Hara and ESS Announce Partnership to Provide Industry's Most Comprehensive Environmental and Greenhouse Gas Management Solution
Partnership empowers EH&S community to maximize operational performance
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Redwood City, Calif. and Tempe, Ariz. – September 16, 2009 – ESS, the leading provider of Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) and Crisis Management software, and Hara, the fastest growing provider of on-demand Environmental and Energy Management software, announced today a strategic relationship that empowers the EH&S community to take a leadership role in delivering new levels of operational efficiency to their organizations. The joint solution combines the industry’s most comprehensive EH&S reporting and compliance platform with powerful strategy, initiative management and best practices capabilities to reduce operating costs and meet resource conservation goals.
ESS has a strong track record of helping its customers manage the business processes surrounding EH&S and mitigate the risks associated with compliance and sustainability, including greenhouse gas (GHG) management. Hara enables its customers to identify millions of dollars in savings from energy, water and waste abatement strategies while reducing carbon emissions. Together, the two companies are able to deliver a cohesive, integrated solution - initially targeting companies in the oil & gas, utility & power, natural resources and chemical industries - that provides a global view of environmental and energy data as well as enabling and overseeing the business process for planning and acting on mitigation strategies and initiatives.
"Together, Hara and ESS enable our joint customers to leverage their investments in environmental reporting and compliance management while providing them with a forward-looking, holistic solution for environmental and energy management to improve operational efficiencies, enhance brand value and mitigate risks associated with their sustainability initiatives," said Amit Chatterjee, CEO and Co-founder of Hara.
"By integrating the ESS EH&S compliance and GHG platform with the Hara™ Environmental and Energy Management solution, ESS and Hara are able to provide the most complete and accurate asset-level environmental record available in the market today. We look forward to working with our joint customers to achieve their corporate governance goals for sustainability and operational excellence," said Robert Johnson, ESS President and CEO.
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.
About Hara
Hara helps organizations grow and profit while optimizing natural resource consumption and reducing environmental impact. Hara™ Environmental and Energy Management gives customers auditable transparency and control of their organizational metabolism—the collective resources consumed and expended by an organization—including energy, water, waste, carbon and other resources. Leading organizations use Hara solutions to manage their environmental record and leverage best practices in order to improve their operational efficiency, maximize shareholder value and manage risks. For more information, please visit www.hara.com.
Hara Media Contact: Sara Cohen
415-392-8282
press@hara.com
ESS Media Contact: Alvin Hayes
800-289-6116 ext 1731
ess.media@ess-home.com
