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

Information Challenges

	Challenges	Solution Capabilities
	Global legislative shift towards market-based accounting and management of GHG and energy data that has the potential to impact your company’s bottom line	Comprehensive solution framework that streamlines collection, processing and delivery of GHG information — monitoring products, facilities and supply chains — to accurately measure GHG emissions across the enterprise.
	Cap-and-trade mandates transform carbon into a financial commodity	Tools to track of allowances, offsets, and credits for compliance and reporting under voluntary and mandatory environmental and energy programs. Assess financial impact of various scenarios for solid carbon asset decision making.
	Carbon compliance mandates and Corporate Responsibility reporting requires verifiable information	Comprehensive tracking of compliance obligations, including the robust data QA/QC and auditing tools.
	Widely varied needs for information management in support of GHG reporting	Flexible, scalable platform that allows your business to adopt the tools you need — from simple, aggregate facility calculations to detailed process models — to meet your current GHG reporting needs, while seamlessly adding additional capabilities as your requirements change.
	Leveraging carbon data to take advantage of opportunities to reduce operating expenses, enhance corporate brand	Identification and tracking of GHG reduction projects and their ongoing performance over time.

Solution Packages

ESS offers these suggested solution packages to meet the needs of evolving GHG/carbon management programs. Our solution team will address your specific needs to develop a suggested set of software, content and services to quickly help deliver on improvement goals or eliminate critical business issues. Because we believe each customer is unique, ESS solution packages are designed to be tailored to individual needs. For information about the ESS GHG/Carbon Management Solution, contact us at 800.289.6116 or email us.

	Solution Package	Package Options
	Emissions & Energy Accounting The Emissions & Energy Accounting package provides the capabilities to manage a comprehensive GHG emissions inventory for corporate, regional and national programs.	Standard GHG protocols for Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions Accounting and reporting for ALL greenhouse gases Organizational hierarchy and boundaries Inventory granularity from a corporate-level to individual unit-level Emissions forecasting and scenario analysis Uncertainty analysis Tasking, notifications and alerts Multiple languages GHG strategy services Training Services Implementation and Configuration Services Multiple Application Delivery Options
	Performance Reporting The Performance Reporting package provides the capabilities to track GHG emission and energy performance against internal objectives and conveniently report information to key stakeholders.	Key performance indicators including fuel usage, electricity usage, emissions, and normalized intensities Scorecards and performance objectives Configurable, role-based dashboards Analysis services Multiple languages Training Services Implementation and Configuration Services Multiple Application Delivery Options
	Compliance and Verification The Compliance and Verification package provides capabilities to document GHG management systems, facilitate work processes, and provide evidentiary documentation to support internal and third-party audits.	Inventory management plan & related procedures Internal audits and QA/QC procedures Tracking against internal policy, regulatory, & permit drivers Evidentiary documentation for verification & compliance Multiple languages Training Services Implementation and Configuration Services Multiple Application Delivery Options