Enablon

What is Enablon?

Enablon is a powerful software platform that helps businesses manage and streamline different areas of their operations. It’s designed to bring together all kinds of important data—like environmental, health, safety, governance, and compliance information—into one system. Instead of dealing with separate tools for each area, Enablon provides a single platform where everything is connected.

Environmental Compliance with Enablon

Enablon provides a powerful Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) solution designed to help companies manage risks, ensure compliance, and improve workplace safety. It’s a software platform that brings all EHS activities into one system, making it easier for organizations to stay organized and efficient.

Key Features

1. Incident Management
   This feature allows employees to report workplace accidents, near-misses, or any safety concerns quickly and easily. For example, if a hazard is spotted on-site, it can be logged in the system immediately, triggering alerts for the safety team to take action.

2. Risk Assessment Tools
   The software helps companies identify and evaluate risks in the workplace. This could include analyzing safety procedures, equipment, or even environmental factors like air quality. By assessing risks, companies can implement measures to prevent accidents or environmental damage.

3. Compliance Tracking
   With Enablon, organizations can keep track of regulations they need to follow, such as workplace safety laws (e.g. OSHA, Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), ISO 45001) or environmental standards (e.g. ISO 14001, Clean Air Act, EU ETS). The platform organizes compliance tasks, schedules audits, and provides reminders, ensuring companies meet their obligations on time.

4. Environmental Monitoring
   The system helps monitor environmental factors like emissions, water usage, or waste production. For example, a factory can use Enablon to track its carbon emissions and ensure it stays within legal limits, contributing to sustainability goals.

5. Training and Certification Management
   Ensuring employees are trained and certified is crucial for safety. Enablon helps manage employee training schedules, tracks certifications (e.g. First Aid Certification, CPR Certification, HAZWOPER), and sends reminders when updates are needed, ensuring everyone is prepared to follow safety protocols.

6. Data Analytics
   Enablon’s EHS solution includes advanced analytics that lets companies spot trends in incidents or risks. For example, if a particular piece of machinery is causing repeated accidents, the system can highlight this, allowing the company to investigate and fix the issue.

What Enablon Helps Track:

1. Air Emissions
   Enablon monitors emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and other air pollutants, ensuring compliance with standards like the Clean Air Act in the U.S. or the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). It helps calculate and report Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions as outlined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

2. Waste Management
   The software tracks the generation, handling, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. This ensures compliance with laws like the U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and EU Waste Framework Directive.

3. Water Quality and Usage
   Enablon enables companies to monitor water usage, discharge, and pollution levels to meet standards like the U.S. Clean Water Act and EU Water Framework Directive.

4. Chemical and Hazardous Material Management
   It helps organizations track and manage the storage, usage, and transportation of hazardous materials, ensuring compliance with regulations like REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals) in the EU and OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard in the U.S.

5. Environmental Impact Assessments
   Enablon supports organizations in conducting assessments required for permits or compliance with local environmental regulations, such as those mandated under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in the U.S.

Key Regulations Enablon Supports:

1. ISO 14001 – International standard for environmental management systems, ensuring organizations minimize environmental impact and comply with regulations.

2. EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) – Helps organizations monitor and report emissions to comply with the EU’s carbon cap-and-trade program.

3. Clean Air Act (U.S.) – Ensures businesses meet air quality and emissions standards for pollutants.

4. SECR (Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting, UK) – Tracks and reports energy use and carbon emissions for UK-based businesses.

5. REACH (EU) – Manages chemical safety for products in the European market.

6. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES, U.S.) – Ensures compliance with water pollution discharge permits.

How It Works:

• Real-Time Monitoring: Enablon integrates with IoT devices and sensors to track environmental metrics in real time, ensuring immediate responses to potential non-compliance risks.

• Automated Reporting: It generates compliance-ready reports, reducing the time and effort needed to meet regulatory requirements.

• Data Integration: The platform centralizes data from multiple sources, eliminating silos and giving organizations a complete view of their environmental performance.

• Proactive Alerts: Users receive notifications about potential compliance risks or upcoming deadlines, helping avoid fines and penalties.

Environmental, Social and Governance

Enablon’s ESG platform supports companies in tracking and improving their environmental impact, social responsibility initiatives, and governance practices. It helps businesses report on these efforts in line with global frameworks, ensuring they meet regulations and build trust with stakeholders like investors, customers, and employees.

Key Features

1. Centralized ESG Data Management
   The platform brings all ESG-related data together in one place, whether it’s emissions data, diversity metrics, or governance policies. This makes it easier to organize and analyze information. For example, instead of managing spreadsheets from multiple departments, everything is consolidated into a single, user-friendly system.

2. Sustainability Reporting
   Enablon supports reporting for major frameworks like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), SASB, and CSRD. These frameworks are global standards for sharing a company’s environmental and social performance. The platform automates much of the reporting process, saving time and ensuring that reports are accurate and consistent.

3. Carbon Accounting
   The ESG solution tracks emissions across Scope 1 (direct emissions from owned sources), Scope 2 (indirect emissions from purchased energy), and Scope 3 (indirect emissions in the supply chain). For example, if a company wants to reduce its carbon footprint, the platform identifies where emissions are highest, like transportation or energy use, so they can target those areas.

