Highland Partners Awarded with Positive Luxury's Trust Mark
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2015 -- Highland Partners, Better Homes and Gardens Mason-McDuffie Real Estate (http://www.thehighlandpartners.com), in tandem with Positive Luxury (http://www.positiveluxury.com), announces that they have been awarded with Positive Luxury’s distinctive Trust Mark, signifying their commitment to social and environmental issues. Positive Luxury’s Trust Mark assures consumers that their list of approved luxury brands is committed to not only quality, but also excellent service and sustainability. Positive Luxury recognizes that consumers desire luxury products and services, while also holding businesses to high standards of social and environmental ethics.
Highland Partners, along with over 200 international elite luxury brands, has been awarded Positive Luxury’s Trust Mark due to their commitment to sustainability and their social, environmental and philanthropic efforts. Highland Partners is a luxury boutique real estate company with an international presence located in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are dedicated to supporting their clients and the communities in which they live and do business. The agency focuses on building better communities through involvement and service. They ensure that 100% of their employees volunteer with or donate to local or international organizations on an annual basis. Highland Partners provides support and volunteer hours to over fifty different programs, including local and international schools, hospitals and community agencies. They elect to collaborate with local suppliers and businesses that employ socially and environmentally conscious standards. Highland Partners is committed to utilizing locally sourced products, and all print material is sourced from recycled products to minimize their ecological footprint.
Positive Luxury is the award winning company behind the unique interactive Trust Mark awarded to luxury lifestyle brands. With the Trust Mark brands are recognized for their commitment to craftsmanship, service and sustainability. Positive Luxury is revolutionizing brand/consumer engagement, creating better and more informed customer experiences, fostering loyalty and generating trust whilst capturing information on consumer’s interest in these topics, and providing brands with actionable insights on consumer trends and data in real time. The Trust Mark is the globally recognized seal of approval for luxury lifestyle brands across every industry. The company was founded in 2012 by Diana Verde Nieto, Young Global Leader WEF and founder of sustainability consultancy Clownfish, and Karen Hanton, founder of toptable.com and one of the Top 50 Women in Tech 2015. Positive Luxury has to date awarded 200 luxury lifestyle brands.
Consumers of luxury goods and services hold businesses to high standards in regards to environmental and social ethics. Highland Partners continues to provide impeccable service to their local and international clients, while maintaining a commitment to the global community. Highland Partners is run by a team of Partners including Managing Partner Heidi Marchesotti, Broker Adam Betta and Marketing Director Debbi DiMaggio, who are dedicated to upholding these standards on an international level. States Partner Heidi Marchesotti, “It is truly an honor to be recognized for giving respect to our planet and the communities we serve. Everyone can operate the way we do. It is not simple or easy. It takes integrity and absolution in your choices. It is our hope that every company, big and small, will be awarded the Butterfly Trust Mark as a commitment to a global, peaceful, respectful, economy.”
Positive Luxury CEO and co-founder Diana Verde Nieto commented: “To have awarded our first US brand is hugely exciting for Positive Luxury, but for the brand to also be our first real estate company is a huge step. Highland Partners is paving the way for other companies, in and outside of their industry, through their fantastic initiatives and values. I’m looking forward to working closely with them on their journey.”
Along with Positive Luxury, Highland Partners would like to redefine luxury as high quality services that will benefit the global community. Positive Luxury aspires for their trusted brands to continue leading in industry and encouraging other brands to offer luxury goods and services in a sustainable manner.
Highland Partners
Highland Partners, Better Homes and Gardens Mason-McDuffie Real Estate (http://www.thehighlandpartners.com) is a luxury boutique real estate company with an international presence located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their heritage began with the founding of Mason-McDuffie Real Estate in 1887. Over a century later, Highland Partners was founded in 2009 as a joint venture with Better Homes and Gardens Mason-McDuffie Real Estate, creating a multinational organization renowned for providing the most dedicated service in the industry. Highland Partners is run by a team of Partners including Managing Partner Heidi Marchesotti, Broker Adam Betta and Marketing Director Debbi DiMaggio. Highland Partners continues to rank number one within the Better Homes and Gardens Mason-McDuffie network of real estate firms. Highland Partners is also an esteemed member of Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate, which provides their high-end listings with unparalleled exposure within the global luxury market. Highland Partners offers the corporate strength, international reach, and brand recognition of a major real estate corporation, while maintaining a client-centered boutique operation.
Positive Luxury
Positive Luxury (http://www.positiveluxury.com) awards a unique Trust Mark to luxury lifestyle brands, recognizing them for, and using technology to update consumers on, their commitment to craftsmanship, service and sustainability. Positive Luxury is revolutionizing brand/consumer engagement, creating better and more informed customer experiences, fostering loyalty and generating trust whilst capturing information on consumer’s interest in these topics, providing brands with actionable insights on consumer trends and data in real time. The Trust Mark is the globally recognized seal of approval for luxury lifestyle brands across fashion, accessories, beauty, travel/hospitality and fine food and wine industries. The company was founded in 2012 by Diana Verde Nieto, Young Global Leader WEF and founder of sustainability consultancy Clownfish, and Karen Hanton, founder of toptable.com and one of the Top 50 Women in Tech 2015, and has to date awarded 200 luxury lifestyle brands.
Contact:
Highland Partners
510 428 0900
homes(at)thehighlandpartners(dot)com
Positive Luxury: Laura Mitchell
+44 203 582 3212
laura(at)positiveluxury(dot)com
Pamela Neher, Lala Valentine PR, http://www.lalavalentine.com, +1 510 379 7021, [email protected]
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