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Alcoa Extends Global Sustainability Leadership with EHS Solution
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Process Analytics
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Metals
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
- Process Control & Optimization
- Regulatory Compliance Monitoring
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Alcoa, a leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, aimed to integrate sustainability with its business operations to enable financial success, environmental excellence, and social responsibility. The company needed to ensure full compliance with regulations, standards, and company policies across its global operations. Alcoa also sought to continuously improve its management processes to drive operational excellence. The challenge was to manage compliance with over 1,200 active permits, including 2,500 rules and 225,000 requirement citations, across 250 jurisdictions worldwide, as well as adhering to 87 Alcoa corporate standards and a host of international standards.
About The Customer
Alcoa is one of the world's leading producers of primary aluminum and fabricated aluminum. The company has been widely recognized for its leadership in addressing a broad spectrum of sustainability issues. Alcoa defines sustainability as using its values to build financial success, environmental excellence, and social responsibility in partnership with all stakeholders to deliver net long-term benefits to its shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which it operates. The company operates 170 facilities in 32 countries, serving a total of 10,000 named users, including 4,500 active users, working in 13 languages.
The Solution
Alcoa deployed a global Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) and sustainability software platform, Sphera Essential Suite, across its 170 facilities in 32 countries. The system now contains more than 40,000 contacts and at least 10,000 named users, including 4,500 active users, working in 13 languages. The Sphera global software platform has helped Alcoa hold down costs by eliminating the need to maintain hundreds of legacy systems, reducing the likelihood of regulatory fines, and minimizing disruption due to staff turnover. Alcoa also uses Sphera CyberRegs, an online content service that tracks thousands of federal and state mandates. With near-real-time visibility into regulatory requirements and internal corporate standards, Alcoa managers use Sphera Essential Suite to assign EHS compliance tasks and ensure they are completed both properly and on time.
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