ESS Excellence Awards Show Measurable Benefits of Using IT to Reduce Operational Risks and Costs TEMPE, Ariz. - October 6, 2006 - Tuesday, October 10, the first annual ESS Excellence Awards will be presented to 18 businesses, agencies and institutions for their outstanding use of information technology to reduce risks and costs associated with environmental, health and safety (EH&S) and crisis management. The inaugural ESS Excellence Awards will celebrate extraordinary achievements of organizations that reduced operational risks that resulted in reduced costs and enhanced operating efficiencies. For example: A manufacturer cut emission compliance costs more than $100,000 during a 12-month period by implementing an emissions monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting (MRR) tracking system; A public utility projects $1.3 million...
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