4. Social Responsibility and Governance Metrics
   The platform monitors indicators like workforce diversity, community engagement, and employee well-being programs, allowing companies to track progress in hiring diverse talent or logging volunteer hours for community projects. At the same time, Enablon supports governance tracking by managing data on board diversity, anti-corruption policies, and compliance with regulations. Together, these tools help businesses align with industry standards, meet legal requirements, and build trust with stakeholders by showcasing their commitment to ethical practices and social responsibility.

5. Risk Identification and Management
   The ESG solution identifies risks related to environmental or social issues that could impact a company’s operations or reputation. For example, the platform might highlight supply chain risks tied to deforestation or regulatory risks related to emissions limits.

6. Data Visualization and Analytics
   Enablon provides tools for creating dashboards and visual reports, making complex data easy to understand. For instance, a sustainability manager can generate a graph showing year-over-year emissions reductions or employee satisfaction trends.

Governance, Risk and Compliance

This platform helps companies create safer workplaces, avoid fines or penalties, and stay resilient in the face of potential risks. It does this by combining risk management tools with compliance tracking, giving businesses a complete view of their operational challenges.

Key Features

1. Risk Identification and Assessment
   Enablon helps companies identify risks, whether they’re operational, financial, or environmental. For example, it can flag risks like supply chain disruptions, regulatory changes, or workplace hazards. The system allows teams to assess the likelihood and potential impact of these risks, so they can prioritize which ones to address first.

2. Incident and Event Management
   If a risk materializes, such as a workplace incident or environmental spill, the platform provides tools to log, track, and manage the event. For example, teams can document what happened, assign corrective actions, and ensure the issue is resolved quickly to prevent future occurrences.

3. Compliance Tracking
   Enablon helps companies stay compliant with regulations, including workplace safety standards set by OSHA or GDPR (e.g. data privacy). The system tracks compliance tasks, schedules audits, and provides reminders for deadlines. This reduces the risk of missed obligations, fines, or reputational damage.

4. Audit Management
   The platform simplifies the audit process by organizing all required documents and data in one place. For example, during a regulatory inspection, teams can quickly pull up relevant records to demonstrate compliance. Enablon also automates reminders for internal audits, ensuring companies regularly check their processes and stay prepared.

5. Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
   When risks or compliance gaps are identified, Enablon’s CAPA tools help companies take action to fix the issue and prevent it from happening again. For instance, if a factory audit reveals safety equipment isn’t being maintained, CAPA ensures repairs are completed and future checks are scheduled.

6. Policy and Document Management
   Companies often have complex policies and procedures that need to be regularly updated and followed. Enablon provides a secure place to store, manage, and share these documents, ensuring that everyone has access to the latest versions.

7. Data Visualization and Reporting
   The platform includes dashboards and analytics to track risk and compliance performance. For example, a manager can view trends in compliance violations or monitor how quickly incidents are resolved. These insights help teams make informed decisions to improve overall performance.

Other Features

Along with its powerful tools for environmental, ESG, and compliance

, Enablon includes several other features to help businesses manage different areas effectively:

• Engineering & Operations
  Enablon makes it easier to keep operations running smoothly. It helps manage equipment maintenance, organize tasks, and improve how teams work together to boost efficiency.

• Bowtie Solution
  The Bowtie tool gives businesses a clear way to analyze risks. It uses simple diagrams to show potential hazards, how they’re controlled, and how businesses stay compliant with safety rules.

• Health & Safety Tools
  These features help track workplace incidents, identify hazards, and manage employee training to keep everyone safe and reduce risks.

• Quality Management
  Enablon helps businesses track the quality of their products and processes, making it easier to meet industry standards and keep customers happy.

What ties these solutions together is their ability to centralize data, simplify processes, and provide insights that help teams work smarter. Each solution focuses on a specific need: from ensuring safe workplaces with the EHS solution to managing ESG responsibilities, tackling operational risks, and visualizing risks with the Bowtie tool. While these solutions are tailored to specific areas—such as managing environmental compliance, tracking sustainability goals, or visualizing risks—the Vision Platform integrates all these functions into one unified, future-ready system.

Enablon Vision Platform

Enablon Vision Platform is an integrated risk management platform that centralizes governance, risk, compliance, health and safety, environment, sustainability, and business continuity processes. What makes the Vision Platform different is its ability to analyze data as it’s collected, offering predictive insights that help businesses act before issues arise. For example, the Vision Platform can use IoT sensors to keep an eye on equipment or environmental conditions in real time and send alerts about potential problems or inefficiencies. Unlike other tools that focus mainly on managing existing processes and staying compliant, the Vision Platform helps businesses take a proactive approach. It acts as the main hub for all operational data, making it easier to work smarter, faster, and more connected across the entire company.

What makes the Vision Platform unique is its focus on being mobile, open, and intelligent:

• Mobile: The Vision Platform’s mobile apps support workflows on both iOS and Android devices. These apps work on wearable devices and augmented reality tools, so users can easily handle important tasks while on the move.

