ANDERSON PEST SOLUTIONS RECEIVES NPMA GREENPRO CERTIFICATION
Elmhurst, Illinois, December 30, 2009
Anderson Pest Solutions, headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois, has received GreenPro certification from the National Pest Management Association (NPMA). The GreenPro program is the most widely recognized green certification program for pest management professionals in the world, and is the only program of its kind to have received an award from the Environmental Protection Agency.
GreenPro designation verifies to customers that their pest management provider complies with many qualifications designed to ensure they receive eco-effective service. In addition to requiring participating companies to submit independent audits, GreenPro certified companies must have their service technicians, salespersons and managers trained, tested and recertified. GreenPro participating companies are also evaluated on business operations, such as criminal background checks, reference checks, drug screening and more, prior to being allowed to participate in GreenPro.
"We're very proud to have achieved GreenPro certified status," said Mark O'Hara, President of Anderson, and a long-time member of the NPMA's QualityPro board of directors, which helped create the GreenPro program. "Though being certified as a "green" service provider is a popular issue these days, Anderson has actually been practicing the same environmentally responsible procedures required by GreenPro in our service for many years. We had to make very few changes in order to be compliant with the GreenPro standards. The real benefit is that customers now have an independently audited means of determining which pest solutions companies are responsible - and which aren't. There are a lot of pest management companies that say that they're "green" but haven't implemented environmentally responsible practices and don't stress preventative measures and the systems approach required by GreenPro."
The NPMA's GreenPro program recently received the National Pesticide Program Partners Award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The award was given as a part of EPA's Office of Pesticide Program's first-ever Honor Awards Ceremony, which aims to highlight core values and principles of EPA and encourage their widespread practice.
Anderson is the largest family owned pest solutions company in the Midwest, ranked 33rd largest in the nation by Pest Control Technology magazine. Since 1913, Anderson's only business has been providing solutions for pest issues for residences and commercial properties in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Anderson service is backed by one of the strongest customer satisfaction guarantees in the industry.
