Environmental and Sustainability Management Software
Today, companies, regardless of their size and the sector to which they belong, face major challenges in sustainable and environmental management, in particular for the collection and analysis of large amounts of increasingly complex data. It also adds to the difficulty of complying with multiple frameworks and new requirements in terms of social, environmental and governance criteria, as well as internal controls to verify and audit information.
Provide your organization with efficient solutions that help align your business strategy with sustainable development objectives, comply with national and European regulations in a secure and efficient manner, and simplify ESG reporting.
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Environmental Management Software
The challenge of the 21st Century: to minimize the Environmental Impact of our operations and avoid risks of non-compliance.
The most sustainable organizations must have an environmental management system that allows managers and decision-makers to undertake sustainable strategies and environmental performance; measure, control and reduce their significant impacts with consistent and internationally recognized methodologies.
At Laragon we specialize in digitalization projects to simplify the implementation of carbon footprint emission reduction strategies, as well as the coordination of the different areas and actors involved in the operations and their environmental impact. The solutions we propose allow you to record, consolidate and generate reports according to different criteria/standards with verifiable and verifiable data.
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Indicator Management and Environmental Reporting Software
With many reporting sites and data collection mechanisms, it is difficult to automate the process that governs how information is obtained, populated into report templates and communicated to Stakeholders.
Thanks to reporting tools, you can communicate the progress of your environmental objectives to your stakeholders and provide them with clear visibility on your performance.
Integrate key global emissions standards and protocols throughout your organization to help manage and minimize your GHG emissions.
Save time
- Annual emissions inventory reports and ready-to-use report templates.
- Eliminate manual data entry, automate and process historical data and data from other databases.
Ensure data quality
- Manage high frequency data for many installations.
- Ensure data quality and accuracy through sophisticated and intelligent validation rules and consistency checks.
Inventory and Emissions Calculation/GHG
Companies need to accurately collect, analyze and report emissions data, but calculating emissions from complex sites and operations is difficult. Consolidating and converting data into actionable knowledge to help reduce emissions is also a major challenge.
Count on an accurate and reliable software in your organization to calculate in detail the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of your company, ensuring compliance with national, European and international regulations.
Protect your company’s reputation over the long term by meeting the expectations and demands of regulators and stakeholders.
Automatically calculate GHG emissions
- Manage the different protocols and geographic areas of Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions. At the same time, you will be able to calculate Scope 2 with the market-based methodology, as the system will help you to take into account the Guarantees of Renewable Origin (GoO), the emission factors of the supply companies and/or the Energy Mix, applicable logic where applicable.
Select appropriate emission factors
- Use the correct emissions factor, depending on the activity, gas emitted, geographic locations and date.
- Improve data collection and get accurate emissions calculations across your organization.
Manage your inventory
emissions
- Manage your inventory from an organizational and operational perspective.
Non-Financial Reporting Software
Reporting in accordance with international standards Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)…. Generate compliance reports, such as Clean Air Act regulations, GHG MRR, NSPS, NESHAP, NSR, PSD and TRI in the U.S., NGERS in Australia, NPRI in Canada, TA Luft and others around the world.
Automate data collection and validation, and quickly populate templates according to standards such as GRI, CDP, SASB and DJSI.
Climate Change Risk Management Software. TCFD Report
Thanks to the digitization of your climate strategy, you will be able to communicate the progress of your climate change objectives and strategies according to TCFD recommendations.
- Identify risks and opportunities in strategy and financial planning.
- Analyze your indicators and manage your environmental risks by anticipating the different climate scenarios facing your company.
- Ensure reliable metrics and targets, based on the actual calculation of emissions from your operations in Scopes 1, 2 and 3. Publicize your Climate Change strategies and program.
Waste and Hazardous Substances Management Software.
Those responsible for managing the regulatory compliance of hazardous substances in their operations must ensure compliance with the EU and national hazardous substance regulations they apply and require to be up to date: REACH, SEVESO, ADR, CLP, APQ, etc.
Manage and reduce waste and ensure regulatory compliance for your environmental performance improvement initiatives. Optimize waste management and tracking at all stages of your operations, from generation, accumulation, transport, treatment and disposal. Optimize your waste management processes through a central system, ensuring compliance with hazardous waste regulations, allowing you to have control over the waste sent to landfill.
