Sealed Air organized a Risk Management Summit in Amsterdam to share with our customers the most innovative initiatives on business risk management. More than 200 senior business leaders of world-class standing – blue-chip organizations in Building Care, Retail, Lodging and Food & Beverage industries – attended this Summit.

As one of the fastest growing hotel operators in the world, we at the Rezidor Hotel Group have entrusted Diversey with providing housekeeping and kitchen solutions that deliver superior cleaning results with minimal impact on the environment and improved profitability for the hotels.

Last week I wrote for the European Cleaning Journal on the benefits for facility management companies of implementing and running IT systems and procedures to improve front and back office operations.

In today’s era of ubiquitous portable technology I am surprised at the low level of adoption within our industry of such easily available resources. Internet based applications can differentiate a business from its competitors through improved service quality, and efficiency and profitability of back office procurement tasks.