30 YEARS AGO...

Our cofounders decided to automate the environmental consulting practices they had put in place a year prior by starting a robust software system to facilitate how manufacturers measured and tracked their emissions, waste, chemicals, and other vital parts of their footprints.

They envisioned a faster, more accurate way to address environmental tracking, a strategic decision that turned ERA into one of the very first Environmental Management Software developers on the market... and, ultimately, one of North America`s most respected EHS software providers.

AT THE START...

There being no widespread Internet access in 1995, ERA`s software began as a desktop application called REGMET—REGulatory Material Emissions Tracking—that generated numerous VOC and HAP emissions reports for the wood furniture, kitchen cabinet, and wood building industries.

After an initial period of success in the United States, Sarah and Gary moved the company to Canada in 2002 and migrated the tool to a more accessible cloud-based software that could also generate Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and help maintain compliance with Health and Safety regulations. This marked the beginning of ERA`s Coating Environmental Regulatory Tracking Information System (CERTIS), itself the foundation of our Master Chemical List (MCL).

SINCE THEN..

ERA began servicing the automotive industry in 2008, when Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada became a client. This opened the door for more specialized modules and industry partnerships, leading to the inception of the Storage Tanks, Sustainability, and Compliance modules (to name a few) and conferences across northern United States and Canada (such as ERA`s Ingenuity at Work events, hosted in Montreal!).

Presently, ERA has grown into a well-oiled machine that handles all kinds of regulatory reports, including TRI, NPRI, Tier II, NEI, Biennial Hazardous Waste, and OSHA reports, and works with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies across 30 industries, ranging from automotive and aerospace to oil & gas and paints & coatings.

We continue to expand our software offer by improving all existing modules and helping companies venture into new sustainability practices and artificial intelligence solutions.