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WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR INAUGURAL EUROPEAN CLEANING
& HYGIENE AWARDS The winners of the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2016 have been announced. These prestigious new awards recognised standards of excellence in the professional cleaning sector across Europe and were presented at a dazzling gala dinner on Thursday, 29th September.
The awards ceremony, founded by European Cleaning Journal and organised by Environment Media Group, took place at the Majestic Hotel in Barcelona. From almost 100 entries submitted by service providers, manufacturers and distributors the judges agreed the following entries were worthy of the highest accolades:
BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY BY CONTRACTORS IN THEIR CLEANING PROGRAMME Sponsored by Diversey Care Leviy for Healthcare Cleaning 'Real- time Control'
COMMITMENT TO AND INVESTMENT IN TRAINING Sponsored by BOMA ISS for Service with a Human Touch
EXCELLENCE IN CLIENT/ CONTRACTOR PARTNERSHIPS Sponsored by Tennant Principle Cleaning Services Ltd
DISTRIBUTORS – EXCELLENCE IN
ADDED VALUE INITIATIVES INPACS – Global Supply Solution
SUSTAINABILITY – BEST PRACTICE IN IMPLEMENTING PRINCIPLES THROUGHOUT THE BUSINESS Sponsored by INPACS Markas
WORKFORCE – EXCELLENCE IN EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS, TRAINING, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, REWARDS PROGRAMMES ETC Sponsored by Hygieia Network ISS Spain
BEST INITIATIVE RAISING THE PROFILE AND PERCEPTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SECTOR – LOCALLY OR ON A WIDER LEVEL Sponsored by Greenspeed Grup Net100x200
GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR ICE for Robo 2
INSPIRATIONAL LEADER OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Truvox International Kurt Alois Hegerich
GREATEST INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO DRIVING UP STANDARDS WITHIN A CLEANING OPERATION Mariana Pirgaru, Derrycourt Cleaning Specialist's Outstanding Employee
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Sponsored by Ceris Burns International Douglas Cooke, Principle Cleaning (UK)
On receiving the highest accolade, Douglas Cooke said: “I’m absolutely
blown away; it’s a complete surprise. Of course I’m absolutely thrilled, delighted and honoured to win it. It’s thanks to the people in the rest of my business: managers, directors and everybody else who allow me the time to go away and promote the cleaning industry.”
The multi-national judging panel was made up of European Cleaning Journal editor Michelle Marshall; industry consultant Jean-Marc Flaux (France); Director of BIV, Johannes Bungart (Germany); President of ASPEL, Juan Díez de los Ríos de San Juan (Spain); and industry consultant Lynn Webster (UK).
Lynn Webster, Director at LWC Ltd said: “We were delighted to have such a tremendous wealth of entrants for these, our first pan-European awards that have exceeded all expectations in terms of both quality and quantity. This of course makes the judges’ role even more difficult.
“Congratulations to all of the finalists and for the exceptional standards achieved by the winners. It is so exciting to see recognition for the professional cleaning sector culminating in such a wonderful event, rewarding excellence across our industry and celebrating so many achievements and stories of success."
Diversey Care was the lead sponsor for this inaugural awards event. Its president, Dr Ilham Kadri, was at the ceremony and commented: "This first edition of the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards has demonstrated the outstanding value that the cleaning industry is creating with groundbreaking innovations.
"As the lead sponsor for the event, I was both inspired and impressed by the great organisation and our customers' awards. Congratulations for a job well done."
The education partner for the afternoon’s conference was worldwide cleaning association, ISSA and the cocktail reception was sponsored by ISSA/INTERCLEAN.
The next European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards will be held in 2017, in Rome. For further information, visit
www.ecj-awards.com or contact
awards@europeancleaningjournal.com.
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