Frank Wild - Event Management Sustainability

What do our labels mean?

Finding a better way.

Frank Wild is a sustainable events agency with expertise in live event management, creative production, custom build, and sustainability. We produce high-impact projects that have a negligible footprint through trained expertise and our own customised carbon auditing process. 

We strive to show there’s a better way to create events and focus on experiences that leave a lasting impression on people, not the planet. We are committed to finding holistic solutions that benefit all stakeholders and advocating for change in environmental awareness within, and beyond, the events industry.

Our HQ is in Naarm / Melbourne, where we are in our creative element. We also have a team in Gadigal / Sydney and capacity around Australia.

We are a registered consultant for Climate Active and a proudly certified B Corporation. B Corp certification involves undertaking an assessment that ensures we meet the highest standards of transparency and accountability, measuring our performance and improvement in five categories: governance, workers, customers, community, and the environment.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Turrbal and Yuggera people of the Kurilpa Peninsula and the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains as the Traditional custodians of the lands and waterways in the areas we work and create, and pays respect to their Elders past, present, and emerging, as well as to all First Nations’ communities who significantly contribute to the life of the area.

About Frank Wild – Event Management

Status

Website
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Employees
5 - 25

Industry
Events Services

Country
Australia

Founded
2014

Frank Wild – Event Management Sustainability Actions

Leadership in Sustainability

We aim to further ourselves as a leader in sustainability by achieving key milestones in certification, transparency, carbon neutrality, and strategic goal-setting - enhancing our commitment to social and environmental impact. Sustainable design process: We have developed a sustainable design process that includes collaborative goal setting with clients, development of a sustainability action plan, measurement of our emissions using our custom built and third party verified carbon calculator, and production of an impact report. Custom events emissions calculator: In 2019 we developed our own carbon emissions calculator specific to the events industry, and since 2020 the impact of every project we have produced has been measured. This year our calculator underwent a third-party verification (TPV), which means Pangolin Associates, an independent sustainability consultant, reviewed and ensured its accuracy. Responsibility Report: While the first one officially published, our Responsibility Report celebrates the past 10 years of Frank Wild and has been established to set a baseline for the next 10 years and beyond. The report includes an overview of our approach within the world of events, our successes as well as our blind spots, and the measured impact we’ve had on the planet over the course of the past year (July 1 2023 - June 30 2024). It also outlines our focus for 2025 and long term vision for the future. You can view the report on the evidence tab of our Sustainability Tracker profile.

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Sustainable choices

Our sustainable guiding principles shape all aspects of how we work, starting from the creative process and procurement, to onsite delivery of a project. We use these principles to inform our day-to-day choices and actions to ensure we hold ourselves to the highest possible standard. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Although our operations and projects are mainly based throughout Australia, we align our choices with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to allow us to make meaningful contributions to a collective global effort to combat economic, social and environmental challenges. The events industry has a large impact on many of the goals, yet they also present the greatest opportunities for innovation, collaboration and positive influence. Materials decision matrix: To help us better evaluate all aspects of a material and make informed choices about its use, we have developed a materials decision matrix for all new and existing materials. We review what it is made from (i.e recycled materials), where it is made, whether it has the required functionality and durability for our needs, how we can store and transport it, and its aesthetic features. This gives us a score that we can compare against other similar materials we have rated, and allows us to make transparent decisions.

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Resource recovery

Advance Frank Wild’s commitment to sustainability by enhancing resource recovery efforts, expanding recycling capabilities, and minimising waste to landfill. Circular economy: We contribute to the circular economy through use of sustainable, recycled & recyclable materials, implementing waste reduction strategies, and optimising the lifecycle of our assets. Resource recovery rates: Our resource recovery rates for materials* for FY23-24 were: - 3.13% of materials in landfill - 25.74% of materials recycled - 71.13% of materials kept for reuse or repurposed *Materials includes any custom items or assets we produce, such as signage, built furniture, lanyards, merch, etc. It does not include food or other waste which is measured separately. Avoided waste and emissions: As part of our reporting process, we calculate the waste that has been avoided by implementing our sustainable practices, recommendations, design and material choices. This is estimated based on our experience in and understanding of the events industry and the typical or standard material choices and resource recovery. Last year we avoided 51 tonnes of material weight to landfill, and 141 tonnes CO2 emissions.

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