• South Aussies serve up big at Super Bowl
• UniSA-Teamgage initiative tackling workplace bullying
• Registrations open for inaugural Industry Climate Change Conference
• On the road to zero emissions
• Naming rights announced for Australian Masters Games 2023 village
• Seppeltsfield releases 46th consecutive 100 Year Old Para Vintage Tawny
• Top places for graduates
• Online digital marketing course to ‘supercharge retailer sales’

South Aussies serve up big at Super Bowl

It wasn’t just Australians Arryn Siposs and Philadelphia Eagles teammate Jordan Mailata doing the hard yards at the NFL Super Bowl, Adelaide-based point-of-sale (POS) provider MyVenue processed 90,000 transactions across all concessions, suites, premium and mobile ordering locations at State Farm Stadium for the game in Arizona.

Char Bustos, Corporate Controller at the stadium’s food service operator Craft Culinary Concepts said MyVenue delivered a frictionless POS experience at the biggest American sports event of 2023.

“MyVenue’s fast transaction speeds helped fans spend more time watching the action and less time waiting in line. Their fully integrated mobile ordering solution also powered our event day suite orders, which complemented the MyVenue web portal that processed all advanced day orders,” Bustos said.

MyVenue CEO Tim Stollznow said it was exciting to demonstrate, on such a big sporting stage, how venues benefit from a comprehensive POS solution with native functionality for every venue service area.

“Under the bright lights, and when the pressure was on, MyVenue delivered a seamless POS experience to nearly 70,000 fans,” Stollznow said.

Researcher at UniSA, Michelle Tuckey and Co-Founder of Teamgage and 40 Under 40 alumna, Noelle Smit collaborated on the project. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

UniSA-Teamgage initiative tackling workplace bullying

The University of South Australia and Australian software business, Teamgage have partnered to create a workplace bullying prevention program called Healthy Workplaces by Design.

The new program seeks to help businesses meet new work health and safety obligations to proactively risk manage psychosocial hazards by identifying and mitigating the root causes of workplace bullying.

To achieve this, the program extends beyond interpersonal triggers and looks into psychosocial hazards such as workplace environments, workload demands and working practices.

University of South Australia researcher Michelle Tuckey said “workplace bullying already causes up to $36 billion of lost productivity in each year, with Safe Work Australia recording a 75 per cent increase in the frequency of bullying claims over the past ten years.

“The amended legislation will require businesses to proactively address workplace bullying with the same rigour as physical health and safety hazards.

“The UniSA – Teamgage partnership will enable businesses to undertake a tailored risk audit of their workplace and generate specific recommendations, actions and evaluations to remedy any concerns.

“It shifts the emphasis from responding to interpersonal bullying behaviour, to proactively identifying and mitigating the root causes of bullying embedded within work environments.”

The new program was trialled across 85 sites and has demonstrated a 34 per cent reduction in exposure to bullying behaviour, a 46 per cent reduction in workplace bullying complaints and a 73 per cent reduction in sexual harassment complaints.

Adelaide Convention Centre. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily.

Registrations open for inaugural Industry Climate Change Conference

Registrations are currently open for all local businesses to attend South Australia’s inaugural Industry Climate Change Conference at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

The two-day conference will be hosted on Thursday, April 20 and Friday, April 21, teaching attendees about the latest trends and innovations that will assist the government’s commitment to achieving zero net emissions by 2050.

The conference will cover factoring climate risk into business and investment decisions, decarbonising industry sectors, low-emissions agriculture and the role technology plays in delivering climate change solutions.

Conference speakers include Premier Peter Malinauskas; federal Minister for Climate and Energy, Chris Bowen; state Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, Susan Close; Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs, Andrea Michaels; social entrepreneur, Jon Dee; and explorer and environmental scientist, Tim Jarvis.

The Premier’s Climate Change Council Chairman, Martin Haese said “this conference will develop a shared understanding of opportunities and priorities for how our state mitigates the effects of climate change as we build a prosperous, net zero emissions economic future.”

ZEN Energy has acquired three wind farms. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily.

On the road to zero emissions

Adelaide-based company, ZEN Energy (ZEN) has signed a 37.7MW Power Purchase Agreement with the Australian superannuation fund Prime Super.

