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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Tork Achieves Milestone in Data-Driven Cleaning Technology Reaching More Than One Billion People Traveling Through Connected Buildings
Five of the world's 10 busiest airports use Tork technology for cleaning. NORTHAMPTON, MA / / August 7, 2025 / Originally published on Tork Newscenter Tork, an Essity brand, has achieved a significant milestone with an estimated 1.2 billion people in 2024 traveling through buildings that use the Tork Vision Cleaning data-driven cleaning technology. Tork Vision Cleaning utilizes real-time data to optimize restroom cleaning operations, while ensuring that hygiene and customer satisfaction are prioritized. Up to 40% of cleaning time in offices and large venues is spent on the restroom1. This milestone is reached as Tork Vision Cleaning celebrates 10 years since launch. At that time, it was a true pioneer for the cleaning industry, leading the way in introducing such digital solutions. Using the Internet of Things sensors in restroom dispensers and people counters, notify cleaners when dispensers require refills and how many users have entered a restroom, signaling when it's time to clean. Businesses using this technology report that dispensers are full 99% of the time. Currently, Tork has more than 100,000 connected devices that send more than 1.3 million messages a day to cleaners working with Tork Vision Cleaning. Restrooms are often the busiest rooms in a building with 82% of people saying they visit the restroom at least 2-3 times per typical workday2. They are also a significant concern for facility managers, being the single biggest source of complaints in office buildings3. Maintaining good hygiene standards for employees is an important consideration for business success. Managers say they have reduced complaints by 75% as a result of using Tork Vision Cleaning, 68% say they improved efficiency and 97% report improvements in hygiene within their facilities4. "Tork Vision Cleaning is a technology that meets today's expectations for digital connectivity across facilities. With the number of 'smart' connected buildings increasing, this solution has the direct market experience to provide data that empowers cleaners, reduces restroom user complaints and increases cleaning efficiency," said Pablo Fuentes, president of Essity's global Professional Hygiene business. "That's why we are seeing a growing demand for Tork Vision Cleaning, especially in high-traffic spaces like airports, stadiums and in large office buildings." For facility management companies, Tork Vision Cleaning can bring added value to their operations. The Facilities Management Director of a large corporate headquarters building in Paris managed by Sodexo, shares how they have successfully installed and operated the digital technology from Tork. "Implementing Tork Vision Cleaning has transformed our operations for Sodexo at a big Parisian headquarters. Initially, at this site, we aimed to optimize our cleaning teams' productivity in the high-traffic event areas. When Tork Vision Cleaning was installed in part of the site, we saw complaints continue to come from areas without Tork Vision Cleaning. Extending the solution across the entire site with 1,300 devices led to up to 90% fewer complaints, significant time savings for cleaning staff, and improved service quality. Our client is in the technology sector, always on the lookout for innovation, even in cleaning and facility management. The Tork solution, seen as the leader in connected cleaning, is ideal for this client. This technology reduces staff stress and enhances the overall user experience. The Tork brand is the global leader in professional hygiene, offering dispensing systems, refills for hand towels, toilet paper, soap and sanitizers, napkins and wipers for use in commercial environments like office buildings, restaurants, passenger terminals, stadiums, healthcare facilities and manufacturing sites. Five of the world's busiest airports now use the data-driven cleaning technology from Tork6. One in three people who avoid using airport restrooms also limit how much they spend to eat and drink in the airport - an important revenue source for airports5. Airport operators are also reporting a rise in cleaning staff vacancies and one in four anticipate recruitment challenges for cleaning staff. Tork Vision Cleaning provides data to airports that enables them to direct cleaning staff to the restrooms that are most used and in need of cleaning, and to divert staff from less visited restrooms, ensuring the places people use the most are clean and fully stocked with hygiene products. To learn more about Tork Vision Cleaning, visit 1BCG IoT discussion, 2024 2Data from the 2024 Tork Insights Survey of 6,000 individuals 18-65+ and 900 respondents representing businesses in the United States, Mexico, UK, Germany and France.3Statista: North America; Average across 2017 to 2021; 185 respondents; Building service contractors/commercial cleaning providers.4Based on survey results conducted in November/December 2023 of 69 managers using Tork Vision Cleaning in 18 countries globally.5IPSOS survey of 3,000 people who had recently visited a high-traffic venue in the USA, UK, Germany, France, Poland