Environmental policy

 The senior management of Event Merchandising has defined the Event Merchandising Environmental Policy as follows:

EVENT! partners with contractors who share our commitment to best practices and continuous improvement in:

- Management practices that respect the rights of all employees, including the right to free association and collective bargaining

- Minimizing our impact on the environment

- Providing a safe and healthy work place

- Promoting the health and well-being of all employees

Contractors must recognize the dignity of each employee, and the right to a work place free of harassment, abuse or corporal punishment. Decisions on hiring, salary, benefits, advancement, termination or retirement must be based solely on the employee’s ability to do the job. There shall be no discrimination based on race, creed, gender, marital or maternity status, religious or political beliefs, age or sexual orientation.

Wherever EVENT operates around the globe we are guided by this Code of Conduct and we bind our contractors to these principles. Contractors must post this Code in all major workspaces, translated into the language of the employee, and must train employees on their rights and obligations as defined by this Code and applicable local laws.

While these principles establish the spirit of our partnerships, we also bind our partners to specific standards of conduct. The core standards are set forth below.

Forced Labor
The contractor does not use forced labor in any form — prison, indentured, bonded or otherwise.

Child Labor
 The contractor does not employ any person below the age of 16 to produce apparel, accessories or equipment.. To further ensure these age standards are complied with, the contractor does not use any form of homework for Event production.

Compensation
The contractor provides each employee at least the minimum wage, or the prevailing industry wage, whichever is higher; provides each employee a clear, written accounting for every pay period; and does not deduct from employee pay for disciplinary infractions.

Benefits
The contractor provides each employee all legally mandated benefits.

Hours of Work/Overtime
The contractor complies with legally mandated work hours; uses overtime only when each employee is fully compensated according to local law; informs each employee at the time of hiring if mandatory overtime is a condition of employment; and on a regularly scheduled basis provides one day off in seven, and requires no more than 60 hours of work per week on a regularly scheduled basis, or complies with local limits if they are lower.

Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H)
The contractor has written environmental, safety and health policies and standards, and implements a system to minimize negative impacts on the environment, reduce work-related injury and illness, and promote the general health of employees.

Documentation and Inspection
The contractor maintains on file all documentation needed to demonstrate compliance with this Code of Conduct and required laws; agrees to make these documents available for Event or its designated monitor; and agrees to submit to inspections with or without prior notice.

The Event! Merchandising Clothing Policy:

Event! are increasingly aware of our customers growing concerns in the way in which garments we supply are manufactured.

It is our objective to ensure that all of our suppliers demonstrate high standards of Ethical Trading.

Event! believe strongly in protecting the legal, ethical and moral rights of workers in European and 3^rd world countries. We will not knowingly trade with any supplier who does not comply with all laws and regulations of the countries in which they operate.

Event! will not condone or permit any supplier to use prison/forced or child labour and will not knowingly use any supplier who employ children under the legal employment age within that country.

List of Source Countries:

Brazil, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, Mongolia, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Tunisia, Tanzania, Taiwan, Turkey, Thailand, U.A.E, U.S.A, Vietnam…

Almost everything we sell at Event! is manufactured in developing countries. It’s important for us to ensure that our customers are aware of and are confident in our policies regarding Ethical Trading.

We insist that our suppliers have strict formal procedures in place to continually inspect factories, making sure Ethical Employment Practices are implemented and ensuring they are regularly and effectively reviewed.

Suppliers’ policies are structured around the following fundamental points:

• Legal and Ethical Standards
• Wages and Benefits
• Working hours
• Child labour/ prison forced labour
• Disciplinary procedures
• Discrimination
• Health and Safety
• Environmental Requirements
• Rights of inspection

We have contacted a number of our suppliers and we are pleased to quote from their replies.

“ We have been taking this matter seriously for the last 10 years and that is why our shirts are all approved by the main retail stores in the UK” from JERZEES.

“ All factories are visited at least twice a year and are encouraged to obtain a certificate for quality ISO 9002” from PREMIER.

“ JT’s Corporate adheres to a strict fair trading policy and expects all its suppliers to support and uphold these beliefs” from JT’S.

“ We at Henbury believe in supporting our factories in 3^rd World Countries in trying to better living and working conditions for the people” from HENBURY.

“ All of our suppliers need to be in compliance with all our Sara Lee Supplier guidelines before they can start working for us” from HANES.

“ Result Clothing Company’s code of conduct has been established to ensure that working standards and basic human rights are respected in accordance to local laws, the ILO declaration and its conventions” from RESULT.