Automate the coordination of administrative and control tasks involving several areas and a large number of internal and external stakeholders operating from the field or from offices. Greatly reduce non-conformities and ensure that your organization has documented all storage, transport and use requirements in Safety Data Sheets subject to approval processes and in accordance with the general and specific regulations that apply by type of industry.
Simplify and improve waste management
- Waste management through the inventory of valid waste at each site (LER or internal codes).
- Identify generation sources, gain visibility and monitoring of all your sites.
- Tracking of the waste, the quantity and its final treatment method.
Control waste-related costs
- Identification and selection of the most cost-effective waste transporters and managers.
- Automation of invoices linked to third party companies (contractors).
- Accurate estimate of all costs for the management of future and scheduled withdrawals by Traders or Agents.
Ensuring regulatory compliance
- Reduce the risks of non-compliance by monitoring waste-related regulations, facility permits and their expiration dates.
- Easily generate RCRA hazardous waste reports.
- Optimize waste management efforts by obtaining information on volumes generated by area and profile. Achieve "zero waste to landfill" objectives by centralizing and automating your strategies.
Air and Water Quality Monitoring Software
Companies that generate any discharge or emission from their processes into the water and/or air must comply with the regulations and requirements that specify sampling, pollutant limits, etc. They must monitor discharges to ensure that sampling and reporting are carried out in accordance with regulations and do not break the chain of custody.
At Laragon we implement solutions that allow you to manage emissions and discharges by controlling each piece of equipment, discharge point and material in your operations. Centralize and standardize data from all facilities and establish chain-of-custody records. Monitor all sampling locations by tracking properties, data, relevant sampling requirements, permits and limits.
Ensure regulatory compliance, identify risks of exceeding permit limits. Monitor sampling requirements and contaminant limits for all your sites. Report on time and correctly.
Optimize water management and enhance water sampling
- Water quality management software allows area managers to streamline the administration of water permits and regulatory requirements, track discharges and water sampling records at one location. Streamline the management of water sampling activities and administer water permits and regulatory requirements.
- Improve environmental performance and water management by reducing pollutants and your water footprint. Keep track of spills and water sampling records.
- Automate your water sampling data collection and compile the results obtained by comparing them with regulatory limits.
Ensure the
Air Quality Compliance
- Air Quality Compliance Management software allows monitoring of air pollutant emissions captured by equipment at various facilities that in turn require very frequent readings of various parameters to ensure compliance.
- Manage large amounts of data and the scale of atmospheric emissions calculations.
- Substantially improve data collection on emission sources, locations, to import meteorological data in a standardized way within your organization.
- Ensure data quality and accuracy through sophisticated and intelligent validation rules and consistency checks.
Accurate emissions inventories
- Make inventories and keep them updated for the different geographic areas. Calculate location-specific emission sources.
- Ensure compliance with different regulations: GHG MRR, NSPS, NESHAP, NSR, PSD... and other regulations worldwide.
ISO14001 Management Automation
- Easily and quickly comply with ISO 14001 requirements and drive continuous improvement in your organization's environmental performance.
- Identify the environmental aspects and impacts that apply to your type and size of business to manage: your GHG emissions, water quality, waste management, etc.
- Easily manage your ISO 14001 self-assessments and audits (internal or external). This functionality will allow you to take corrective actions on detected deviations and risks.
- Ensure regulatory compliance and obtain the corresponding certifications.
Risk Assessment
At Laragon we advise and help you implement a systematic and consistent approach to identify environmental aspects and impacts and avoid unacceptable levels of risk. We advise your organization to prioritize actions to reduce the most significant impacts and to improve environmental performance by comparing results from previous and current periods.
Incident Management
- Perform comprehensive management of environmental incidents occurring within your organization, from notification, investigation, cause analysis and corrective actions. Perform an agile initial report from any mobile device.
- Identify near misses or potential hazards that could end up being a very serious incident with a high impact on the environment and your company's reputation.
- Keep track of management costs, mitigation costs or simply analyze the impact on biodiversity and propose biodiversity action plans.
Regulatory Compliance: Regulation, Policies and Permits
Manage all permit requirements and identify risks of exceeding permit limits. Follow the sampling requirements and contaminant limits for all sites in your organization. Agile and accurate reporting.
