Strategic Focus: Embedding Safety Into Collaboration Platforms

Executive Summary

In the remote-working age, collaboration platforms are vital tools that enable firms to communicate, rapidly share documentation and work collaboratively. While platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Slack and WhatsApp were widely accepted prior to the pandemic, COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation plans. Consequently, firms have had to play catch-up to deploy intuitive and secure enterprise collaboration software across their workforces, setting a new benchmark for enterprise software ease-of-use and accessibility. As a compliance-driven solution, achieving high levels of engagement with EHS software can be challenging. This report explores an emergent trend in the EHS software market whereby providers are integrating safety functionality within collaboration platforms to increase engagement and expose this functionality to the entire workforce. Readers can expect to uncover the drivers behind this trend, the resulting user benefits and how this development will shape the market going forward.