or Sweden, conducted in 2016.6Based on Airports Council International (ACI) July 2024 total passenger data. For additional information please contact: FHTork@ About TorkThe Tork brand offers professional hygiene products and services to customers worldwide ranging from restaurants and healthcare facilities to offices, schools and industries. Our products include dispensers, paper towels, toilet tissues, soap, napkins and wipers, but also software solutions for data-driven cleaning. Through expertise in hygiene, functional design and sustainability, Tork has become a market leader that supports customers to think ahead so they're always ready for business. Tork is a global brand of Essity and a committed partner to customers in more than 110 countries. To keep up with the latest Tork news and innovations, please visit About EssityEssity is a global, leading hygiene and health company. Every day, our products, solutions and services are used by a billion people around the world. Our purpose is to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, caregivers, customers and society. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands such as Actimove, Cutimed, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic and Zewa. In 2024, Essity had net sales of approximately SEK 146bn (EUR 13bn) and employed 36,000 people. The company's headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. More information at View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Essity / TORK on Contact Info:Spokesperson: Essity / TORKWebsite: info@ SOURCE: Essity / TORK View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
The Sun
15-07-2025
- Health
- The Sun
Posts about women's health BLOCKED by Instagram – while men's are promoted, study finds
Women's health topics are more than three times more likely to be blocked on social media than men's, according to a study. Posts are less likely to be viewed or engaged with due to algorithms, but the opposite is true about men's health. 1 Influencer Aly Boghici [ allmumstalk ] and her husband Justin [ alldadstalk ] shared content about male and female health to see the reaction from followers. Aly shared content about menopause, pain during sex and vaginal dryness - these types of posts were viewed by 66 per cent fewer non-followers than her typical Instagram activity. By comparison, when Justin posted about erectile dysfunction, leaking after sex and testosterone imbalance, he only noticed a mild drop in non-follower views, by 16 per cent, compared to his normal content. It suggests women's health and sexual wellness content is being routinely restricted on social media platforms as outdated algorithms detect words like 'vagina' or 'period' and block non-followers from viewing. Engagement rates between posts were significantly different, with Aly receiving a massive drop in comments by 69 per cent, whereas Justin received an uptick by 76 per cent as both followers and non-followers expressed interest in men's health topics. Hygiene and health company Essity, which produces menstrual health brands Bodyform and Modibodi, commissioned the experiment. It is campaigning to end the practice of social media companies banning medically and anatomically correct terminology related to women's health. Aly Boghici said: "It is clear my content is being censored and I can see clearly that the censorship of women's health related content is an issue. 'I have identified these following topics results in my posts receiving less engagement: menstrual health, charities supporting menstrual health, sexual health or charities supporting these important conversations, and the list can get longer. Millions of women live life according to their menstrual cycle, study shows 'I might be reluctant to post about these important issues moving forward as the message doesn't seem to be supported unless more support from the algorithms will be given, and people to be given a chance to voice their personal experiences, otherwise we cannot make a change and support women going through different health scenarios… we cannot break taboos if we keep silent .' Additional posts during the experiment by Aly focussed on periods, heavy bleeding and endometriosis - which saw 25 per cent less views. Taboo topics such as thrush and discharge had 14 per cent less views than normal content. Justin posted about taboo topics such as pain in the testicles, weird discharge and thrush. It doesn't feel fair that one gender appears to be disproportionately censored when it comes to sharing information about health. Justin Boghici Influencer They saw a massive surge, with 34 per cent more non-followers viewing the content compared to his other activity. His posts illustrating learnings about penile, testicular and prostate cancers experienced an increase in non-follower views by four per cent. Justin Boghici said: 'After one week of comparing notes, I noticed no notable change in engagement on my posts on male health issues, if anything, they've actually increased, especially on the reel message. 'It was quite interesting to make this men's vs women's health comparison. 