ESS was acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS – www.ihs.com) in September, 2009. IHS has been in business for nearly 50 years, providing critical information and insight to governments and companies in a broad range of industries in 180 countries. IHS customer product and service solutions span four major areas of information: energy, environment, security and product lifecycle.
IHS is the leading provider of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) and Crisis Management sustainability software. For nearly two decades, IHS 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. IHS solutions have a proven track record of helping organizations worldwide to reach their corporate governance goals for sustainability and operational excellence.
IHS' 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, IHS 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.