Leading Global Energy Company Selects ESS Software as Enterprise-Wide Environmental Management Information System
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Essential Suite® will be Global "Eco-Hub" Supporting Compliance and Operational Excellence
TEMPE, Ariz. – August 24, 2009 – ESS, the leading provider of Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) and Crisis Management software, announced today that one of the world's leading global energy companies has selected ESS' Essential Suite® as its enterprise-wide platform for environmental information management.
Essential Suite will serve as an environmental master data repository or "eco-hub," which will manage detailed EH&S compliance and sustainability information across the company's operating units. ESS' integrated platform is scheduled to replace multiple disparate systems that are currently in use.
The company's new platform will enable dozens of internal and external initiatives by providing a single point of access for sustainability business intelligence and analysis. This will ensure that the same timely, reliable data is used for compliance, stakeholder management and global sustainability reporting.
Essential Suite delivers flexible, scalable functionality to support a broad spectrum of environmental management activities. This company's enterprise-wide implementation will include:
- Essential Air™ – Automates calculations/reporting for all air emissions, including GHG and criteria pollutants.
- Essential Water™ – Simplifies compliance, increases data consistency and reporting accuracy.
- Essential Waste™ – Assures reporting accuracy, avoids manifest errors/shipment returns.
- Essential Mobile™ for Waste – Enables use of handheld data collection devices for container tracking.
- Essential Compliance Manager™ – Reduces management costs, tracks applicable regulations/standards.
- Essential Task Manager™ – Streamlines tasks, manages resources, follows progress to completion.
- Essential Audit™ – Maintains verifiable trail, simplifies audits, reduces management costs.
- Essential Performance Manager™ – Collects and reports metrics, offers dashboard/graphical analyses.
- Essential Gateway™ for Work Orders– Tightly integrates Enterprise Asset Management Systems and Maintenance Management Systems with Essential Suite.
- Essential Regulatory Connect™ - Interface to CyberRegs® contains detailed, updated regulatory content.
"Essential Suite was chosen following an extensive review of available environmental management information systems on the market," said Robert Johnson, ESS President and CEO. "Companies across major industry sectors – including half of the Fortune 500 and 70 percent of the Fortune 100 - are selecting ESS because we deliver proven solutions that reduce risks and costs while driving sustainability. We are proud to have been selected by this noted industry leader – as well as many other top energy and petrochemical companies worldwide."
About ESS
ESS was acquired by IHS (NYSE: IHS - www.ihs.com) in September, 2009. IHS is a leading global source of critical information and insight dedicated to providing the most complete and trusted information and expertise. IHS product and service solutions span four areas of information that encompass the most important concerns facing global business today: Energy, Product Lifecycle, Security, and EHS, all supported by Macroeconomics. By focusing on our customers first, IHS enables innovative and successful decision-making for customers ranging from governments and multinational companies to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 180 countries. IHS is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2009 and employs approximately 4,000 people in 20 countries.
