NSW Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) has selected Risk Shield as its partner of choice for its Business Risk Management.

PWCS, located in the Port of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, operates the world's largest and most efficient coal handling operations. PWCS has an annual shiploading capacity of 102 million tonnes. Drawing on less than 20 coal suppliers which provide a diversity of coal types and using sophisticated blending and quality control techniques, PWCS is a world leader in coal handling. PWCS works closely with coal exporters, rail and port organisations to improve communication and joint planning within the Hunter coal handling industry.

Risk Shield provides PWCS with an immediate start of its Risk Management processes, multiple features and functionality to identify, record and report risks across the varied operations of PWCS.

Investa is an Australian diversified property company listed in the Top 100 of the Australian Stock Exchange. As at 30 June 2006, Investa had assets under management of $6.7 billion including an Australian commercial office portfolio of $3.75 billion and external funds managed on behalf of retail and wholesale investors of $1.6 billion.

Investa Property Group has selected Risk Shield to assist with the management of their risk analysis activities across the entire enterprise. After a comprehensive selection process, Risk Shield was identified as the most user friendly system, whilst also being comprehensive enough to accommodate Investa's complex business model.

Reckitt Benckiser is the world No. 1 in household cleaning products (excluding laundry) and a leading player in the health and personal care industry. Following a global push within the business towards a formalized and rigorous enterprise risk management process, their Australian operation needed to partner with a risk management specialist.

After a comprehensive selection process. Risk Shield via PicNet consulting was selected to design and implement an in-depth risk management and business continuity plan (BCP). The sophisticated enterprise risk management system was used to design the BCP, Bow Tie diagrams together with the Advanced Risk Analysis module were used to design the prevention strategies and the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) module was used to design the continuity strategies.

This project was successfully delivered in 2005.

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Defence Maritime Services (DMS) is the leading supplier of specialist maritime support services in Australia. Paul Legdin, Manager for all Quality, OH & S and Environmental matters for DMS, recognised the need for his organisation to implement a complete Safety Management and Measurement system.

Paul worked closely with PicNet in developing and implementing an Enterprise Risk Management System that allows proper monitoring and reporting of all risks. Risk Shield not only helped them to comply with new regulations but also to respond to the ever changing risks associated with their business. With their expertise in Enterprise Risk Management, Defence Maritime Services won the Australian Business Limited 2004 Best Risk Solution award.

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The NSW Attorney General's Department, Information Services Branch, selected Risk Shield to support its I.T security management and risk analysis activities.

Risk Shield was identified as the most suitable and cost effective solution on the market. With only minimal customisation required, Risk Shield provides their senior risk management professionals with the technology to effectively analyse, track, predict, report and manage risks as well as incidents throughout the organisation.