Transforming Compliance from a Burden into a Business Advantage

For most organizations, the primary driver for sustainability management is the need to assure full compliance with government regulations, industry standards and rising public expectations.  ESS software gets you in compliance and keeps you in compliance.  It shows your up-to-the-minute compliance status — not just an audit history.  You'll know precisely who is responsible for each compliance task and when it needs to be done.  You'll prevent missed deadlines and be able to deliver the latest business metrics at the touch of a button. Our integrated solutions:

• Reduce the risk of errors and omissions
• Easily roll up data from multiple sources
• Document your complete compliance history
• Ensure you're using the most current data
• Be certain your required regulatory reports are up to date

ESS also recognizes that the number and complexity of compliance directives continues to proliferate worldwide.  As a result, many organizations are straining under the burden of increased recordkeeping and reporting.  That's why we work with our clients and support them with:

• Tracking - Our subject matter experts work with ESS users, regulatory, and standard organizations to stay abreast of changes.
• Maintaining - As changes occur, we update our Products/Solutions so clients can demonstrate compliance confidently and efficiently.
• Sharing - As ESS grows its presence in a given compliance area, we share that knowledge with our clients through our solutions and services.

By enabling our clients to reduce the complexity, risks and costs of compliance management, we help them gain a competitive edge and achieve their business goals.

ESS solutions enable organizations to operate in a safe, responsible manner, locally and globally – maintaining compliance with regulatory agencies and protecting the environment and the health of their employees, customers and communities. Specific solutions enable our customers to efficiently address urgent business concerns such as greenhouse gas management, Corporate Social Responsibility reporting, worker health and safety, compliance reporting and emergency response.

EHS Sustainability Software Packages Provide Foundation for Better Management

We bring together the information management tools and resources you need to solve your toughest sustainability challenges, combining ESS software products with services and content available thru ESS and our global partner ecosystem. 

ESS Sustainability Software Solutions deliver on the premise of better EHS information management with:

• Faster deployment time
• Lower deployment risk
• Efficient ongoing support and maintenance

Our solutions will meet your organization's needs because they are::

• Complete - combining software, services and content to solve a key customer sustainability data management challenges end-to-end
• Flexible - providing a complete problem-solving framework, while allowing customer selection of desired "ala carte" elements
• Dynamic - enabling new Solutions to be created out of the necessary elements quickly, and often without additional software development

ESS Sustainability Software Solutions can be implemented individually or in combination - further leveraging their power and efficiencies to meet business challenges of today and tomorrow.

For information about any of ESS' solutions, call 800.289.6116 or email us.

ESS GHG/Carbon Management Solution™

The ESS GHG/Carbon Management Solution™ is an integrated platform with powerful tools to help your business manage and communicate GHG data for products, supply chain and facilities from the plant floor to the boardroom.
It enables organizations to:

• Support data collection and reporting for a verifiable carbon emissions inventory;
• Enable strategy development with powerful business intelligence and analysis tools; and
• Help users execute carbon strategies with performance metrics, tasking and communications.

Business Value

Support Business Growth

• Competitive Advantages - Drive process improvements and energy efficiency gains
• Brand Differentiation – Demonstrate market leadership with sustainable performance
• Investment Strategies – Mitigate future regulatory repercussions by developing a carbon management strategy

Improve Risk Management

• Energy Intensity - Reduce operational costs
• Compliance Costs - Mitigate costs of anticipated regulatory changes
• Improved Efficiency - Drive internal improvements

Reduced Risk Exposure

• Risk Assessments – Reduce risk exposure and generate optimal financial and operational benefits
• GHG Reduction Credits – Document GHG emissions reductions under market-based measures
• Carbon Assets - Quantify carbon assets and mitigate risks through technology investments and process improvements

ESS solutions enable organizations to operate in a safe, responsible manner, locally and globally – maintaining compliance with regulatory agencies and protecting the environment and the health of their employees, customers and communities. Specific solutions enable our customers to efficiently address urgent business concerns such as greenhouse gas management, Corporate Social Responsibility reporting, worker health and safety, compliance reporting and emergency response.

