Utilities & Energy
Utility companies working in the transmission, generation, and distribution of electricity, gas and water are dealing with an ever-increasing focus on sustainability, and pressure to be as ‘green’ as possible with all aspects of their operations.
They not only need to meet the demand for their services as efficiently as possible, but also need to set an example in terms of adopting and integrating sustainable technologies whilst ensuring the health and safety of their workforces.
Some of the EHS, ESG, and compliance challenges facing utilities companies may include:
- Acquiring and complying with necessary permits and licenses across multiple locations and jurisdictions
- Gaining access to land, understanding the social impacts of their operations, and ascertaining where to channel development efforts
- Protecting the health and well-being of their employees, contractors, and communities
- Effectively managing any environmental impacts associated with water, waste, noise, biodiversity, energy, and emissions
- Reporting on their EHS, ESG and overall sustainability performance to a variety of investors, regulators, standards bodies, and stakeholders
Utilities facilities may consist of various interrelated phases which comprise their overall lifecycle. At each of these stages, utilities operations can benefit from one or many of our software solutions.
Development and pre-construction
During the development and pre-construction phase, our software will facilitate the following:
• Record the details of all environmental impact assessments
• Record the details of interactions with local communities, and manage stakeholder engagements
• Identify material ESG indicators
Construction
During construction of your utilities facility, our software will enable you to:
• Identify all safety hazards, mitigate the risks, and record and investigate all incidents, injuries, near misses, and non-conformances
• Calculate and track greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and assess all environmental aspects and impacts
Operations and maintenance
Once your utilities facility is operational, our software will assist you to:
• Manage all risks and critical controls via audits, inspections, and recurring assessments
• Manage the health and safety of your workforce
• Manage ESG indicators, and report against ESG standards
• Ensure the implementation of continual improvement measures, and achieve compliance with standards such as ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
• Monitor adherence to the commitments made in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Social Impact Assessment (SIA), thereby ensuring your utility’s license to operate
• Capture, track, and act on environmental monitoring data such as energy, water biodiversity, air quality, and noise levels
• Calculate your GHG emissions, and set and manage initiatives to reduce your carbon footprint
Decommission
Should you need to decommission and close any of your facilities, our software can help you to:
• Manage risk and obligations unique to closure
• Manage rehabilitation and social responsibility undertakings against targets agreed with the government and local communities
• Continue to manage and monitor all EHS risks
• Continue with ESG disclosures where necessary
Our following software modules are important for managing the EHS and ESG performance of utilities companies.
Use our software to measure performance against the following international safety standards:
- ISO 9001: Quality
ISO 14001: Environmental Management - ISO 26001: Guidance on Social Responsibility
- ISO 31001: Risk Management
- ISO 45001: Occupational Health and Safety
Use IsoMetrix software to measure and improve your utility company’s performance in the following areas:
- Compliance
- Environmental sustainability
- Financial
- Employee health and safety
- Product quality
- Capability and service delivery
- Reputation
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