“ It is the policy of Fruit of the Loom to only purchase goods from suppliers and contractors that observe the laws of the land at all times and those who show willingness to emulate Fruit of the Loom’s standards of Business Integrity and Ethics’ from FRUIT OF THE LOOM.

“ Mantis World Ltd recognises its responsibilities to workers and the conditions under which its products are made. These responsibilities extend to all workers producing products for Mantis World” from MANTIS.

“ We have signed letters from each supplier regarding under age labour and visit factories unannounced at least four times a year” from KUSTOM KIT.

“ Glenmuir suppliers must adhere to all Government legislation in the country of domicile covering legal minimum age, hours of employment, salary levels and health and safety” from GLENMUIR.

“ The company does not and will not tolerate the use of child labour or allow workers to be employed in conditions that do not at least meet the local minimum legal standards” from RUSS.

Scan the QR code on the product using or smartphone to listen to your exclusive compilation Album.

For T4 on the Beach – Event create an T4 themed album featuring some of the artists that have performed over the last 10 years.

Event can create any track listing to match your campaign and link to your product.

For example see the Gadget Show Live play list by clicking here.

The Gadget show playlist could be launched from a QR code on the T-shirts. If you would like the emotional pull of music connected to your brand, please send through a brief on the genre you are looking for, and our playlist team will do the rest.
A selection from the Gadget Show Live Exhibition range can be bought either at the London Excel show or online here www.gadgetshowshop.com

Below is the T4 example – for other examples, check out the I Like Music Shop

Our live event merchandise team traveled the UK with the London 2012 Olympic Torch. We are licensed to sell a range of dedicated Olympic Torch product, including the iconic replica torch and have had to choose between 22,000 product lines. Working with the London 2012 Olympics has been an amazing opportunity to enhance our retailing skills and this knowledge has led us to be working with the Rio 2016 Olympic Team whilst in London.

Continuing the Olympic Theme, Event! have partnered with Coca Cola selling specific Coke Torch merchandise at various large scale concert sites, a key feature of the range is that the clothing is made from actual recycled Coke bottles.

Event adheres to stringent testing procedures detailed in our ISO manual’s and designed to meet and often exceed the latest industry standards including standards set by London 2012 and the BBC. Additionally our in-depth quality assurance policies and programs, combined with our memberships to SEDEX, strengthen our commitment to social responsibility. Our environmental policy is an intrinsic part of our production process.

Event Catalogue Sites

Premiums

Promotional Products

Clothing

Fashion

Bags and Folders

Lanyards and Passes

Mugs

USB /Mouse Mats

Novelty Products/Stress Products

Paper products / Rulers / Block Pads

Catering

Umbrellas

Golf

Plastic Products

Promo Ideas

Video Cards

Packaging

Latest Products

Case Studies

Event Merchandising Umbrella Presentation (PDF) Click to download

Get creative and use our free easy webshop designer on www.createmymerch.com to create your very own web shop. Link it to your website, blog, facebook or myspace page and share your products with the world. Determine your commission for every product and watch the money roll in while you get the exposure you deserve.

Whether you’re a professional designer, a member of a band, a sports team or just looking to create a t-shirt for a stag or hen party. Createmymerch lets you choose from hundreds of products. Add an image of your choice and play about with it, changing the size, font and colour as you go.

Event! were appointed as official manufacturer and retailer for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Committee Casa Brasil Boutique. The Casa Brasil Boutique was situated at Somerset House, London. Working in partnership with Rio 2016, Event! manufactured the complete range of product ranging from:

• T-shirts – specially cut for a Brazilian finish
• Female T-shirts – extra long Brazilian Style
• Drawstring Bags
• Baseball Caps
• High Quality Notebooks
• Spiral Bound Notebooks
• Pens
• Magnets
• Keyrings
• Pencils
• Mugs
• Team Brasil Products
• Nike Products

Event! were asked to construct the retail shop and managed the boutique from conception and design through to running the epos systems and vending. To keep in tune with the environmental credentials of such a high profile boutique, all retail fixtures were made of cardboard and donated to local affiliated charities. Over 35,000 people visited and shopped in the Casa Brasil Boutique. Event! have now been appointed as an official retailer to create the head office boutique in Rio 2016 headquarters.

Case Study – Live Earth

Event! Merchandising was appointed Global Merchandiser for Live Earth.

Live Earth was a monumental music event that brought together a global audience on 7th July 2007 to combat the climate crisis. Live Earth staged concerts in New York, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg and Hamburg as well as special broadcast events in Antarctica, Kyoto and Washington DC.

