May 14, 2008—The Dow Chemical Company was selected as winner of the “Best of the Best” 2008 ESS Excellence Award for leveraging innovative information technology to eliminate more than $2 million in redundant legacy reporting systems and achieve greater efficiency and accuracy by enabling all of its US facilities to use a common environmental reporting process.
Dow was honored for its landmark Environmental Reporting Project, reportedly the largest emissions management program of its kind and an example of results that can be achieved by expert managers who unify and streamline information processes enterprise-wide. A joint Dow EH&S, Dow IS, CH2M Hill, and ESS team was assembled to implement the system using ESS software company-wide.
Upon completion, Dow’s new work process and unified software platform eliminated over $2 million in legacy systems and leveraged other existing enterprise information systems through interoperability with the ESS software. The new unified platform allows all of Dow’s 200 US facilities to use a common reporting process and reportedly has the potential to save an additional $2 million over time on elimination of redundant work processes and supporting resources.
The ESS Excellence Awards, co-sponsored by BNP Media’s Pollution Engineering and Industrial Safety & Hygiene News magazines along with ESS, provider of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EH&S) and Crisis Management software for enterprise sustainability, are selected by a panel of independent judges to recognize extraordinary achievements in the use of advanced information technology to enable business sustainability and performance.
The awards attracted a record number of success stories from around the world, from a variety of organizations ranging from petrochemical, manufacturing, transportation, and other industries to government agencies, universities, and public utilities.
Dow was one of 31 organizations that received 2008 ESS Excellence Awards, including: Alcoa; Andrews Air Force Base; Beale Air Force Base; Brookhaven National Laboratory; Campbell Soup Company, Napoleon, OH; Cardinal Glass Industries; City of Columbus, GA; Delta Air Lines; Duke Energy; Gilbert (AZ) Fire Department; HD Supply; IL Auto Electric Company; JR Simplot; Kocsis Consulting Group; Koppers; Kroy Building Products; Lyondell Chemical Company; MD State Highway Administration; Metropolitan Government of Nashville (TN); NJ Natural Gas Company; PetroChina Company Limited; Purdue University; Raleigh Parks & Recreation Department; Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern KY; Seagate Technology; Sea Ray Boats; St. Petersburg (FL) Police Department; Sumner County (TN) Government; Tempe (AZ) Fire Department; USDA Forest Service; and Vought Aircraft Industries.
