Distributed environmental health amp; safety data collection and reporting

摘要

A computer-implemented method for collecting into a comprehensive database all the data needed to generate certain identified reports, such as governmentally-required environmental and health and safety reports. At each facility within an organization, one or more processes for which data needs to be collected are defined. For each defined process, the detailed data needed to be collected is defined. The needed data corresponding to each defined process is then collected and stored into a comprehensive database on a remote server. The comprehensive database is advantageously utilized to generate compliance and regulatory reporting at various geographic levels and various organization levels. The comprehensive database also can be advantageously utilized to facilitate permit tracking, training tracking, health and safety reporting and recording, and waste monitoring and tracking. The invention also satisfies international standards set for environmental management systems, and will allow organization management to track environmental inputs, outputs and costs within an organization for a number of purposes, including assessments of the viability of process changes that might increase recycling or reduce pollution.