'It doesn't feel fair that one gender appears to be disproportionately censored when it comes to sharing information about health.' The experiment comes as research of 4,000 adults found 47 per cent of those who use social media feel it is an important platform to educate themselves about health and wellbeing. And 45 per cent don't believe any restrictions should be placed on posts containing the correct medical or anatomical words and phrases to describe the human body. Some 44 per cent think anyone should be able to publish content related to women's health, for example, menstrual health or breast cancer. Just under eight in 10 adults (77 per cent) said words like 'vagina' or 'periods' should not be restricted on social media when used in an educational context. Essity is working with campaign group CensHERship to raise awareness about the negative impact of women's health censorship on social media. Spokesperson Kate Prince said: 'Our Bodyform brand is regularly censored when it launches new campaigns on social media that are designed to improve education around menstrual health. 'Women and girls must be able to access information and advice about critical health topics on social media and they should be able to hear about and engage with the experiences of others. 'We can fully understand the need to monitor certain words and phrases, but when anatomically and medically correct language is censored then we think it's going too far. 'We're asking the social media giants to use their expertise and offer a solution that would help millions of women and girls gain access to important content and information.'
South Wales Argus
14-07-2025
- Health
- South Wales Argus
Algorithms blocking women's health topics on social media
Influencer Aly Boghici (allmumstalk) shared content about menopause, pain during sex and vaginal dryness and discovered these types of posts were viewed by 66% fewer non-followers than her typical Instagram activity. By comparison, husband Justin (alldadstalk) posted about erectile dysfunction, leaking after sex and testosterone imbalance and only noticed a mild drop in non-follower views, by 16%, compared to his normal content. The research suggests women's health and sexual wellness content is being routinely restricted on social media platforms as outdated algorithms pick up words like vagina or period and block non-followers from viewing. Algorithms blocking women's health topics on social media Engagement rates between posts were significantly different with Aly receiving a massive drop in comments by 69%, whereas Justin received an uptick by 76% as both followers and non-followers expressed real interest in men's health topics. Hygiene and health company Essity, which produces menstrual health brands Bodyform and Modibodi, commissioned the experiment as part of its campaign to end the practice of social media companies banning medically and anatomically correct terminology related to women's health. 'We cannot break taboos if we keep silent' Aly Boghici said: 'I've seen a massive drop off in engagement when it comes to my four posts on the women's health subject compared to any of my other regular posts. "While Justin's engagement was pretty much the same or even higher than his regular posts. "It is clear my content is being censored and I can see clearly that the censorship of women's health related content is an issue. It's not hateful, it's SUPER important that we openly discuss menstruation. Keep talking, we're listening 💜 — Bodyform (@bodyform) July 2, 2023 'I have identified these following topics results in my posts receiving less engagement: menstrual health, charities supporting menstrual health, sexual health or charities supporting these important conversations, and the list can get longer. 'I might be reluctant to post about these important issues moving forward as the message doesn't seem to be supported unless more support from the algorithms will be given, and people to be given a chance to voice their personal experiences, otherwise we cannot make a change and support women going through different health scenarios… we cannot break taboos if we keep silent.' Additional posts during the experiment by Aly focussed on periods, heavy bleeding and endometriosis which saw 25% less views. Taboo topics such as thrush and discharge had 14% less than normal content. Justin posted about taboo topics such as pain in your balls, weird discharge and thrush and saw a massive surge with 34% more non-followers viewing the content compared to his other activity. His posts illustrating learnings about penile, testicular and prostate cancers experienced an increase in non-follower views by 4%. #ProstateCancer has become the most common cancer in England. However, for a disease that affects 1 in 8 men, there's still no screening programme and outdated NHS guidelines prevent lifesaving conversations with men at highest risk. ➡️ Read more: — Prostate Cancer UK (@ProstateUK) January 28, 2025 Justin Boghici said: 'After one week of comparing notes, I noticed no notable change in engagement on my posts on male health issues, if anything, they've actually increased, especially on the reel message. 'It was quite interesting to make this men's vs women's health comparison. What surprised me was how differently my wife's posts on women's health were treated, she saw a clear drop in engagement. 