Sustainability Report 2016 / 2017

10 Quick & Easy System from green care PROFESSIONAL Our customers employ more than two million professional cleaners in Eu- rope. Consumer safety is therefore an important issue. The products should promote well-being, particularly the health of the users, and should pose no hazard to the professional cleaners, the environment and people who are in the immediate surroundings. Every day millions of people move in and around kindergartens, schools, city halls, hospitals, train stations, ho- tels, etc. They all are entitled to the highest environmental and health stan- dards in the cleaning products used. Furthermore, the use of cleaning solutions in diverse application areas should be safe, simple and intuitive, with no time-consuming training re- quired. The products also need to be effective and competitively priced. Smart and Quick & Easy fulfill these criteria. The new Quick & Easy System from green care Professional is a mobile, automatic dosage system which includes up to five eco-effective, sustain- able formulas and a water cartridge in green-Effective ® product design. The concentrate is automatically diluted in the required amount on site and the easy-to-use plug-and-play system lets the user spray cleansing foam on any surface quickly and safely. Results are long-lasting cleanliness. In­ stallation, maintenance and extra training are not required. The five cleaning concentrates are certified with Cradle to Cradle Gold TM , which means they are safe for humans and the environment. All Quick & Easy products bear the EU Ecolabel. Amsterdam Innovation Award Category: Equipment  / Devices for Cleaning, Maintenance and Safety The combination of sustainability, efficiency and ergonomics in a single product concept swayed the members of the international jury in favor of Werner & Mertz. From a record number of 110 reg- istered products, the Quick & Easy System made the short list and in the end came out ahead of two competitors in the category “ Equipment / Devices for Cleaning, Maintenance and Safety ” . The Amsterdam Innovation Award was conferred for the 11th time this year. Company