Our commitment to a Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSE&Q) and Inclusion programs as a company is integral to meeting our values. The systems are core in our daily operations and strategic planning, ensuring well-being and maintaining the highest standards possible operationally.
“I am proud of the systems that we have developed and our track record of 25 years without serious incident. I don’t see ISO and other external audits as a scary experience, but an opportunity to gain 3rd party feedback. If we pass an audit that’s great; but if they find a hole, it is an opportunity to plug it. We are about safety first; audits and accreditation are not just tick boxes for us.” Stacy Kempton – CEO
Work Health and Safety (WHS)
The management of Prismatic Group Pty Ltd are committed to ensuring that safety of all in the workplace is a priority for our team. The team including employees, contractors, direct customers and associates, are all expected to ensure the safety of themselves and others when on a worksite where we are engaged.
Our commitment is aimed at ensuring injury and illness in the workplace is avoided in all ways practical. This commitment is achieved through the implementation of our proprietary WHS management system. Our WHS management system, designed by our CEO – Stacy Kempton, includes robust coverage of legislative, industry and ISO requirements.
We also aim to have a work environment that is considered proactively safe by all that enter a Prismatic Group Pty Ltd workplace. Proactivity includes the implementation of continuous improvement measures, so that the system is working at optimum efficiency.
Key features of our WHS Management System:
- Organisational management commitment to safety and ongoing direct oversight.
- Clear delegation of roles and responsibilities with active commitment to safety by all team members.
- Ongoing training and competency review exceeding external and legal requirements.
- Robust plant and equipment maintenance and inspection program.
- Detailed hazard and risk assessment and management protocols utilising external and internal sources, ensuring compliance with industry and legal requirements.
- Consultation methods that utilise different formats to ensure timely reporting from all team members, ensuring faster responses to identified hazards.
- Complete Incident Management System (IMS) that is focused on preventing harm via drills, while utilising the Incident Cause Analysis Method (ICAM) review method to reduce risk of future occurrences in the event that harm or a near miss occurs.
- Targeted continuous improvement planning to ensure the system and measures evolve as quickly and efficiently as possible based on new data.
All members of the Prismatic Group Pty Ltd team are asked to make a commitment to safety in the workplace prior to employment and throughout their service with the organisation.
Environmental Sustainability
Prismatic Group Pty Ltd management are committed to the ongoing implementation and review of our Environmental Management System (EMS). Aimed at peak company environmental performance including waste management, pollution minimalisation and sustainable resource consumption.
Team members are also committed to the EMS in all their work and proactively ensuring a small environmental footprint. This covers our daily operations through to strategic long term balanced impact through continuous improvement.
Our EMS ensures scheduled compliance and opportunity audits, stakeholder consultation and team training. By identifying and mitigating environmental and setting then monitoring key performance indicators (KPI) the EMS targets our social responsibility value.
Key initiatives we have undertaken to improve our environmental impact include:
- Replacing lighting and vision systems equipment was LED models with lower power consumption and higher efficiency output.
- Replacing audio equipment with higher efficiency models reducing power consumption.
- Reducing the use of disposable tapes in cable management by utilising Velcro cable ties and cable covers.
- Reduction in equipment size to minimise transport needs and fuel consumption.
- Up-cycling of items that are damaged or not in regular use to produce new products.
- Equipment repair instead of replacement program with dedicated workshop repair days.
- Battery based energy efficient power tool replacement.
- Gas efficient forklift operation training.
- Recycling program and training for all materials that can not be otherwise utilised including cans, bottles, batteries and printer cartridges.
- Truck fleet replacement with new models that utilise better fuel efficiency and particle capture.
- Oil and other potential pollutant recycling or material specific disposal.
- Complete outdoor work site restoration including waste removal and ground impact reversion prior to team egress within procedures.
Quality
Quality in all we do as a team at Prismatic Group Pty Ltd is our first priority. This is because the term quality encompasses all our values that are inclusive of safety, efficiency and competency. Our management and broader team commit to producing quality work on a daily basis on all our work sites.
We monitor the quality of our work through a variety of methods within our Quality Management System (QMS).
Like with all our systems, we use the SMART method of planning and goal setting. This includes being Specific about each objective that is Measurable and Achievable. While ensuring it is Relevant to our company or project overall goals and is Time-bound with a deadline for completion.
Our QMS does not sit independent of our other systems. Integration of all our systems including WHSMS and EMS key to ensuring efficiency and compliance. It also ensures that our objectives across our systems are cohesive and clear, without conflict.
Key features of our QMS:
- Our SMART quality objectives are reflected in Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
- Provision of clear standard operating procedures (SOP) that define workflow and ensure consistency.
- Our quality goals are defined based on customer requirements and shaped by their feedback and satisfaction.
- We apply a continuous improvement model developed through regular auditing via data driven analysis.
- Broader risk and compliance management is undertaken within this system to ensure sustainable operations.
- We include a focus on internal quality within our QMS to monitor team satisfaction and maintain an enjoyable work environment.
Our team are actively committed to these ideal and the implementation of the QMS is all their operations.
Inclusion
Management and our team are committed to inclusion of all within our team and as participants in our events. Our Inclusion System is integrated into our employment and planning processes and reviewed regularly to ensure compliance and efficiency.
Through inclusion and a diverse team, we obtain a variety of perspectives and experiences contributing to our strategies. This makes our problem solving and decision making faster and increases our likelihood of obtaining the most efficient outcome.
Key initiatives for inclusion:
- Requesting workplace adjustment requirements during the employment process.
- Working with Disability Employment Services.
- Encouraging employment applications from people of diverse backgrounds within advertising.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Encouraging open discussion within the team and training to understand diverse needs and perspectives.
- Preferring venues that have accessible entries and facilities for all levels of mobility.
- Altering standard access routes at venues to utilise ramps for all participants to avoid differentiating.
- Providing sensory needs rooms or quiet spaces during events.
- Embedding needs accommodation questions in the event ticketing process.
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