受清洁健康生活的启发，ECOS应运而生
50多年前, our founder 范Vlahakis made a commitment to create safer cleaning products that protect the health and wellbeing of both people and the planet. 这仍然是我们今天的使命.
Van’s legacy continues with his daughter, CEO 凯利Vlahakis-Hanks. 在她的领导下, 生态系统实现了气候积极效应, becoming the world’s first company to make its products in carbon neutral, water neutral and TRUE Platinum Zero Waste facilities. Our commitment to combating climate change grows stronger than ever.
Our founder 范Vlahakis arrives in NYC from Greece with $23 in his pocket. 他的家乡和它的纯洁, plant-powered approach to cleaning will provide future inspiration for the creation of ECOS.
After several years working as a chemist in the cleaning products industry, Roosevelt University alum 范Vlahakis recognizes the negative health effects of the harsh chemical ingredients used in most cleaning products. 他开了自己的保险柜, greener cleaning products company in his garage in Chicago and opens his first facility in Bensenville, IL.
We open our first West Coast facility in Huntington Beach, 加州, to meet the demand for safer cleaning products in the growing environmental movement.
To help reduce shipping distances and minimize our carbon footprint, we add our first East Coast facility in Westwood, 新泽西.
We earn the EPA’s highest level of recognition in the Safer Detergents Stewardship Initiative for the use of safer surfactants that are non-polluting and help protect aquatic life.
We unveil our newest Midwestern Division facility in Addison, 伊利诺斯州, equipped with the largest commercial solar panel array in the state at the time.
加州 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger bestows on us the Governor’s Environmental & 经济领袖奖(GEELA), 认可我们节约资源的努力, protect the environment and bolster local economies.
我们在莱西设立了新的西北分部, 华盛顿, to reduce shipping distances to the northwestern U.S. and Canada, bringing us one step closer to carbon neutrality.
A Green Story, a major motion picture about ECOS founder’s life and work, premieres.
The EPA’s Green Power Leadership program recognizes our leadership in the use of renewable energy, helping advance the market for green power and the development of renewable electricity sources.
We return to our roots in the beautiful country of Greece, 在雅典开设办事处, expanding our international reach and reducing our carbon footprint.
We achieve carbon neutrality by switching all our facilities to 100% renewable energy and dramatically reducing our transportation emissions. In the process, we offset over 28 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions every year.
After 范Vlahakis’ passing, his daughter 凯利Vlahakis-Hanks is named President and CEO.
True sustainability means not just protecting the environment but also supporting workers, 他们的家庭, 社区和经济.
我们在美国的四家工厂中的每一家.S. diverts over 95% of its waste from landfills and incineration by reducing, 重用, 回收, and most of all rethinking our approach to waste.
Our flagship manufacturing facility officially opens its doors on Earth Day. The Cypress building runs on 100% clean energy and includes a solar panel garden – perfect for our HQ’s sunny Southern 加州 location.
可持续发展达到了一个新的里程碑! After years of dedication to reducing our water use and supporting water restoration programs, we achieve the final step in the trifecta of sustainable manufacturing (carbon neutral, 水中性及零废物).
We celebrate our 50th anniversary with local leaders and community partners at each of our facilities and by investing in a more sustainable future as we establish the Vlahakis Organic Chemistry Lab at Roosevelt University in Chicago, where students research green chemistry and products based on renewable resources.
合作文化, 可持续发展的使命, exceptional benefits and a supportive work environment, we earn recognition in the Orange County Register’s annual list of top workplaces.
Thanks to our innovations in the development of safer products, the U.S. EPA names ECOS its 安全的选择 Partner of the Year for the fourth time.
ECOS becomes first manufacturer in the nation to achieve LEED零 Carbon, LEED零 Energy & LEED零废物
ECOS becomes the first manufacturer in the world to receive Platinum-level WELL Building certification
