There being no widespread Internet access in 1995, ERA's software began as a desktop application called REGMET—REGulatory Material Emissions Tracking—that generated numerous VOC and HAP emissions reports for the wood furniture, kitchen cabinet, and wood building industries.
After an initial period of success in the United States, Sarah and Gary moved the company to Canada in 2002 and migrated the tool to a more accessible cloud-based software that could also generate Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and help maintain compliance with Health and Safety regulations. This marked the beginning of ERA's Coating Environmental Regulatory Tracking Information System (CERTIS), itself the foundation of our Master Chemical List (MCL).
ERA began servicing the automotive industry in 2008, when Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada became a client. This opened the door for more specialized modules and industry partnerships, leading to the inception of the Storage Tanks, Sustainability, and Compliance modules (to name a few) and conferences across northern United States and Canada (such as ERA's Ingenuity at Work events, hosted in Montreal!).
Presently, ERA has grown into a well-oiled machine that handles all kinds of regulatory reports, including TRI, NPRI, Tier II, NEI, Biennial Hazardous Waste, and OSHA reports, and works with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies across 30 industries, ranging from automotive and aerospace to oil & gas and paints & coatings.
We continue to expand our software offer by improving all existing modules and helping companies venture into new sustainability practices and artificial intelligence solutions.
Audit Peak certifies that ERA’s security protocols (99.6% uptime, anti-virus technology, annual pen tests, etc.) meet all SOC 2 compliance requirements.
ERA sponsors 2 industry events in October: the CARES Sustainability Forum in Michigan, where the team gave three talks, and the ABAA Conference in Montreal, which Sarah Sajedi co-chaired!
Thanks to Prof. Shang's move to University of Waterloo, ERA enters a working partnership with a second academic institution.
After twelve years of the old template, ERA revamps its website to a more dynamic and contemporary look.
ERA wins Corporate Vision's AI Awards, Sustainable Business of the Year at the Canadian SME National Business Awards, and the Gold trophy at the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service (Technology Industries Category).
ERA and Prof. Shang's team launch a second partnership, this time with the goal of automating regression testing using Selenium and Jenkins.
Sarah Sajedi and Gary Vegh present in front of the House of Commons, ERA begins its Waste Minimization Project alongside John Bradburn, and AI Mogul, ERA's research arm, is founded.
ERA joins forces with Concordia Professor Tse-Hsun (Peter) Chen for the predictive analysis of Big Data and anomaly detection using AI technology.
SMEs and clients with limited SDS Authoring needs now have short-term contracting and flexible pricing options.
ERA hosts the Consulting Partnership Conference in Montreal and attends the Waste Conference in Detroit, MI, to showcase its Waste Management and Container Tracking solutions.
The second edition of ERA's Ingenuity at Work Conference takes place in Philadelphia, PA, and sees the development of the Sustainability module and new TRI, Tier II, GHG, NETDMR, and other vital reports.
ERA returns to its home state of North Carolina for the first ever Ingenuity at Work Conference.
ERA begins offering online courses and help files designed to train clients (and new employees) on the use of the software, for free!
Clients benefit from the emissions tracking capabilities of Storage Tanks software.
The advanced Dynamic Platform for data collection is released alongside ERA's Business Process Management (BPM) and Process Safety Management (PSM) modules and mobile application.
ERA enlists the help of Azure and Cogeco and undergoes the transition from locally-hosted cloud services to third-party cloud-hosted SaaS.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) becomes the first of many automotive clients relying on ERA for environmental reporting.
As Internet access expands, ERA migrates its desktop application to a web-based software, starting with the H&S Incidents module the following year.
With a $5 million investment, construction begins on ERA's Canadian offices, which include a server room built to provide own hosting services.
ERA opens its Canadian office in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Sarah Sajedi and Gary Vegh purchase ERA's first office in the Raleigh-Durham area, NC.
Vendors Akzo Nobel and Chemcraft International request CERTIS SDS Authoring initiation services. ERA starts serving their distributors.
Working alongside North Carolina State University's School of Engineering, ERA releases a first version of the software called REGMET—a desktop application for REGulatory Material Emissions Tracking—in December of 1995.
Co-CEOs Sarah Sajedi and Gary Vegh establish ERA Environmental Consulting, Inc. in North Carolina, USA
