Flash News No. 40/2017 | October 26

Finalists for awards in Rome announced
 
European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2017 shortlist released
 
The finalists in the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2017 have been announced. The awards recognise standards of excellence in the professional cleaning sector Europe-wide and the winners will be announced at a gala dinner at the Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel in Rome on 9 November.
 
 
Service providers, manufacturers and distributors in the sector submitted over 140 entries.
 
The judges have now selected their finalists in the 10 categories:
  1. Best use of technology by contractors in their cleaning programmes
    Sponsored by Diversey Care BeSense and CSU
    How Bouygues Energies & Services use SmartView Technology to Manage the Efficiency of Cleaning Contracts How UVC Xenon light (XENEX GERM-ZAPPING ROBOTS® Disinfection System), is used by CLECE in Hospitals to improve Cleaning Services Quality
    Julius Rutherfoord & Co
    University of Wolverhampton and SmartTask
  2. Commitment to and investment in training
    Sponsored by Greenspeed
    Birkin Services
    Cleaning Dry System
    Julius Rutherfoord & Co
    “Markas Academy” Project
  3. Excellence in client/contractor partnerships
    Birkin Services
    FBD and Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists
    Julius Rutherfoord & Co
    Youngflex: co creation by Albeda College and Gom Schoonhouden
  4. Distributors – excellence in added value initiatives
    Sponsored by Lucart
    Eko Iniciativa by Valtex
    ICE Smartcall
    Kenter
    WE Italia SRL
  5. Sustainability – best practice in implementing principles throughout the business
    Sponsored by Werner & Mertz
    City of Ghent: Sustainable cleaning from A to Z
    Going full circle – Greenspeed's circular cleaning approach
    Markas best practice for sustainability: the Montichiari Hospital project
    Ökologische Gebäudereinigung, Piepenbrock
  6. Workforce – excellence in employee relationships, diversity & inclusion, rewards programmes, etc
    Cleanology puts health, safety and wellbeing for its workforce at the top of its agenda
    Julius Rutherfoord & Co
    “Markas Academy” Project
    Maximum Impact, Breedweer Facilitaire Diensten
  7. Best initiative raising the profile and perception of the professional cleaning sector – locally or on a wider level
    Partnership and Social Awareness, Tenterden Twilight Commercial Cleaning
    Awareness raising project: the hygiene hands game for children, the infection prevention starts from the beginning!
    LIFE (Labour Intensive Facility Event) – ANIP Road Show
    How BESA promotes the importance of the professional cleaning sector through its ventilation hygiene training and industry standard TR19
  8. Groundbreaking technological innovation of the year
    Sponsored by ISSA/INTERCLEAN
    BeSense, CSU
    Biorg Malish Sonic Scrub
    Tork PeakServe® Continuous® Hand Towel Dispensing System, Essity
  9. Inspirational leader of the year
    Sponsored by Truvox International
    Avril McCarthy, Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists
    Jan-Hein Hemke, Facilicom UK
    Lorenzo Mattioli, ANIP
    Paul Ashton, Birkin Services
  10. Greatest individual contribution to driving up standards of excellence within a cleaning operation
    Anna Sangaletti, Markas
    Avril McCarthy, Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists
    Soo Bartholomew, Birkin Services
The final award of the evening is the Lifetime achievement award sponsored by Ceris Burns International. The winner of this prestigious award is selected by the judging panel and is not open to public nomination.
 
The awards, now in their second year, were launched by the European Cleaning Journal and are organised by EMG. Diversey Care is the event partner and Lucart is the silver sponsor for the 2017 awards. Other sponsors include Afidamp, Brightwell Dispensers, Nilfisk and Magris.
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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