Yara Uses SDS Authoring, Managed Regulatory Content as Foundation for World-Class Product Stewardship
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- Europe
Country
- Norway
Product
- Sphera’s Product Compliance Software
Tech Stack
- SAP EHS
- Sphera Compliance Engine for EHS
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Chemicals
Applicable Functions
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Regulatory Compliance Monitoring
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Yara International ASA is an independent company trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Based in Norway, Yara is the world’s largest fertilizer company as well as a leading chemical manufacturer – specializing in the production of ammonia and nitrates – with operations in 50 countries supporting sales in more than 150 countries. To sell its solutions for sustainable agriculture in international markets, the company must ensure that its products are always in full compliance with a multitude of health, safety and environmental (HSE) regulations and standards. The company has 17,000 employees worldwide and generated a revenue of $11.6 billion in 2020.
The Challenge
Yara International ASA, the world’s largest fertilizer company and a leading chemical manufacturer, needed to enhance its Safety Data Sheet authoring capabilities to comply with higher requirements from REACH, CLP, and other mandates. The company also needed to establish a new integrated chemical compliance system compatible with its corporate IT environment. The goal was to drive continuous improvement of SDS work processes and core business operations.
The Solution
In 2009-10, Yara’s senior management team established a high-level Project Task force to tackle the introduction of the REACH and GHS-EU legislation in Europe. The task force, comprising of Yara employees and supported by Accenture, was given the brief to re-examine the software tools for the authoring of safety data sheets with the aim to create an integrated system with SAP. Yara’s business is SAP-based and Sphera offers an application called Compliance Engine for EHS, which is complimentary to the SAP offering, so they were able to leverage Sphera’s solution with an SAP EHS background platform.
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