Shortlist released for European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2017

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.