ZEN Energy CEO, Anthony Garnaut said the deal allowed the company to enter offtake agreements with six renewable energy plants and these additional strategic wind assets will help further investment in firming capacity and creating economies of scale with its energy supply.

“Australia needs to bring at least 160TWh of renewable generation and 20GW of storage online by 2030. We need to move fast,” Garnaut said.

The agreement includes three wind farms in Victoria, comprising of Diapur Wind Farm in Nhill, Western Victoria; Ferguson Wind Farm in Princetown in the Corangamite Shire; and Mortons Lane Wind Farm in the southern Grampians.

Diapur and Ferguson are already providing energy, while Mortons Lane will join the portfolio in July.

“There must be a clear benefit to all parties to enable a strong, long-term relationship,” Garnaut said.

“Through this approach, ZEN can provide additional firmed renewable supply for our customers, and Prime Super can continue to invest in the energy transformation with increased cashflow certainty.”

SkyCity Adelaide. Photo supplied.

Naming rights announced for Australian Masters Games 2023 village

Adelaide’s SkyCity will be the official naming rights sponsor for the Australian Masters Games village in 2023, which will spill into and across the Festival Plaza during the event.

The week-long multisport festival will host more than 10,000 competitors from across Australia and around the world between 7-14 October 2023.

Lord Mayor Jane Lomax-Smith said that as one of the world’s great sporting cities, Adelaide’s “tourism operators, retailers, restaurants, bars, hotels, motels and caravan parks will no doubt benefit from having so many people coming to compete.”

“More than 100 local businesses will be directly involved in delivering this year’s Australian Masters Games, and many more are set to receive indirect benefits, so we’re expecting a significant boost to the local economy,” she said.

100 Year Old Para Vintage Tawny. Photo: supplied.

Seppeltsfield releases 46th consecutive 100 Year Old Para Vintage Tawny

Seppeltsfield launched its 1923 100 Year Old Para Vintage Tawny last week with a re-brand of its Centennial Collection fortified line.

The Centennial Collection, the world’s only unbroken lineage of single vintage Tawny dating back to 1878, joins the company’s other wines being branded with the Seppeltsfield logo.

Chief Winemaker Fiona Donald said the branding has evolved into a more contemporary and luxurious style to align with their still wine collection.

“Our intent is to ensure our historic Centennial Collection of Tawny will become relevant to fine wine collectors of the future,” Donald said.

Each 100ml bottle is hand filled to order, individually numbered and authenticated for collection purposes, with signatures from both the Seppeltsfield Executive Chairman and Proprietor, Warren Randall, and Great, Great Grandson of Joseph and Johanna Seppelt, Bill Seppelt.

Presented in a black wooden gift box, it will sell for $1650 directly from Seppeltsfield.

BDO ranked number 15 on the list. Photo: supplied.

Top places for graduates

Three South Australian-headquartered businesses have made a national list of 75 companies rated as the best places to work for new graduates entering the workforce.

The RAA came in at number 5, SA Power Networks at 27 and DEWC Services at 69. 

Business Insight partner BDO also features in the rankings at number 15.

DEWC Services is a veteran-owned and operated company providing engineering, technical expertise and project management services to the Department of Defence and the Australian Defence Force.

The rankings are determined entirely from survey feedback gathered from graduates who have spent up to 12 months working with these organisations.

Whola Founder and 40 Under 40 alumna, Alice Fitch. Photo: supplied.

Online digital marketing course to ‘supercharge retailer sales’

Online fashion retailer Whola has announced an online digital marketing course to help retailers increase their sales.

The Whola Scholar Conversion Academy is the first course offered by Whola Scholar, a suite of education and upskilling workshops, courses and events created by Whola Founder and CEO Alice Fitch, who is also an InDaily 40 Under 40 alumnus.

“The Conversion Academy is the first course offered by Whola Scholar and is specifically designed as an online step-by-step education series that allows participants to take the modules in their own time, at their own pace and all in one place,” said Fitch.

Whola currently provides around 5000 retailers with over 130 labels both across Australia and Internationally, and Fitch said the Whola Scholar Conversation Academy is the perfect “add to cart” for clients seeking to expand their sales.

“Through the Academy, our clients gain greater control of their sales, run more successful businesses and, by extension are set free from much of their daily business-related anxiety and stress,” Fitch said.