Alliance of Energy & Environmental Management Firms Proves 1+1=3

10/13/2010 12:01:00 AM

MILWAUKEE – October 13, 2010 – ESI (Environmental Systems, Inc.) and ELM Consulting, LLC (ELM) announced today an alliance between two leading firms in the areas of energy and environmental management. Known as EMS², this alliance creates a platform for businesses to achieve a single-source for reducing operating costs, energy usage and environmental impact.

“We believe CEOs, facilities managers, and corporate environmental officers will be impressed with the bottom-line benefits this alliance produces for companies seeking ways to improve energy, environmental and operational efficiencies,” said Paul Oswald, ESI president.  

EMS² Benefits

• Increased operational efficiency, maximized shareholder value and mitigated risk
• Highly-configurable and scalable solution that uniquely combines energy and environmental reporting, analysis, management and control
• Efficient, sustainable and intelligent applications applied to energy and environmental management in one platform

“EMS² brings together proven performers with reputations for delivering guaranteed environmental and energy performance as well as the associated financial and social ROI,” says Ron Froh, ELM president. “Our combined experience allows us to establish key performance indicators in a single platform that delivers definitive measurements of greater efficiencies and lower operating costs.”

Business Drivers

In a recent Q&A posted on the Harvard Business School Working Knowledge website, the question posed was how can managers better identify, describe, and confront the issues of environmental and social sustainability that their companies increasingly encounter?  

“The capital markets and our planet have simultaneously reached a fork in the road. One path continues the status quo. The other and new path is a commitment to a better society, stronger financial markets, and a healthier environment,” say Robert G. Eccles, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School specializing in corporate reporting, and Michael P. Krzus, a public policy and external affairs partner with Grant Thornton LLP. They recently authored One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy.  

A method of integrating information about financial and nonfinancial performance into a single, jargon-free document, the authors say, holds many benefits for companies. Single source reporting allows companies a clear view of risks to and opportunities in their own strategy…and is an essential element of demonstrating and building transparency and trust.  

“Most companies are interested in improving what’s commonly become the elusive “triple-bottom line” of economic, environmental and social benefits,” says Karl Robe, APR, principal of Karl James & Company, a marketing communications firm. “This is especially true for public companies, but the demand for more information is trickling down to privately held companies too.”

Until the formation of EMS², however, most attempts by environmental services companies failed to create a single source for managing and reporting on all three elements of the triple bottom line.

For a more in-depth look into how EMS² can benefit businesses, e-mail ImproveMyBottomLineNow@ThinkESI.com and request “Helping Corporations Achieve Environmental Sustainability and Energy Efficiency.”  

ESI provides performance-building solutions for control and automation, systems integration, security, life safety, advanced software applications, energy services and building operations. ESI’s solutions reduce operating costs, improve sustainability and provide a positive return on investment. Visit ThinkESI.com for more information.  

ELM Consulting, LLC helps companies continually improve operating efficiency, sustainability, and bottom-line cost savings. ELM provides companies the foundation for environmental health and safety policies designed to exceed minimum regulatory requirements and assists in implementing these policies into the daily decision-making process. Visit elmllc.com to learn more.