJO Industries

In 1946, Goldie and Jerry Lippman started GOJO with very little to their name except the grit to get work done and solve a very real human problem. Our story begins in Akron, Ohio, during World War II. Goldie was a supervisor in one of Akron's rubber factories, manufacturing life rafts and rubber products for the war effort, where she and her co-workers discovered how difficult it was to clean their hands after a day’s work.

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The PURELL® Story – Our 10-Year Overnight Success

4/4/2022

By Beth Beddow

Former, Internal Communications Specialist, GOJO Industries

The PURELL® brand has become a cornerstone of our 75-year-old Family Enterprise. While PURELL® Instant Hand Sanitizer was not developed until 42 years after our founding, it has changed our business and our world. Our innovation has grown from just one product – PURELL Hand Sanitizer – to a Total Solution for away-from-home and at-home germ management. While it’s been said that PURELL Hand Sanitizer was an overnight success, the story of how our PURELL brand became America’s most popular hand sanitizer is one that took years of unwavering vision, grit, and resilience with many learnings along the way.

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