ESS is the leading provider of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) and Crisis Management sustainability software that supports Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). For nearly two decades, ESS has provided software that enables organizations to address environmental, health, safety and crisis management challenges more efficiently, at lower cost, while improving the quality and accuracy of internal and external reporting. ESS solutions have a proven track record of helping organizations worldwide to reach their corporate governance goals for sustainability and operational excellence.

ESS' integrated multimedia software enables our clients to efficiently collect and communicate critical data (single version of the truth) at all levels of an organization and across the enterprise. Our unified modular software platform reduces risks and costs by reducing the complexities associated with redundant disparate systems, slashing IT costs while delivering the highest level of data integration and data integrity across the enterprise from the plant floor to the boardroom.

Role based performance metrics and KPI scorecards can be easily created at each level in the organization improving compliance, business performance, and competitive advantage. With technologies to support enterprise hierarchy and multilingual localization, ESS solutions enable organizations to operate in a safe, responsible manner, locally and globally – maintaining compliance with regulatory agencies and protecting the environment and the health of their employees, customers and communities. Specific solutions enable our customers to efficiently address urgent business concerns such as greenhouse gas management, Corporate Social Responsibility reporting, worker health and safety, compliance reporting and emergency response.

Thousands of organizations have purchased ESS software, in every major industry sector including over half of the Fortune 500 and 75 percent of the Fortune 100. ESS has a global client base including Asia, Europe, Middle East, and South America.

The company is headquartered in Tempe, Ariz. with major U.S. offices in Denver, Houston, Washington, D.C. and international offices in Beijing, China, Calgary, Canada and operations in London, England.

ESS Environmental Compliance Solution™

To protect your license to operate, your organization’s goal is to be 100% compliant with a complex matrix of local, regional, and national environmental regulations, management system standards and industry best practices. Whether your business goals for managing environmental management target cost reductions, business growth or risk management, every organization has a legal and business obligation to properly manage their environmental risk portfolio.

Business Value

Cost Reductions

High performing companies relentlessly search for opportunities to reduce costs with emissions-reducing process improvements, including:

• Emissions – Reduce labor costs to deliver emission and compliance reports; reduce emissions fees, water costs, lost product, treatment costs, waste disposal fees, reduced refrigerant and chemical purchases, reduced monitoring and less frequent inspections.
• Increase Sales - Your customers are requesting environmental performance data as part of their buying criteria. Your environmental emissions footprint can help you differentiate your products
• Reduce fines - Reduce operational costs by assuring accurate compliance with auditable, verifiable reporting  
• Energy Usage -Setting GHG reduction targets can lead to energy cost savings.
• Hazardous Materials Management -Minimize, control and track hazardous materials at the constituent level and reduce the cost for acquiring, managing, reporting and disposing of hazardous materials

Business Growth

Environmental performance directly impacts your reputation and business growth:

• Lower Cost of Capital – Having a good environmental reputation with investors can increase your stock price. Socially responsible investors and other large investor's evaluate environmental performance as part of their investment criteria.
• Increase Sales - Your customers are requesting environmental performance data as part of their buying criteria. Your environmental emissions footprint can help you differentiate your products
• Reduce fines - Reduce operational costs by assuring accurate compliance with auditable, verifiable reporting

Risk Management

High performing organizations use risk management to identify and control three kinds of risks:

• Strategic Risks – Environmental issues can materially affect an organizations ability to survive. The careful management of environmental risks is critical to business planning, compliance and reputation. Understanding your strategic environmental risks makes it possible to invest in reducing risks with the greatest business impact.
• Compliance Risks - A complete environmental legal registry and compliance action system reduces the risk of disruptions and fines caused by missed compliance obligations. Chemicals risk management assures the safe and environmentally sound manufacture, distribution, handling, disposal and future remediation liabilities.
• Operational Risks - Mitigate your risk of lost revenue by returning to full operations quickly in the event an environmental release occurs. Assure the corrective and preventative actions are completed to prevent future incidents.