Cost containment is one of the biggest issues for the chemical industry. And, compliance programs often add costs - putting pressure on the bottom line and straining company resources. Many chemical organizations are consolidating their compliance programs to save time and money. The Enviance System, robust chemical software, allows chemical companies to manage all of their data in one central location - making reporting and auditing easier than ever. Enter data once and use it across multiple reporting programs.

Specifically, Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting is one of the more grueling aspects of compliance programs in this industry:

• The U.S. EPA's TRI requires all facilities to collect data and report on the toxic chemicals released into the environment each year.
• Organizations must closely monitor chemical emissions, because reporting of individual chemicals is exempt if levels do not exceed thresholds.
• When done manually, tracking the emissions data, calculating thresholds, and reporting to the EPA can take thousands of hours and leaves room for data entry and calculation errors.
• To save time and ensure that accurate data is reported to the EPA, leaders in the chemical industry are using the Enviance System to manage TRI as well as other compliance programs.

One of Enviance's chemical clients is using the system to simplify the processing, calculation, and reporting of TRI emissions across 75 sites. The Enviance TRI solution automatically calculates the threshold, taking advantage of the de minimis allowance, and simultaneously calculates the release data required if thresholds are exceeded; it also automatically creates reports and electronically files them with the EPA. After four years of using this robust chemical software solution, they are saving thousands of staff hours and are better able to integrate disparate data sources, automatically perform calculations, populate fields, and analyze data at the facility, business-unit, and enterprise levels.

To find out more about current uses of the Enviance System by chemical industry clients, see our case studies or Resource Library.