'It doesn't feel fair that one gender appears to be disproportionately censored when it comes to sharing information about health.' Nearly half of social media users think it's an important platform to educate themselves The experiment comes as research of 4,000 adults found 47% of those who use social media feel it is an important platform to educate themselves about health and wellbeing. According to 45%, no restrictions should be placed on posts containing the correct medical or anatomical words and phrases to describe the human body. While 44% think anyone should be able to publish content related to women's health, for example, menstrual health or breast cancer. Just under eight in 10 adults (77%) said words like 'vagina' or 'periods' should not be restricted on social media when used in an educational context. Essity is working with campaign group CensHERship to raise awareness about the negative impact of women's health censorship on social media. Recommended reading: Spokesperson Kate Prince said: 'Our Bodyform brand is regularly censored when it launches new campaigns on social media that are designed to improve education around menstrual health. 'Women and girls must be able to access information and advice about critical health topics on social media and they should be able to hear about and engage with the experiences of others. 'We can fully understand the need to monitor certain words and phrases, but when anatomically and medically correct language is censored, then we think it's going too far. 'We're asking the social media giants to use their expertise and offer a solution that would help millions of women and girls gain access to important content and information.'
North Wales Live
14-07-2025
- Health
- North Wales Live
Women's health content censored three times more than men's on social media
A recent study on censorship has unveiled that posts concerning women's health are more than three times more likely to be suppressed on social media compared to those about men's health. In a social media experiment, influencer Aly Boghici (@allmumstalk) found that her posts discussing menopause and sex were viewed by 66 percent fewer non-followers than her usual Instagram content. Conversely, when her husband Justin (@alldadstalk) posted about sex and testosterone imbalance, he only experienced a slight decrease in views from non-followers. The disparity was also noticeable in engagement rates. Aly witnessed a 69 percent drop in comments on her posts, while Justin saw a 76 percent increase as both followers and non-followers expressed genuine interest in his discussions on men's health issues. The study indicates that content related to women's health and sexual wellness is frequently censored on social media platforms due to outdated algorithms flagging words such as vagina or period, preventing non-followers from seeing the posts. The experiment was commissioned by hygiene and health company Essity, the firm behind menstrual health brands Bodyform and Modibodi, as part of their campaign to prevent social media companies from banning medically and anatomically accurate terminology associated with women's health. Aly documented a 'significant decline' in engagement across her four posts concerning women's health. She found that content relating to menstrual health, sexual wellbeing, or even charitable organisations supporting menstrual health attracted considerably less interaction than her typical posts. Without algorithmic support, she acknowledged that she might be more reluctant to share such content going forward, but cautioned that this won't help break taboos. Throughout the experiment, Aly's posted about periods, heavy bleeding and endometriosis, but experienced a 25 per cent reduction in views. Content addressing sensitive subjects like thrush and discharge also saw a 14 per cent decrease compared to her standard material. Justin mirrored this approach, sharing content about 'sensitive topics' such as testicular pain, but found he received an increase in activity from non-followers. His posts about penile, testicular and prostate cancers witnessed a four per cent rise in views from non-followers. Justin commented: "It was quite interesting to make this men's vs women's health comparison. What surprised me was how differently my wife's posts on women's health were treated, she saw a clear drop in engagement. "It doesn't feel fair that one gender appears to be disproportionately censored when it comes to sharing information about health." A study, involving 4,000 adults, found that nearly half of social media users view these platforms as essential for educating themselves on health and wellbeing. Additionally, 45 percent are against any restrictions on posts using accurate medical or anatomical terms to describe the human body. At the same time, 44 percent feel that everyone should have the freedom to share health-related content. Essity, in partnership with the campaign group CensHERship, is working to highlight the negative impact of censoring women's health issues on social media. Spokesperson Kate said: "Our Bodyform brand is regularly censored when it launches new campaigns on social media that are designed to improve education around menstrual health. "Women and girls must be able to access information and advice about critical health topics on social media and they should be able to hear about and engage with the experiences of others.
