| 57 WESTPAC AUCKLAND BUSINESS AWARDS Samson Corporation Samson Corporation CEO Daniel Friedlander says the company’s Green Lease and Building User Guide have challenged the norms for commercial leasing in New Zealand for the better. Never before has there been such a spotlight on cleaning practices or products says owner of Westferry Property Services Dominic Drumm. In a Covidworld, to operate, people need to have con idence that the spaces they occupy, not only look clean but are cleanwith a continuous regime that minimises the risk of the Covid virus being present or transmitted. This assurance is somethingWestferrywork closelywith their clients to provide to their tenants. Covid-19 has really brought to the forefront the importance of partnership betweenWestferry and their clients as they together navigate the COVID 19 pandemic and ensure that people can return to work knowing their workplaces are safe, hygienic andwelcoming – this is andwill continue to be critical to business success and the long term strategic goals of our clients. Information and evidence is key to our clients having comfort that best in class practices and products are been employed across their properties to protect their people fromCovid and enable their safe return to theworkplace. Just as we are investing in new technologies, methodologies, product and quality assurance, our clients are investing in increased frequency and depth of cleaning. “Cleaning is now seen as a critical investment and as playing an important part inworkplace strategy and helping people to get onwith business,” he says. We’re seeing increased demand for high touch point cleaningwithmany businesses investing in on-site cleaners to continuously clean throughout the day so sta can be con ident in the knowledge that their workspaces are constantly been sanitised for their safety. As an organisation, we focus heavily not only on bringing our own strategy to life, but understanding the strategy and business objectives of our clients sowe can best support them through our activities and areas of expertise to achieve their goals. We invest in our business, our people, suppliers and clients for the long termwith a focus on continuous improvement and best practice. Many of our clients like Samson Corporation have sustainability as a key focus across their property portfolio and buildings. Holding Enviro-mark Gold Accreditation, we are continually working to balance our clients’ cleaning needs, care for the environment and value. We regularly consult with our strategic partners on their sustainability policies in relation to their products and servicesminimising environment impacts and our carbon footprint. This helps us continuously improve our practices both internally and externally and our ability to support our customers to drive sustainability and support their business goals. With the pending amendments to theWaste Management Act, the cost of waste to land ill is becomingmore andmore expensive. Weworkwith Samson to support them in achieving their goals with both cost and environmental bene its. For example, we know that 25 30%of all waste from commercial premises is organic and can be recycled onsite. We look after Samson Corporation’s onsiteworm farms on site. Through these worm farms, wemanage the organic waste across Samson sites in an ethical and bene icial way. We have been able to share our learnings across these work farms to bring the same bene its to other clients. Partneringwith clients, such as Samson Corporation, that share similar philosophies has always been an important part of Westferry Property Services’ business. Many of the Samson Corporation sites we clean are technically challengingwith complex architecture. As their needs have evolved, so have the technologies available to us and our propositions and expectations of what we can deliver. A healthy partnership enables us to challenge thewaywe bothwork to get better outcomes that aremutually bene icial to both parties. “Samson Corporation has been instrumental in the growth of Westferry Property Services and have contributed tomaking us a better business. We are certainly very proud to be associatedwith them.” Helping people to get on with business Congratulations Samson Corporation on your selection as a Westpac Auckland Business Award Finalist Westferry Property Services are proud to partner with Samson Corporation as their commercial cleaning services provider across Auckland www.westferry.co.nz
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