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ESS Selected by Major North American Companies as Platform for EH&S Compliance, Corporate Sustainability

ESS, the leading provider of Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) and Crisis Management software for enterprise sustainability, today announced that interest in the company's sustainability solutions has recently surged as businesses seek ways to address their EH&S business challenges and drive corporate sustainability initiatives.

ESS' solutions have recently been selected by a growing number of public and private organizations including:

-- Abbott Laboratories             -- Logan Aluminum Inc.
-- Ameritek                        -- Marathon Oil Company
-- Amgen                           -- N.K. Parts Industries
-- BlueScope Steel North America   -- NorthWestern Energy
-- Barrick Gold Corporation        -- Novelis Inc.
-- ConocoPhillips-California       -- Nucor Corporation
-- Cytec Industries                -- PPG Aerospace
-- DuPont                          -- Reynolds Packaging
-- EPCOR Utilities Inc.            -- Sutter Home Winery
-- ExxonMobil                      -- Tampa Bay Water
-- General Motors Corp.            -- Tidewater Barge Lines
-- Google                          -- TransMontaigne Inc.
-- Interstate Brands               -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Business and regulatory drivers are fueling interest in ESS' integrated solutions that collect, aggregate and communicate data for greenhouse gas management, worker health and safety management, environmental reporting, crisis management and Corporate Social Responsibility reporting.

"Customers choose our solutions because we can consistently demonstrate value for their operations and because the solutions' functionality repeatedly out-performs any other in the marketplace," said Dorney Douglass, vice president of product marketing for ESS. "Our solutions are designed around solving real business challenges and delivering exactly the right value for our clients -- from the floor room to the board room to the investment community -- ESS delivers the tools that support transparency and allow organizations to reduce risk, complexity and costs."

About ESS

ESS is the leading provider of Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) and Crisis Management sustainability software that supports Governance, Risk and Compliance and operational excellence. The company has provided global and local software solutions for thousands of businesses, government agencies and other organizations worldwide. ESS is headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., with major U.S. offices in Denver, Houston, Washington, D.C., and international offices in Beijing, China and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. For more information, visit www.ess-home.com.