Strategic Focus: Critical Event Management For EHS And Risk Management

16 Mar, 2021

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Executive Summary

This report helps corporate EHS managers understand the use cases and market landscape for critical event management (CEM) solutions. With increased visibility on the key suppliers in the CEM solutions market, this report informs EHS managers on relevant solutions for mitigating critical events — both internal and external — such as IT system failures, extreme weather events, civil unrest and pandemics, and their effects on worker safety as well as business continuity. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, EHS managers will gain valuable insights into techniques and examples of how industry peers apply CEM solutions to managing such ‘black swan’ events.

Critical Event Management Technologies Are Vital To Worker Safety And Business Continuity  
CEM Solutions Help Manage And Mitigate A Variety Of Risks
CEM Technologies Eliminate Silos, Resulting In Better Risk Management

CEM Solutions For EHS Leaders  
Firms Use CEM Solutions To Manage Worker Safety And Wellbeing
Firms Apply CEM Solutions To Pandemic Response Management

Figure 1. Use Cases For CEM Solutions 

About the Authors

Kel Udeala

Kel Udeala

Industry Analyst

Kel is an Industry Analyst at Verdantix. His current agenda focuses on EHS, Industrial Hygiene and Occupational health software. He has a background in oil and  gas, rene...

Malavika Tohani

Malavika Tohani

Research Director

Malavika is a Research Director at Verdantix, guiding research that explores how digital technologies and services are reshaping industrial operations to become safer, more ef...

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