Deb Group’s Solopol® GFX™ Hand Cleaner Receives Green Seal® Certification

Solopol® GFX™ is now the first and only heavy duty hand cleaner with
Green Seal®, UL ECOLOGO® and USDA BioPreferred® accreditations

CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Deb
USA, part of SC Johnson Professional, today announced that its
heavy-duty foam hand cleaner with grit, Solopol® GFX™, has earned Green
Seal certification under the organization’s rigorous GS-41B standard for
industrial and institutional hand cleaners. Green Seal, an independent
nonprofit, is the nation’s premier environmental standard developer and
certifier. Solopol GFX is the world’s only heavy-duty foam hand cleaner
with grit and contains skin-safe and environmentally-preferred
ingredients such as biodegradable cornmeal and olive pit scrubbers.

“Our Solopol GFX is certified USDA BioPreferred and UL ECOLOGO, and now
Green Seal, making it an important fit with our efforts to provide our
customers environmentally responsible products,” said Isabelle Faivre,
Vice President of Marketing, Deb USA, Inc. “It’s important that our
products perform at a high level while providing skin- and
environmentally-safer alternatives to traditional heavy-duty cleaners.”

Solopol GFX’s patented foaming technology transforms the liquid into
rich, creamy foam. The foam lather spreads quickly and easily for fast
and powerful cleansing, delivering the optimum amount required for
effective hand washing. The heavy-duty cleaner provides up to 42 percent
more hand washes per liter and lasts nearly twice as long as traditional
two-liter heavy-duty cleaners, reducing maintenance costs and overall
spending related to hand cleaners.

Green Seal standards require industrial and institutional hand cleaners
to be limited on toxicity, volatile organic compounds, dyes, phosphates
and potentially harmful substances like petroleum-based solvents. The
product must also be readily biodegradable, recyclable and the packaging
must maximize performance while minimizing waste.

“Deb is a longtime environmental leader with a 10-year history of
producing Green Seal-certified products,” said Mary Swanson, Interim
President, Green Seal. “We are proud to welcome Deb’s Solopol GFX as the
newest addition to their Green Seal-certified portfolio, and look
forward to working with them for years to come.”

For more information about Solopol GFX, visit http://www.debgroup.com/us/solopol-gfx-innovation.

About Deb Group

Headquartered in the UK and with North American headquarters in
Charlotte, N.C., Deb Group provides tailored skin care programs for a
wide range of industries and organizations that value their employee and
customer well-being.

The organization encompasses 23 companies operating in 19 countries,
with Deb products used over 150 million times every day. The Deb product
lines include Travabon®, Stokoderm®, Refresh™,
Estesol®, Solopol®, Kresto®, Deb
InstantFOAM™, Stokolan® and KrestoGT™.

Deb Group is part of SC Johnson, a privately held, family company and
one of the world’s leading manufacturers of household cleaning products,
and products for home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care. To
learn more, visit www.debgroup.com.

About Green Seal, Inc.

Green Seal®, a nonprofit organization founded in 1989, is the nation's
premier ecolabel, symbolizing transparency, integrity, and environmental
leadership. Its flagship program develops life-cycle-based environmental
standards, and certifies products and services that meet these
standards. Green Seal standards cover 450 categories – from janitorial
supplies, paints, and windows to hotels and restaurants – and are
specified by 23 states and countless institutions. Green Seal’s
science-based programs help manufacturers, purchasers, and consumers to
make improvements that are beneficial to human health, the environment,
and the marketplace. For more information, visit GreenSeal.org,
or call 202-872-6400. Connect with Green Seal on Facebook,
Twitter,
and LinkedIn.

Contacts

Christina Alvarez
Mulberry Marketing Communications
214-571-6322
[email protected]