Manual methods of collecting and analyzing safety data can be time-consuming, requiring duplicative data entry in spreadsheets or on paper forms, and leaving significant room for human error. Not only is it difficult to manage safety data when it’s spread across multiple spreadsheets and files, it also leaves business leaders without quick, timely insights that help them make informed decisions.
ReNew Power, one of India’s largest renewable energy independent power producers (IPPs), recognized that using manual data collection and analysis was holding them back from achieving the highest possible standards for their EHS system—a key aspect of their vision to build the best renewable energy company in the world.
ReNew Power’s EHS system encompassed multiple activities across several sites and projects, which resulted in scattered data. Some of that data was stored on local hard drives. Site leaders found it very difficult to organize the data in a uniform way that allowed for data to be analyzed in aggregate at a corporate level.
Additionally, EHS team members needed more advanced data trending as well as business intelligence report preparation that would allow them to weave data into simple graphs for leadership overview.
Fortunately, the Benchmark Gensuite platform offered the team an EHS management system that would make it easy for them to streamline the collection, analysis, and communication of their safety data.
ReNew Power implemented Benchmark Gensuite Risk + Compliance Solutions to drive critical actions to closure, streamline incident management, empower employees to quickly report safety concerns, and achieve 100% digitization of their EHS system.
Major programs transformed by ReNew Power with Benchmark Gensuite’s solutions include:
ReNew Power implemented Benchmark Gensuite’s intuitive, user-friendly, and highly configurable EHS management platform to achieve 100 % digitization of their EHS system—a key contributor to their awards and achievements including the Safety Innovation Award (2021) and their recognition as the world’s first Renewable Energy Lighthouse by World Economic Forum (WEF) for adopting new technologies to achieve environmentally sustainable and community-supportive profitable growth.
By future-proofing their EHS system, ReNew Power was able to implement a number of important program changes and improve their decision making and results.
Benchmark Gensuite is our single source of truth for our EHS.”
- Anurag Jain, Sr. VP Business Excellence, Quality & EHS, ReNew Power
Easily view critical information and report incidents;
Promptly address lags and weaknesses across their sites and projects by filtering EHS data for specific safety challenges; and
Identify EHS Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
In 2020, ReNew Power was able to launch and automatically send Daily Incident Reports to their business leaders to give them a quick overview of real-time incident reports, empowering them to take critical actions. Additionally, ReNew Power created a Health, Safety, & Environment (HSE) KPI dashboard to facilitate Managing Director and CEO reviews of ReNew Power’s EHS performance and progress.
The Benchmark Gensuite platform is also impacting company-wide safety culture. Based on the reports generated, ReNew Power now ranks their sites on safety performance. Prabhu Narayan Singh, the AVP|QHSE of ReNew Power, said:
“The sites are presented to our business leaders and are creating healthy competition, engaging teams in becoming safer.”
With dedicated training support from Benchmark Gensuite, the ReNew Power team was quick to learn the platform so they could help advance company safety goals more effectively. Mr. Raghwendra Singh, Manager – QHSE at ReNew Power, said, “When I joined ReNew Power, I started using Benchmark Gensuite and I was familiar within two weeks’ time. My access is on the higher level; for a normal user with a lower access level, two or three training sessions and they can easily use Benchmark Gensuite.”
ReNew Power was able to reap the benefits of a unified, seamless EHS platform including:
Time Saved — The team can now use drop-down menus to quickly populate data fields, retrieve relevant data immediately, and generate customized reports.
Reduced Operational Costs — Manual work has been reduced, thanks to a user-friendly solution that needs just one person on the job, as opposed to two prior to deployment.
Today, ReNew Power runs an efficient EHS Management system, quickly resolving any issue by reaching out to the Benchmark team.
With 24/7 support from regional, dedicated support representatives, Mr. Singh said, “The Benchmark Gensuite team is quick to respond to any query.”
By deploying Benchmark Gensuite’s EHS platform, ReNew Power empowered their teams to create a strong safety culture. They are excited to build on their innovation and plan to implement more modules in the near future.
For any EHS team, managing your EHS system manually with spreadsheets has become next to impossible. We really need to start thinking about taking up these digital learnings if we want to develop a world-class EHS system.”
– Prabhu Narayan Singh, AVP|QHSE, ReNew Power