Wales Online
14-07-2025
- Health
- Wales Online
Women's health content censored three times more than men's on social media
Women's health content censored three times more than men's on social media Study reveals bias in social media algorithms with women's health posts censored more than men's When posting about women's health influencer Aly saw a drop in engagement (Image: Getty Images ) A recent study on censorship has unveiled that posts concerning women's health are more than three times more likely to be suppressed on social media compared to those about men's health. In a social media experiment, influencer Aly Boghici (@allmumstalk) found that her posts discussing menopause and sex were viewed by 66 percent fewer non-followers than her usual Instagram content. Conversely, when her husband Justin (@alldadstalk) posted about sex and testosterone imbalance, he only experienced a slight decrease in views from non-followers. The disparity was also noticeable in engagement rates. Aly witnessed a 69 percent drop in comments on her posts, while Justin saw a 76 percent increase as both followers and non-followers expressed genuine interest in his discussions on men's health issues. The study indicates that content related to women's health and sexual wellness is frequently censored on social media platforms due to outdated algorithms flagging words such as vagina or period, preventing non-followers from seeing the posts. The experiment was commissioned by hygiene and health company Essity, the firm behind menstrual health brands Bodyform and Modibodi, as part of their campaign to prevent social media companies from banning medically and anatomically accurate terminology associated with women's health. Article continues below Aly documented a 'significant decline' in engagement across her four posts concerning women's health. She found that content relating to menstrual health, sexual wellbeing, or even charitable organisations supporting menstrual health attracted considerably less interaction than her typical posts. Without algorithmic support, she acknowledged that she might be more reluctant to share such content going forward, but cautioned that this won't help break taboos. Throughout the experiment, Aly's posted about periods, heavy bleeding and endometriosis, but experienced a 25 per cent reduction in views. Content addressing sensitive subjects like thrush and discharge also saw a 14 per cent decrease compared to her standard material. Justin mirrored this approach, sharing content about 'sensitive topics' such as testicular pain, but found he received an increase in activity from non-followers. His posts about penile, testicular and prostate cancers witnessed a four per cent rise in views from non-followers. Justin commented: "It was quite interesting to make this men's vs women's health comparison. What surprised me was how differently my wife's posts on women's health were treated, she saw a clear drop in engagement. "It doesn't feel fair that one gender appears to be disproportionately censored when it comes to sharing information about health." Social media users consider it a crucial platform for educating themselves about health issues (Image: Getty Images ) A study, involving 4,000 adults, found that nearly half of social media users view these platforms as essential for educating themselves on health and wellbeing. Additionally, 45 percent are against any restrictions on posts using accurate medical or anatomical terms to describe the human body. At the same time, 44 percent feel that everyone should have the freedom to share health-related content. Essity, in partnership with the campaign group CensHERship, is working to highlight the negative impact of censoring women's health issues on social media. Article continues below Spokesperson Kate said: "Our Bodyform brand is regularly censored when it launches new campaigns on social media that are designed to improve education around menstrual health. "Women and girls must be able to access information and advice about critical health topics on social media and they should be able to hear about and engage with the experiences of others. "We're asking the social media giants to use their expertise and offer a solution that would help millions of women and girls gain access to important content and information."
