The Guardian - August 2008
RiskWise2: The Risk
& Environmental Management Solution
RiskWise2 is the latest version of the successful risk management
software from the S2 Partnership and is due to go live in
September 2008.
Whilst RiskWise2 has been significantly enhanced from the original
system, it still manages to maintain a familiar look and feel ensuring
a smooth transition for existing clients. New clients to the system
will benefit from the new features, yet without the worry of having
to learn a complex or difficult system.
The original RiskWise system has been a great success, combining effectiveness
with simplicity and ease of use. In respect nothing has changed with
RiskWise2, however new, powerful reporting features have
been added.
RiskWise2 takes a modular approach to the facility management
issues of Health & Safety, Accident & Incident Reporting and
the increasingly important matter of Environmental Management. These
three modules are just the beginning of what RiskWise2 can
handle, with new modules already being designed, which when available,
will easily be slotted into any existing RiskWise2 system.
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| The Welcome Page |
Key Performance Indicators |
So let's look at what each module can provide you in more detail. The
Health & Safety module can be closely likened to the whole of the
original RiskWise system. It is a simple yet effective way of logging
any form of inspection, any hazards identified, and managing the risk
through to resolution.
The Accident & Incident Reporting module allows the recording of
an accident or incident on any of your properties. The categories, severities
and terminology can be fully customized to your needs, allowing you
to produce a report in the format you choose.
Finally, the Environmental Management module allows the tracking of
any Environmental inspections and their actions. Additionally, this
module can also store, monitor and report on property energy meters
and waste management. Each property can be set up to record only what
is relevant to that site. This will in turn help you monitor and compare
costs, efficiency and carbon emissions, either by property, client or
any property data field.
RiskWise2 maintains its strong reporting capability, with
significantly more functions and a variety of formats to report to,
including XML, CSV, Doc and just simply within the RiskWise system itself.
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| Integrated Mapping |
Digital Dashboard |
Graphical reporting is becoming more and more popular. The RiskWise2
Digital Dashboard is able to provide this on any information stored
within the system. Each user has the flexibility to select graphs and
charts from any module without having to drill down through data or
running a search.
Integrated into RiskWise2 is the leading web mapping tool,
Google Maps. Data previously displayed in a tabular or list format can
now also be reported in a geographical view, perfect for monitoring
trends by region or country. A vast range of data can be shown in this
view, including outstanding risk levels, Environmental impacts and Health
& Safety compliance.
RiskWise2 will help improve the way property managers look
after the properties under their control, giving you all the information
you need to manage your properties, without the worry of having to manage
the system.
For further information, please contact Geoff Marlow,
07525 670171, Geoff.marlow@s2partnership.co.uk
or Rob Mead, 01954 267788, rob.mead@s2partnership.co.uk
The RiskWise2 Launch on
board the HQS Wellington
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| The venue, HQS Wellington |
On the 16th June 2008 the S2 Partnership launched RiskWise2,
their latest version of the highly successful web-based Risk & Environmental
Management Solution. The launch was held on board HQS Wellington, the
current headquarters of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, with
an invited audience of over fifty S2 clients and guests.
As RiskWise2 now incorporates an environmental risk management
module, S2 were delighted to have internationally acclaimed
polar explorer and environmentalist Pen Hadow, as the launch keynote
speaker. In May 2003, Pen was catapulted to international fame when
he became the first person to trek solo and without re-supply to the
Geographic North Pole from Canada.
Pen was able to provide the audience with in-depth knowledge, based
on his first hand observations, of the changes in wildlife and polar
ice cap due to global warming at the Pole. Since 2003, Pen has watched
with increasing dismay the shrinking Arctic ice with open water where
once there was ice and changes in polar bear and seal populations. His
talk was illustrated with stunning photographs and video footage including
his remarkable swims through melting ice floes!
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Lorraine Harrison, S2Partnership
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Pen with his polar survival suit |
Pen concluded his presentation with a preview of his next project,
'The Arctic Survey'. Pen will shortly be returning to the Arctic, leading
a specialist team to measure the thickness of the polar ice cap to provide,
for the first time, exclusive evidence regarding its future. S2
will watch his progress with a keen interest and have committed themselves
as a key sponsor of The Arctic Survey.
With the audience's attention clearly focused on the global importance
of environmental management, an in depth RiskWise2 presentation
was provided by Geoff Marlow and Rob Mead of the S2 Partnership.
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Mike Hawker & Mike Ketley,
S2Partnership |
Stewart Smith & Lorraine Harrison,
S2Partnership |
In order to reinforce the value of RiskWise2 the audience
was shown a case study of how RiskWise has underpinned the Risk Management
process of leading commercial management company Jones Lang LaSalle.
The case study was presented by John Miller of Jones Lang LaSalle, who
outlined in detail how RiskWise had helped reduce their own overall
risk liability by as much as 80% in the last two years.
HQS Wellington's open-air quarterdeck provided a perfect lunch venue
with panoramic views of the Thames, the Houses of Parliament and the
London Eye. Lunch also provided guests with the opportunity to chat
informally to Pen Hadow who was much in demand!
In order to complete the environmental theme, the final speaker of
the day was John Bryan, Communities & Local Government Energy Performance
Advisor for Commercial Property who spoke about the implications of
the newly introduced Energy Performance Certificates.
Following a tour of the ship, guests were presented with environmentally
friendly mementoes of their day, which will hopefully serve to remind
them of the many Risk and Environmental issues discussed and how RiskWise2
can help in their ongoing and future risk management.
Newsletter Spotlight - The
Arctic Survey
Following the highly successful, and entertaining presentation given
by Pen Hadow at the launch of RiskWise2, S2 Partnership
are proud to announce their sponsorship of Pen on his next project 'The
Arctic Survey'. The Arctic Survey seeks to resolve the question 'how
long do we really have before the North Pole ice cap melts?' Pen and
his team will be utilising the latest portable, ice-penetrating radar
and will be relaying the measurements via ground-breaking portable satellite
communications as they trek a 2,000 km route. S2 will be
following Pen and his team every step of the way and will be posting
updates of their progress throughout the survey.
For further information about The Arctic Survey and S2's
commitment to the environment, please contact Rob Bagley, 07765 256175,
rob.bagley@s2partnership.co.uk.