• Open: With its Enablon Hub, the platform provides a self-service development kit to integrate directly with third-party tools, edge devices, and IoT-enabled technologies like drones and augmented reality devices. This flexibility means businesses can tailor the system to suit their unique needs.

• Intelligent: Enablon leverages AI through tools like Enablon Juno and Enablon Pulse. Juno offers guidance and recommendations across workflows, while Pulse visually identifies risks and alerts managers to potential hazards at their facilities.

A Unified and Innovative Approach

The Vision Platform integrates all these domains into a single-screen solution. With over 20 years of expertise backing it, the platform offers businesses a forward-thinking approach to enterprise management, helping them become more resilient, agile, and future-ready.

Get a closer look at how the Vision Platform is redefining EHS and operational management in this introductory video: Watch the video.

Awards

2024 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing

Enablon’s ESG Excellence solution was recognised with the Stratus Award for Cloud Computing in ESG Excellence in October 2024. The Business Intelligence Group, known for recognising outstanding achievements in the business world, uses a unique scoring system to identify companies that truly stand out. Their panel of experienced judges selected Enablon ESG Excellence for its ability to harness advanced technology to support end-to-end ESG processes, enabling businesses to manage risks, improve sustainability, and drive efficiency.

Source: wolterskluwer.com

Sustainability Service of the Year Award

In September 2024, Business Intelligence Group awarded Enablon the Sustainability Service of the Year Award. This honour reflects Enablon’s continued commitment to delivering tools that help organizations meet their environmental and sustainability goals. Enablon ESG Excellence was recognized for its advanced technology, which simplifies ESG data collection and reporting from start to finish.

Source: wolterskluwer.com

2024 BIG Innovation Award

The Enablon ESG Excellence solution has been recognized with the 2024 BIG Innovation Award, celebrating its ability to simplify ESG reporting. Presented by the Business Intelligence Group, the award highlights how Enablon makes ESG reporting as precise and reliable as financial data.

With Enablon, businesses can collect, validate, and report ESG data from over 100 different sources. Its user-friendly tools also make it easy to create detailed ESG reports that combine data with clear narratives, ensuring every disclosure is trustworthy and traceable. This award recognizes Enablon’s innovative features that help businesses streamline ESG processes, track performance, and manage reporting with confidence.

Source: wolterskluwer.com

Partnerships

Makersite

In October 2023, Enablon teamed up with Makersite, combining their expertise to deliver advanced ESG insights. This collaboration leverages Makersite’s material and supply chain intelligence with Enablon’s robust ESG reporting tools. Together, they enable businesses to map the environmental impact of their products and supply chains, offering clear pathways to meet ESG goals. By integrating data across these platforms, companies gain powerful tools for transparent reporting and informed decision-making in sustainability efforts.

Source: wolterskluwer.com

Value Reporting Foundation

In July 2022, Enablon announced a collaboration with the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) to align its ESG solutions with globally recognised reporting standards. This partnership focuses on supporting companies in meeting frameworks like SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) standards. By embedding these frameworks into Enablon’s platform, businesses can streamline ESG disclosures and ensure their reports meet the expectations of regulators and investors alike.

Source: wolterskluwer.com

OSIsoft

In June 2021, Enablon partnered with OSIsoft (now AVEVA), a leader in real-time data management, to enhance the use of IoT (Internet of Things) in environmental, health, and safety (EHS) and risk management. This partnership integrates OSIsoft’s PI System with Enablon’s platform, enabling businesses to track real-time data on operational risks. By using IoT data, companies can proactively address potential issues, improve safety outcomes, and make data-driven decisions to reduce risks across their operations.

Source: wolterskluwer.com

TapRooT®

In March 2021, Enablon partnered with TapRooT®, a global leader in incident investigation and root cause analysis. This collaboration brings TapRooT®’s expertise into Enablon’s EHS software, empowering businesses to investigate workplace incidents more effectively. With built-in investigation tools, companies can identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and prevent future incidents, creating safer and more efficient operations.

Source: wolterskluwer.com

Pricing

Pricing for Enablon's services is not publicly listed and varies based on factors such as the specific modules selected, the size of the organization, and the complexity of implementation. Some sources indicate that Enablon's Risk Management software starts at approximately $50,000 per year, though this can differ depending on the organization's needs.

If you’re interested in seeing how Enablon can transform the way your organization manages EHS, ESG, and risk, you can request a demo to explore its features and capabilities. Visit this link to schedule your personalized demonstration and discover how Enablon can help you achieve your safety, compliance, and sustainability goals.

Closing Insights

Enablon is more than just software—it’s a complete solution for managing safety, sustainability, and risk in one powerful platform. Whether you’re focused on compliance, improving workplace safety, or meeting ESG goals, Enablon provides the tools to make it easier. What stands out is its ability to adapt to the needs of any organization, from simplifying complex processes to helping teams make better, data-driven decisions.

If your business is serious about creating a safer, more sustainable future, Enablon is definitely worth considering. It’s a platform designed to not only meet today’s challenges but also prepare you for what’s ahead.