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:
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

Commitment to and investment in training
Sponsored by Greenspeed
Birkin Services
Cleaning Dry System
Julius Rutherfoord & Co
“Markas Academy” Project

Excellence in client/contractor partnerships
Birkin Services
FBD and Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists
Julius Rutherfoord & Co
Youngflex: co creation by Albeda College and Gom Schoonhouden

Distributors – excellence in added value initiatives
Sponsored by Lucart
Eko Iniciativa by Valtex
ICE Smartcall
Kenter
WE Italia SRL

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

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

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

Groundbreaking technological innovation of the year
Sponsored by ISSA/INTERCLEAN
BeSense, CSU
Biorg Malish Sonic Scrub
Tork PeakServe® Continuous® Hand Towel Dispensing System, Essity

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

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.