Metsä Group’s Tissue paper business, Metsä Tissue, in partnership with the Cleaning &
Services Support Association, has celebrated and recognised the cleaning and hygiene
industry’s commitment to sustainability in its 2025 Sustainability Awards. Winners were
announced an Awards dinner at The Pelligon in Canary Wharf, on 19th March 2025
Metsä Tissue’s CEO, Sari Pajari-Sederholm, welcomed approximately 350 guests from more
than 100 different organisa ons to the 2025 Sustainability Awards ceremony. She paid tribute
to the quality and the quan ty of the Awards entries, saying that they represented an
ambi on, shared with Metsä Tissue, for an industry that operates responsibly “to help to
create a posi ve, las ng impact on the environment.”
Mika Paljakka, Metsä Tissue SVP UK & Ireland, said that he had been, “overwhelmed by the
interest the awards have generated” with 91 nomina ons for the Awards received from 46
separate organisa ons. He thanked Metsä Tissue’s event partner, the Cleaning and Support
Services Associa on (CSSA), and the Awards sponsors, and urged a endees to generously
support the Awards’ charity – The Hygiene Bank.
To announce the winners of the 2025 Sustainability Awards, Mika handed over to TV Naturalist
Steve Backshall
The Winners of the 2025 Sustainability Awards
Posi ve Climate Impact Award
(presented by John Doyle, Mayflower Washroom Solu ons)
Winner – Landmarc Support Services Ltd with its ‘Clean, Green & Safe’ submission.
Other finalists
 Altum Technologies Ltd
 Mindful Chef Ltd / Naked Sprout Ltd
Social Value Impact Award
(presented by Ross Osbourn, The Maintenance Supply Company)
Winner – Egal with its ‘Pads on a Roll’ submission.
Other finalists:
 No Going Back Cleaning and Support Services
 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Founda on Trust and NWL Procurement Services
Best Sustainability Marke ng and Communica on Ini a ve Award
(presented by Paul Ashton, Cleaning & Services Support Association)
Winner – Bunzl Cleaning & Hygiene Supplies Ltd with its ‘Leveraging PowerBI’ submission.
Other finalists:
 Mi e Ltd
 TheHillingdon Hospitals NHS Founda on Trust
Sustainable Collabora on Award
(presented by Will O’Hagan, PVA Hygiene Ltd)
Winner – Chamberlaine Cleaning Services Ltd with its ‘Innova ve ideas revolu onising the
cleaning industry’ submission.
Other finalists:
 Birkin Group Ltd / Lime Supply Ltd
 Landmarc Support Services Ltd
New Sustainable Innova on Award
(presented by Stephanie Neumann from Bunzl Cleaning and Hygiene Supplies)
Winner – Altum Technologies Ltd with its ‘Ultrasound solu on for fouling preven on’
submission.
Other finalists:
 BioVate Hygienics Ltd
 Shaanxi ORCA Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (ORCAUBOAT®)
And, for the Judges’ Choice Awards
Regional – Simply Washrooms
(presented by Darren Broad from Na onwide Hygiene Group)
Na onal – BioVate Hygienics Ltd
(presented by Ollie Rastall from Source Supplies)
The winners of the CSSA Innova on Showcase Award were also recognised at the ceremony.
Metsä Tissue partnered with Planet Mark to ensure that the 2025 Sustainability Awards had
a minimal carbon footprint. Held on the same day as the London Cleaning Show to minimise
CO2 from travel, the Awards featured locally-sourced food, awards made from renewable raw
materials from Metsä Wood, FSC-cer fied paper and Net Zero prin ng. The Pelligon is a plas c
free venue.
Photographs from the 2025 Sustainability Awards will be available on the website a er 20th
March 2025 – https://www.2025sustainabilityawards.com/https://www.2025sustainabilityawards.com/
About the 2025 Sustainability Awards
The Sustainability Awards were founded in partnership with the Cleaning & Services Support
Associa on (CSSA) in 2023 with the aim of shining a spotlight on sustainability across the
cleaning and hygiene industry

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