Risk & Sustainability

No event, promoter or environment is the same. For this reason, our risk management services are organic and bespoke for each situation or client.

We spend the time to understand the appetite for risk, the context of the project and who the stakeholders are.

We then use our experienced, multi-disciplinary team to provide well thought out, practical advice with attainable project goals. We strongly believe in creating sustainable, long-term partnerships with our clients through a risk management process which has a long-term vision.

Our risk management process includes desktop reviews, design reviews, workshops, consultation and communication across the board. iEDM believe in the value a good risk management process can provide at a corporate, financial and operational level.

Some of the risk management services which iEDM can provide are below:

• Strategic Risk Planning;
• Risk Assessment and Development of Registers;
• Event Risk Management Plans;
• Environmental and Construction Risk Identification;
• Authority-Side Independent Reviews; and,
• On-Going Support and Resourcing.

The events industry in Australia contains a diverse mixture of companies and personnel who vary significantly in WHS maturity.

iEDM’s approach to WHS management on major event sites is through a collaborative framework, assisting the smaller companies to continually reach a higher level of safety and maintaining a lower risk profile for the Event. We are passionate about leading the continual WHS improvement across the events industry.

iEDM have developed event project specific WHS management standards for the projects we deliver which are AS4801:2001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System accredited.

Some of the Work Health and Safety services iEDM offer are:

• Audit and Review;
• Safety in Design Consulting;
• WHS System Development;
• Principal Contractor Services;
• Contract & Procurement;
• WHS Risk Management;
• WHS Resourcing; and
• Authority (Approval) Independent Audits.

In order to host a large event at a site that is not specifically designed for regular gatherings, there will always be a requirement to consider how the environment will be affected.

Whether it is the natural open space of a park, streets and promenades which hold heritage values or adjacent to open waterways, congregations of large numbers of people will always present a level of inherent risk to the natural or built environment.

Our long & varied experience within the events industry, coupled with an in depth understanding of current best environmental practice, allow for the thorough application of the environmental risk management process to new and well-established events. iEDM, in consultation with the client, determine what risks exist and then provide realistic, relevant & cost effective strategies that are best suited to protect human health and the surrounding environment, whilst complying with any environmental governance.

Advisory Services include:
— Waste Management Strategies;
— Noise Modelling;
— Flora & Fauna Assessments; and,
— Natural and Built Heritage Assessments.

Reflecting the values of the wider community, events are increasingly aware of their impacts on the local economy, communities and the environment.

ISO20121 – Sustainable Events is an international standard to provide guidance and best practice for event organisers to manage their social and environmental impact.

iEDM has a focussed commitment to work with clients to deliver safe and sustainable events. Through carefully considered design and consultation with all stakeholders, we have a core objective to provide patrons with a positive, enjoyable experience while minimising negative impacts, maximising positive impacts and achieving the goals of the promoter.

iEDM have the capability to work with new or existing events to create strategies to meet ISO20121 – Sustainable Events. We can audit existing events to create practical and attainable goals of achieving a more sustainable project.