New Environmental IT Systems Needed
Some of the key points identified by the survey and highlighted by the article include:
- Many existing EH&S systems are aging and need replaced;
- There is an increasing trend towards external hosting and software-as-a-service (SAAS);
- There is a recognized need to integrate environmental information systems with other corporate information systems (e.g., manufacturing, accounting);
- There is a demand for carbon footprinting but nobody jas money to pay for it; and,
- Large companies are cheap when it comes to environmental spending.
As long as environmental activities are viewed as liabilities and cost-centers, public and private organizations will remain overly cautious about spending the money needed for new systems. As an industry, we need to do a better job of understanding and communicating the cost savings that good environmental information systems will provide.
3 comments:
I totally agree with you that the environmental sector is behind the times in terms of using technology for data collection and management. We are trying to do our little part by building some SaaS-based apps...our first one, ezCoC.com, is an online system (including mobile browser optimized version) that tries to connect a field technician with a lab LIMS system. Check it out when you can, it's free and currently in beta.
Jim Young
@JimYoungPG
Hi Dave. Great to see someone writing informative articles about Environmental Information System. Having independent non-biased reporting I think is essential to a healthy growing industry.
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