Audits
Audit Management Software helps to successfully assess compliance with internal regulations and policies. Ensure consistency by performing standardized audits across your organization from your desktop or mobile device.
Improve the efficiency and productivity of auditors and audit program managers. Get a clear measure of compliance. Follow up on all improvement points with their respective root cause analysis and action plans.
Obtain reports in an automated way.
Automation of Consumption Management
- Automate consumption data regardless of billing frequency. Ensure the quality and integrity of consumption data directly from different utility providers.
- Strengthen data verification in a single click, making the auditor’s job easier.
- Collect consolidated meter data at different frequencies. Normalize consumption and utility cost data on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis.
- Identify trends and usage patterns.
- Easily compare bills between different utilities.
Sustainability and Performance Software
Companies have already integrated the principles of sustainability into their strategy. The challenge now is to monitor performance in their operations, track objectives, make decisions and report reliably
Organizations should strengthen their social and environmental performance, as well as their commitment to CSR principles. At Laragon we specialize in the digitization of sustainable performance and the reporting and monitoring of ESG strategies, Non-Financial Information, ODS, GRI, GHG, DJSI, CDP, SASB, among others.
Have software in your organization that helps you achieve your sustainability objectives by optimizing your data and reports and involving all stakeholders.
Automate the efficient collection and management of Environmental, Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) data.
Ensure the quality and traceability of ESG data to improve your audits, verifications, calculations and ultimately the reporting of your organization’s sustainable performance.
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Improve your sustainability reporting and ensure the quality and reliability of your data
- Track key indicators such as water and energy consumption, waste generation, etc. and calculate detailed GHG emissions across the organization.
- Monitor your performance progress. Automate and centralize the collection of qualitative and quantitative data on your strategies at all levels of the organization.
- Accurately measure environmental impacts with real-time, up-to-date reports and dashboards regardless of the complexity of your calculations.
Sustainability and ESG Reporting Software
Automate the collection, consolidation and management of data to monitor and calculate key metrics around corporate social responsibility (CSR), ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) and environmental performance. Create ESG, sustainability, materiality and other reports to improve communications with stakeholders and show greater transparency.
Create ESG reports on progress toward sustainability goals.
Stakeholders, including investors, customers, rating agencies, NGOs and society, are evaluating companies using non-financial criteria. Sustainability policies and CSR and ESG data are becoming an important part of corporate reporting. The need to digitize these key organizational processes has become a priority.
Sustainability Project Management Software
Companies are under increasing pressure to manage the environmental risks and impacts of their operations. Manage sustainability projects effectively. Deploy projects at the corporate level or in your business units, specific sites. Evaluate and analyze the ROI of sustainability initiatives, and the financial and environmental impacts of each project.
Implement initiatives and projects, measure their effectiveness and balance business objectives with environmental responsibilities. Compare project performance with results from previous periods and future projections, and monitor energy efficiency programs and emission reduction projects.
At Laragon, we put technology at our customers’ fingertips to help them manage energy reduction programs, drive energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, mitigate risk and strengthen the bottom line.
Performance Metrics Software
Obtaining data on key indicators is complex. We manage a lot of diverse data that needs to be accurately collected, consolidated and analyzed. Data may be inaccurate, incomplete or even lost. The application enables companies to improve EHS and Sustainability performance, reduce risk, drive operational excellence and accurately report to stakeholders.
Collect and validate a large amount of data from all sites in your organization. Ensure data quality and auditability. Define qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure and report performance and drive improvements. Communicate consolidated data effectively.
Measure and evaluate your sustainability projects and compare them with the defined objectives to ensure effective reporting and credibility in order to link these objectives with other policies such as compensation. Define relevant KPI’s.
Track the schedule and status of each sustainability project. Monitor progress, tasks, deviations by responsible parties, roles at each point in your organization.
- Gain visibility into global metrics or focus on specific entities, locations, sites or departments.
- Incorporate simple and complex calculations in indicators. Create dashboards with hundreds of reports ready to use at the desired frequency.
- Receive automatic notifications on progress, deadlines, validations.
- Design your information gathering campaigns flexibly and on the fly to save time.
