Tomorrow's Cleaning March 2010

TOMORROW’S CLEANING MARCH 10
Chequers chocolate is a winner
In a charity event and based on the popular Over £1200 was raised for The Croydon
Hell’s Kitchen programme with Gordon Commitment on the night and Kate Ward,
Ramsey, professional and sustainable South Director and part of the winning team said, “It
SCA makes the Global 100
London cleaning provider Chequers Contract was a real challenge to do something different
sustainability list again
Services emerged victorious. and for a valuable cause. With the help of Joe
Tork manufacturer SCA is once again the only
Its team of three took the winning title at the
and our fantastic supporters, the Chequers
tissue company to feature in the latest Global
Croydon Chef’s Charity Challenge.
team tasted success and proved it was a worthy
100 Most Sustainable Corporations list.
winner so I am extremely proud of them all.”
The event, sponsored by a South Croydon
www.chequerscontracts.co.uk
catering company Simply Lunch, took place at
Croydon College where Kate Ward, Alison
Fautley and Andy Acton worked tirelessly over
nine hours with professional Chef Joe Sullivan.
Joe developed the menu of a wonderful warm
goats cheese and roasted beetroot starter,
Morrocan lamb for main course and a delicious
chocolate and cardamom tart for dessert.
Tork staff polish off a new world record
This is the sixth year running that the company
has been recognised as one of the world’s
Staff at SCA Tissue Europe’s head office set a Keynes where the event was staged and a
most sustainable companies by Canadian
new world record when they polished a car Guinness World Records adjudicator
Corporate Knights. The list comprises
using Tork 530 multipurpose cloths. monitored the proceedings.
companies from 24 countries that have been
evaluated on how effectively they deal with
The vehicle involved was a Formula One car – The team had to work on the same part of the
various environmental and social issues.
and a total of 63 employees worked on it at car’s bodywork for a full minute in order to
once. This earned them a place in the Guinness earn their place in the record books.
“Sustainability is integral to everything we do,
World Records as the largest group of people
and we are delighted that our approach is
“Our name will appear in the Guinness World
ever to polish a Formula One car at a time.
gaining such global recognition,” said Susan
Records later in the year and in the meantime
Iliefski-Janols, SCA’s director environment and
“We found out there was a record there to we have a certificate on our office wall to prove
product safety, SCA global hygiene category.
break - and that it would be a fun one to do,” we did it,” said Jamie.
said SCA Tissue Europe’s marketing
Britain led the way this year with a total of 21
www.tork.co.uk
communications co-ordinator Jamie Wright.
Global 100 companies being UK-based. The
“It was quite an achievement and it created a
US came in second with 12 corporations, while
great sense of team spirit within the office.”
Canada and Australia gained joint third position
with nine Global 100 companies each.
The entire staff of SCA Tissue Europe’s
Dunstable office participated in the record-
SCA has qualified as one of the Global 100
breaking event, which was staged in the
Most Sustainable Corporations every year
run-up to a new industrial launch due to take
since the scheme’s inception in 2005.
place in April. A Formula One car was brought
www.tork.co.uk
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