Celebrating 27 Years of Innovation: Locus’ Journey from Silicon Valley to Around the World
Introduction
As April 11th approaches, our team is thrilled to commemorate a significant milestone in our company’s history: our 27th anniversary. Since our founding in Silicon Valley, we have remained steadfast in our commitment to revolutionizing environmental and sustainability management, and this anniversary serves as a testament to our longevity, innovation, and dedication to our customers and employees.
In 1999, Locus launched the world’s first commercial EHS compliance and water quality management Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. Since then, we have remained ahead of the curve while helping organizations manage their EHS compliance, water, and sustainability. At the same time, we’ve had the opportunity to help our customers turn their data into a competitive advantage for their operating models and ESG scoring.
Strategic Growth
Our work has evolved to encompass more business strategic planning for our customers. While regulatory compliance remains a key driver for choosing Locus SaaS, we have adopted a more comprehensive view of the mandate to improve environmental stewardship. As part of this, we create systems to improve EHS+S performance across our clients’:
- organizational silos,
- regulatory programs
- emission sources
- energy management
- water management
- all aspects of EHS and risk
- ESG reporting, and
- technology platforms and mobile devices.
This broader and more strategic deliver is most evident in our unified EHS Compliance and ESG reporting in a single Locus Platform.
Technical Differentiation
Over nearly three decades, Locus has emerged as a leader in the field, offering a robust software platform that consistently outperforms the competition. Our multitenant SaaS platform is renowned for its scalability and configurability, empowering organizations of all sizes to efficiently streamline their environmental, health, safety, and sustainability operations.
Our cutting-edge technology and unwavering focus on customer satisfaction and success set us apart in the market. We understand that our customers trust us with their mission-critical data, and we take that responsibility seriously. Through our robust ESG reporting and water management solutions, we have helped countless organizations navigate complex regulatory landscapes, optimize resource usage, and drive sustainable business practices.
Applying Domain Expertise
In addition to success with our award-winning software, we continue to provide world-class consulting services related to complex environmental issues in Silicon Valley, from groundwater and air contamination to verification services under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 [Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32)], which created a comprehensive, multi-year program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California. We expanded this program to several other states, giving us tremendous insights and domain expertise that we embedded in our ESG software apps.
Honoring Partners and Collaborators
As we celebrate this milestone, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to our loyal customers who have placed their trust in us year after year. Your partnership and collaboration have been instrumental in our journey, and we are honored to continue supporting your environmental and sustainability initiatives.
We also sincerely appreciate our dedicated team of employees on four continents, whose passion, expertise, and hard work drive our success. It is your unwavering commitment to excellence that has propelled Locus to new heights and enabled us to make a positive impact on the world.
The EHS and sustainability software space is complex and has eluded many large and small companies. It requires multidisciplinary teams of experts from computer science to engineers, chemists, biologists, geologists, regulatory experts, climate scientists, and many more. With its modern, multitenant SaaS architecture and deep multidisciplinary industry understanding, Locus is ideally positioned to continue leading the industry innovation from the introduction of new software technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain to new revolutionary applications like embodied carbon and water lifecycle management.
Leading in the Market
We are confident in the strength of our technology and that competitors cannot match it. Our investment in technology was very targeted to overcome competition on the technological platform, and we succeeded. While competitors were busy merging incompatible siloed applications, Locus was busy building a technological platform that set us apart from theirs. We set out with purpose and patience, aiming to methodically build a platform that could scale and adapt for the future.
Our strong market position can be attributed to our unique approach: organizing all enterprise environmental, energy, sustainability, water, carbon, waste, safety, and air information in one platform and one system of record in the cloud. Indeed, our combination of market approach and organic growth management has guarded against the risk factors that often erode an organization’s evolutionary potential.
As we reflect on the past 27 years and look ahead to the future, we remain committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation, delivering unparalleled value to our customers, and driving positive change for our planet. We will continue building on a solid foundation for a more sustainable and resilient world for generations.
We use cloud technologies to solve our customers’ complex information management challenges related to environmental, sustainability, water, and energy data management and reporting. We turn environmental Big Data into actionable, real-time information. Most importantly, we help our clients lower operating costs and reduce risk.
Thank you for being part of our journey.
Neno Duplan
Founder and CEO
