Eight awards Green Planet start 2011 well


Green Planet Solutions, a leading supplier of environmentally friendly cleaning, hygiene and water products, has joined ‘1% for the Planet’, a charity which coordinates global companies committed to donating 1% of their sales to help protect the Earth’s future. The funds raised goes to environmental charities around the world that are focused on


Solutions joins 1% for the Planet


campaigns for clean air, pure water, safe food and wild places. Green Planet Solutions has


Shaun Chatterton, Chief Executive, Green Planet Solutions


chosen two charities to donate 1% of its sales to. The first is ‘Fresh2o’, a charity which aims to reduce poverty and prevent death by enabling the


provision of clean


water for drinking and sanitation globally. The second is ‘Waste Watch’, an environmental organisation that advises, educates and supports people in making changes to their lives that will reduce their environmental impact.


1% for the Planet was established in 2001 with a mission to build up a group of companies committed to creating a healthy planet. The scheme is growing and last year, 1,250 companies around the world collectively raised $15M for hundreds of organisations. The scheme is supported by many musical artists too, including Jack Johnson, and the recently released ‘1% for the Planet: The Music’ digital album reached number 1 in Amazon’s mp3 download chart. The eco aware Green Planet Solutions range features an extensive mix of cleaning chemicals, water products and industrial solutions. These include concentrated cleaners that can be used throughout all areas of a business, hand wash, hand dryers, toilet tissue and natural mineral water.


The products have a reduced impact upon aquatic life and perform as effectively as conventional products. The products are Vegan Society approved and the company is a member of the Cleaning and Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA).


www.greenplanetsolutions.co.uk www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/en/


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Property and people 24/7 protection specialist SitexOrbis starts 2011 having won eight awards in 12 months. Two were won for Excellence in Customer Service. Three were for big efficiency achiever eMAKS – the one key for up to 6,000 locks technology that makes key collections unnecessary. The Property Management Awards named it Contractor of the Year and there were two for marketing in construction.


Building around what it is best known for – vacant property protection – the business has since added new services and continues to work with and canvas customers for their views. eMAKS really took off when the business was able to marry the technology with its alarm receiving centre (ARC) to reprogram keys continually for customers remotely. A visual verification alarm and ARC package has boosted arrest rates. And a unique vaporisation technique that disburses DuoMax, a non-toxic, non irritant


and non corrosive disinfectant, enables fast-action infection control that also gets rid of asthma-trigging spores in a new mould eradication treatment.


Wins since February 2010 include: LHC Innovation of the Year award for eMAKs; Housing Excellence Product of the Year for eMAKS; British Institute of Facilities Management’s (BIFM) Innovation in Products award for eMAKS; British Chambers of Commerce national award for Excellence in Customer Service; British Chambers of Commerce’s award for Excellence in Customer Service for London and the south east; Property Management Awards’ Contractor of the Year; Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Construction Marketing Awards for Best Product Launch and Best Campaign Under £25,000. www.sitexorbis.com 08000 830 850 info@sitexorbis.com


First UK ProtectionNet™ Customer Service Centre


Stanley Convergent Security Solutions (Stanley CSS), part of Stanley Black & Decker, officially opened its first European ProtectionNet Customer Service Centre in the UK at a ribbon cutting launch event on 2nd November.


The ProtectionNet Customer Service Centre is among the largest data and monitoring central stations in the UK, with capacity to monitor over 50,000 customers across the UK. The new state-of-the-art Centre offers a comprehensive range of monitoring services, including Enhanced Call Verification, traditional intrusion, the unique Sonitrol® Audio Verification and advanced Video Verification monitoring, in addition to Fire Alarm monitoring and managed access control services. The ProtectionNet Customer Service Centre is a Class II Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) constructed and staffed to comply with BS5979. With its attack resistant steel shell, continuous alarm and CCTV monitoring inside and out, hourly counter duress activity, recording of all inbound and outbound calls and entry/exit by airlock, the new Centre is


exceptionally secure.


Building & Facilities Management – December 2010/January 2011


The Centre features sophisticated monitoring workstations, each with the capacity to monitor 2000 sites. These are staffed 24/7, 365 days a year, by personnel who have been rigorously vetted and passed a four week specialist training course in all procedures relating to ARC operations.


In addition to the official opening of the ProtectionNet Customer Service Centre, the launch event is also marking the awarding of SSAIB Certification. Independent certification from this prestigious third party certification body endorses the quality and professionalism of Stanley CSS’s work and is a much sought after reference document for insurance companies, insurance brokers, police, specifiers and purchasers of security services and systems. Tel: 0844 254 0032 www.stanleycss.co.uk.


Stanley cuts the ribbon to open its first UK ProtectionNet™ Customer Service Centre


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