Live Earth featured more than 100 of the world’s best music acts, a mix of the latest headliners and legendary artists which included Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson,Black Eyed Peas, Jack Johnson, The Police, Genesis, Bon Jovi and Madonna,.

Live Earth’s 24 hours of music across 7 continents delivered a worldwide call to action and the solutions necessary to answer that call.

Event! Merchandising developed a range of environmentally friendly product to be sold around the world.

One of the product’s we created was the Live Earth belt made from London Fire Brigade’s decommissioned hose. The Fire-Hose Live Earth Belt was premiered at Live Earth London at Wembley Stadium. The environmental fashion statement represented Live Earth’s and Event Merchandising’s commitment to conquering climate change;

• The hose itself was reclaimed waste material. It is not made of virgin rubberand no energy other than elbow grease is used in its remanufacture.

• The hose was sourced in the South East of England, where the belts are assembled and sold, this means no miles and no emissions.

“We were so excited about this project – everyone won. One of our biggest and most troublesome waste streams was eliminated and the customer gets this fantastically cool and unique new Fire-Hose clothing accessory with a positive Live Earth message.” said Jeremy Goldsmith – Event Merchandising

Other product’s created were bamboo and organic T-shirts, over 50,000 were sold globally.

The biggest challenge was to create a Global Souvenir Programme featuring allthe artists. We worked 24 hours for 7 days to complete the artwork in time.

All the paper used was FSC approved and the power was generated from100% renewable sources.

The other huge undertaking was creating a Global Web shop for Live Earth,

MSN’s 39 localized web portals worldwide attract 465 million users.

“Live Earth was officially the largest global entertainment event in history.”

Al Gore – Live Earth Partner and former U.S. Vice President

We install tailored solutions depending on the brand and the client’s requirement.

Event have over 30 years of experience in retail merchandising, and in that time we have tweaked our services to offer best practice retail solutions in order to maximise sales.

Traditional or modern retailing environments are both a natural part of our repertoire across a broad spectrum of outlets. From highly bespoke display units in wood, metal and acrylic to bulk modular shelving with custom made accessories.

From small units to massive retail superstores to Pop up shops Event provide it all.

London 2012 open house image

Our excellent retail services include:

• Shop design and fit out
• Retail Staff
• Epos Solution
• Product manufacturing
• Merchandising
• Sales staff
• Sales training
• Stock control
• Automated stock control
• Warehousing
• 3d concepts
• Installation

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  London 2012 Canary Wharf shop

Event can provide state of the art modular retail solutions for sporting, music, exhibitions and all types of events.

2012 Pin Badge sellers

Event Offers:

We propose either a chargeable service or royalty models depending on the clients needs.

Clients include:

Star Trek, Lucas Films, Titanic Exhibition O2, London 2012 and many more.

London 2012 mobile truck unit

Live 8,
Lenor,
Saatchi and Saatchi,
Smash Hits,
Star Trek,
Britvik,
Big Brother,

Lloyds Bank,

Po Na Na, Presidents Club,
ITV, Channel 4, MTV
The X Factor.

We create the bags, manage the fulfillment, collate and create the products and have a team avialable to hand out the bags at the Events.

Example Campaigns

1. Lloyds Bank:
25,000 Goodie Bags handed out at in the City of London, around Bank and St Pauls Train Station’s.

2. Live 8 Event put together 150 goodie bags for the LIVE8 performers and presenters.

³GOODIE BAG RECIPIENTS²
Annie Lennox, The Beckhams, Brad Pitt, Coldplay, David Baddiel, Dido, Sir Elton John , Faye Dunaway, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jonathan Ross, Joss Stone, Keane, The Killers, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Ms Dynamite, Sir Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Razorlight, REM, Robbie Williams, Sam Taylor Wood, Scissor Sisters, Snoop Dogg, Snow Patrol, Sterephonics, Sting, Travis, Trudi Styler, U2.

Brands included:
Tabitha bag,So Shei, Elle Intimates, Howies (fair-trade company), Otazu, Evita Peroni, Evita Peroni, Georgina Goodman , Miss Madame, Coco Ribbon Holy Dog London, Traidcraft , People Tree, Essential Darling ,Warm Rain ,Sanook Spa , Tamarind Restaurant , Lili Shirts ,Geo Active Bar ,Evita Peroni , Apple iPOD , L’Oreal Glam Shine, Bovey Castle
e: event@eventmerch.com
t: 0208 208 1166

For large scale Events the bags are a fantastic product to be used to add value, generate revenue and create good will.

Event will supply the right goody bag to target the demographic of the audience.