{"id":18563,"date":"2025-10-08T02:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocs.com\/au\/?p=18563"},"modified":"2025-10-24T00:16:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:16:54","slug":"australia-leads-un-indoor-air-quality-pledge-ocs-role-in-creating-healthier-workplaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocs.com\/au\/news\/australia-leads-un-indoor-air-quality-pledge-ocs-role-in-creating-healthier-workplaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia leads UN indoor air quality pledge \u2013 OCS\u2019s role in creating healthier workplaces"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section \n        id=\"block_acf-block-68e5bc16263c4\" \n        class=\"text-[#475467] prose-h1:font-semibold prose-h1:mb-10 prose-headings:font-medium prose prose-ocs prose-li:pl-0 w-full max-w-none\n        px-4 py-8 md:px-8 rounded-3xl\"\n        style=\"background-color: #FEFAF9;\"\n    >\n        <p>Australia is leading the first United Nations Indoor Air Quality Global Pledge \u2013 an initiative that formally recognises clean indoor air as a basic human right. Led by the Australian Academy of Science and the Burnet Institute, the pledge brings together more than 300 global leaders and 150 businesses to improve indoor air quality across workplaces, schools, hospitals, and public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Poor air quality can make people sick. Australians spend about 90% of their time indoors, yet many spaces still lack proper ventilation, filtration, and monitoring. This can increase the spread of illness, affect breathing conditions, and reduce concentration.<\/p>\n<p>At OCS Australia, our colleagues play an important part in supporting healthier indoor spaces. Across hundreds of sites each day, they deliver infection prevention, hygiene management, and specialist cleaning that help reduce airborne risks and improve the quality of the air people breathe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How OCS supports indoor air quality<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Infection prevention &amp; hygiene:<\/strong> Cleaning protocols that reduce airborne contaminants and surface pathogens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eco-friendly products:<\/strong> Reducing VOC\u2019s (Volatile Organic Compounds) by prioritising low-emission, environmentally responsible cleaning products, avoiding harmful chemicals that can degrade air quality.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Specialist cleaning:<\/strong> Including HVAC filter cleaning and high-level dust removal to reduce particulate matter and allergens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data-driven cleaning specifications:<\/strong> We tailor our services to meet each facility\u2019s specific needs, ensuring optimal cleanliness and air quality.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Training &amp; compliance:<\/strong> Our colleagues are trained in best practices aligned with industry standards, delivering consistent and safe outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As Australia takes this step on the world stage, OCS is proud to support healthier, safe and more resilient spaces. Guided by TRUE Values \u2013 Trust, Respect, Unity, Empowerment \u2013 we remain focused on making people and places the best they can be.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org.au\/news-and-events\/news-and-media-releases\/australia-to-lead-first-ever-united-nations-indoor-air-quality-global-pledge\">Read about Australia\u2019s leadership in the UN Indoor Air Quality Pledge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ocs.com\/au\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us for more information on how we can help your workplace here<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia is leading the first United Nations Indoor Air Quality Global Pledge \u2013 an initiative that formally recognises clean indoor air as a basic human right. Led by the Australian Academy of Science and the Burnet Institute, the pledge brings together more than 300 global leaders and 150 businesses to improve indoor air quality across workplaces, schools, hospitals, and public spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10000023937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,19,54],"tags":[228,226],"country":[223],"class_list":["post-18563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news-type","category-our-people","tag-australia","tag-industry-news","country-australia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>OCS\u2019s role in creating healthier Indoor Spaces - OCS Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At OCS Australia, our colleagues play an important part in supporting healthier indoor spaces. 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