How a global energy supermajor unified air emissions management worldwide
Fragmented systems and outdated spreadsheets made it impossible to reliably track emissions across global operations. With Cority and ERM, the organization now maintains unified visibility and automated GHG reporting.
CUSTOMER STORY | ENERGY SECTOR
Global
GHGH tracking and reporting
Complex multi-business implementation
Global rollout
Air emissions data
One platform
In-house configuration
No-code
RESULTS
Industry:
OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
Footprint:
GLOBAL OPERATIONS
Workforce:
+40,000 EMPLOYEES
Cority Deployed:
AIR EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT · ERM IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER
THE CONTEXT
One of the largest oil and gas producers
A global energy supermajor with complex operations
Managing air emissions across multiple business units meant complying with Title V permits and EPA GHG reporting – each with different calculation methods. A patchwork of legacy systems from past acquisitions made reporting unreliable and extremely resource-intensive.
THE CHALLENGE
Consistency across complex reporting programs
Air permits, Title V obligations and the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program require different calculations. Across many facilities, manual processes made emissions data difficult to reconcile.
"To be able to audit, to be able to show to ourselves or to a regulator, this is how we're doing our calculation from beginning to end, was an intensely manual process." - EHS Manager
Before Cority, business units relied on a patchwork of software and spreadsheets. Producing a report took multiple steps, and teams struggled to modify calculations in-house.
Separate reporting methods and requirements
Multi-step reports and manual data work
Black-box calculations with limited audit traceability
Reporting required a huge amount of manual effort to achieve reliable air emissions management. And with obligations to accurately report emissions to several programs, this customer risked falling out of compliance—all because its system wasn’t configured to handle the complexity of a high-growth company.
THE PROBLEM
When emissions data stays fragmented
Patched-together systems were costly to maintain. Teams saw final totals but could not trace how calculations were made.
with no way to trace calculations
A black box
Vender software seemed like a black box, making auditing extremely difficult. Teams couldn’t show how calculations were made end-to-end: they had final numbers but couldn’t explain them. The lack of transparency meant no corporate insight into what was happening at scale. Muti-step processes for each report consumed enormous resources.
THE APPROACH
Cority and ERM: Unified, audit-ready
Together, these partners delivered both platform strength and implementation excellence—the combination needed for successful global deployment.
After a failed air and greenhouse gas implementation with another vendor, the supermajor needed a solution it could trust globally. Following detailed evaluation, Cority emerged as the clear choice— with an essential partner: ERM.
Cority delivered a true SaaS platform with scheduled updates that don't require service projects and configuration tools enabling in-house adjustments, meaning lower maintenance costs and no risk of going out of date. ERM brought the complementary expertise: proven methodology and data-migration knowledge to map existing data seamlessly into the new Cority system for the longest lookback possible.
A true SaaS platform
Scheduled updates and no-code configuration tools keep the system current and less costly to maintain.
ERM: A trusted partner
ERM brought regulatory expertise, data-migration methods and a long-standing relationship.
PLATFORM + PARTNER
THE TRANSFORMATION
From scattered tools to global GHG reporting
Cority and ERM took a staged approach to reduce implementation risk and
bring emissions data together.
Working with ERM, they took on their air emissions management challenges in five key areas:
Evaluate air and GHG system needs
01 /
02 /
Map existing facility data
03 /
Configure complex calculations
04 /
Stage the global rollout
05 /
Enable in-house changes and reporting
In roughly two and a half years, the company rolled out global GHG tracking and reporting.
With it came better corporate-wide transparency, real-time reporting capabilities, and reliable data. Implementing Cority resulted in massive operational gains, not only for efficiency, but for accuracy, too.
THE OUTCOME
A clearer view of emissions worldwide
The global system gives teams more consistent data, automated calculations and easier access to reports across the business.
Real-time visibility
Global GHG tracking and reporting in one configurable system
“make a correction, and it's immediately available for re-reporting”
But the success doesn’t end there.
With Cority now deployed globally, the team has achieved the following wins:
A fraction of the time spent collecting and analyzing emissions data.
GHG data visible across a business unit and the corporation.
More accurate and reliable reporting.
Dashboards and compliance reports easier to share with leaders.
A global, no-code tool teams can configure in-house.
Now the supermajor measures granular emissions data, automates complex calculations and accesses intuitive reporting. It remains audit-ready across facilities with one unified platform. As the organization grows, teams are confident the solution will evolve alongside them.
"Make a correction, it's immediately available."
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