- Standardize data for all your entities through automatic unit conversions. Ensure data quality at all sites and by applying consistency checks.
- Compare key performance indicators (KPIs) between entities. Accurately measure your safety performance and environmental impacts.
- Simplify data analysis by using sophisticated and flexible reports to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Mitigate risks and ensure compliance by identifying and managing key risk indicators (KRIs) at all sites in a consistent manner.
- Comply with global regulations and industry standards, e.g. GRI, CDP...
Stakeholder Management Software
Conduct a materiality analysis to understand stakeholder concerns and comply with industry reporting standards. Generate CSR reports focused on materiality and tailored to the specific requirements of each Stakeholder Group.
Corporate responsibility plays an increasingly important role in a company’s reputation. Stakeholders increasingly value access to financial and non-financial information and data, so transparency in this type of information is key.
Identify, classify and group your stakeholders according to their respective impacts on your company with the help of a stakeholder management software.
Corporate responsibility plays an increasingly important role in a company’s reputation. Stakeholders increasingly value access to financial and non-financial information and data, so transparency in this type of information is key.
Identify, classify and group your stakeholders according to their respective impacts on your company with the help of a stakeholder management software.
Initiatives and Donations Management Software
Companies often lack a global view of their philanthropic initiatives and financial donations they make to local communities. In many cases they are based on informal methods rather than on systematic and structured processes that allow for effective management and communication of such actions by country, region, etc.
Have an application in your organization that helps you to centrally and closely track global and local projects within your company from the external organizations involved.
Easily see the breakdown of corporate investment, community and commercial benefits and analyze their impact: by types and investment amounts of your donations and initiatives. Breakdown of investments by country and region.
Determine the areas of involvement that require increased activity, the types of contributions that need to be increased, and the geographic areas that require increased engagement with the local community.
Supply Chain Management Software
Suppliers and contractors influence the sustainable performance of your organization. With digitization, you can collect supply chain data to assess the compliance and performance of suppliers and contractors in real time.
Automatically collect documents and key performance metrics from suppliers and contractors. Assess the compliance status of suppliers and your supply chain in general. Plan, conduct and document supplier and contractor audits.
Incorporate EHS, sustainability, social and ethical criteria into sourcing decisions. Collect information and documents on parts, materials and chemicals incorporated in the supply chain, as well as safety data sheets (SDS) and complete composition data.
GHG Emissions Software
Accurately calculate your company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Collect and report emissions data, and reduce your environmental impact, helping to meet the expectations and demands of regulators and stakeholders. Strengthen your organization’s long-term reputation.
Companies need to accurately collect, analyze and report their emissions data. The GHG emissions application helps you eliminate human error, perform effective scenario analysis and manage, report and reduce your greenhouse gas emissions at all levels.
Reduce your carbon footprint by integrating key global emissions standards and protocols throughout your organization and ensure regulatory compliance.
Automatically calculate your carbon footprint for various protocols and geographies for Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions. At the same time, you will be able to calculate Scope 2 with the market-based methodology, as the system will help you to take into account the Guarantees of Renewable Origin (GoO), the emission factors of the suppliers and/or the Energy Mix and apply this logic where appropriate.
Select appropriate emission factors using the correct emission factors based on activity, gas emitted, geographic locations and applicability date. These factors will provide your calculations with greater accuracy in emissions across your organization.
Manage your emissions inventory from an organizational and operational perspective.
Action Plan Management Software
Make your action plans with artificial intelligence and machine learning to suggest the most effective action plans in response to your events.
Provide all employees with a single, centralized portal, available through mobile devices, where they can access, complete and document all assigned actions and tasks.
Optimize actions by:
- Configure validation workflows according to your needs.
- Get an overview of all tasks, task owners and types, execution dates, task progress in real time, etc.
- Assign tasks through mobile devices. Automatically send reminders and notifications to both task owners and supervisors.
Ensure the achievement of your objectives
- Associate Action Plans with corporate objectives.
- Optimize costs and time by gaining visibility into the resources used to complete actions.
- Identify the organization's bottlenecks through an overview of all actions.
- Prioritize risk mitigation tasks at the corporate or entity level.
- Identify employees, departments and action items responsible for achieving risk management objectives.
- Demonstrate compliance through an audit trail of all actions and tasks.
