Explore the importance of EHS partners and how strong partner networks ease implementation and contribute to long-term success.
The Value of Teamwork Within EHS Software
July 5th marks the start of the 112th Tour de France, the world’s quintessential cycling event.
The Tour sees teams of ~180 cyclists vie to complete the 21-stage, 3,300 km (2,062 mi) road race across France. And while the race only has a single winner, the Tour is one of the world’s most competitive team sporting events.
All teams designate a leader, usually their most capable cyclist. The other team members work collaboratively to provide support that helps their leader win. Without their friends, it would be exceedingly difficult for the leader to reach the ultimate prize.
Interestingly, the same holds true for software.
Many software providers operate globally and offer a competitive mix of functional capabilities and services to help organizations enhance their EHS and sustainability performance. But whereas some vendors operate as a sole rider, others are blessed with a full team that works collectively to help their customers win.
This blog explores that team aspect within EHS & Sustainability software and explains why a strong EHS partner network is crucial for the long-term success of both the software vendor and its customers.
Benefits of a Strong EHS Partner Network
Partners offer software vendors enormous advantages to deliver a robust, performant, and sustainable software experience to their customers. Let’s briefly look at a few advantages that EHS partners provide.
Business case creation:
Before deploying software, organizations need to buy it. This often means convincing senior leaders that there’s a problem big enough that demands the investment. Unfortunately, many EHS professionals lack experience in curating business cases to support their calls for software. Fortunately, many vendors offer access to a partner network that connects prospective buyers with experts. These experts help guide business case development and the software selection process, ensuring buyers get full value from their software investment.
Implementation support:
The unfortunate truth is that over 50% of software implementation projects fail in their first year. There are many reasons why. It may be that the vendor lacks in the internal expertise to support global deployments of considerable scale and complexity. Or the vendor may struggle with language and cultural barriers in the regions where the software will be deployed. Vendors with strong EHS partner networks can supplement their internal expertise. This helps ensure successful deployments without impacting project timelines or costs.
Interested in Cority’s partner network? Check out the partners page to learn more.
Change management:
While often forgotten, ensuring successful software deployment and user adoption requires a strong internal change management effort. Buyers must effectively manage expectations and align the entire business toward EHS digitization. Outperforming software vendors boast partner networks that connect buyers with experts. These experts help navigate organizational change and identify the critical paths to ensure long-term success.
Technology innovation:
The speed of innovation is often mind-numbing. Staying ahead of the curve is often not just a matter of attention or desire, but one of resources. While many software vendors have impressive engineering and devops teams, they too often are still constrained by budget and time. They may have the skills to develop emerging technology in-house, but building top-quality features across so many domains and use cases takes too long to keep up with the rapid pace of technological change.
Here’s where EHS partners play a key role. Good software vendors focus on upskilling their internal teams. Great vendors go further. They build IT architectures designed for easy integration with best-of-breed applications. This enables seamless data exchange, greater interoperability, and faster access to the latest innovations. As a result, customers can solve both current and future business challenges.
Final Thoughts
Like any world-class cyclist knows, reaching the pinnacle of success is only possible when supported by a strong team riding alongside.
In the software world, success comes from working with a software partner that knows the industry, understands its challenges, and has employees who have experienced them first-hand.
Success also depends on access to a large team of experts. These experts help ensure organizations have the right data and tools to make the best decisions for their people and business. World-class software vendors don’t work alone. They build strong global partner networks to support customers at every stage of their digital transformation, no matter where they are.
Cority is the world’s leading enterprise-grade, unified SaaS platform spanning the full spectrum of EHS and Sustainability. In the 2025 Verdantix Green Quadrant for EHS Software report, Cority received the highest score for ‘Partnerships’ across 21 vendors assessed.
