The history of Enhesa
An enduring ethos
Enhesa as a contemporary company was founded in 2001, but our history spans way back to the 1980s. And ever since those early days, the fundamental values embedded as part of our DNA haven’t changed:
To provide a much needed and requested service to multinational companies to help them make sense of and understand their legal obligations and non-compliance risks related to EHS and sustainability across the globe.
Fulfilling demand from the start
We provide a risk-based approach to EHS and sustainability compliance because it’s what companies have asked us to do.
We didn’t start a business with the hope or intent of selling services. Instead, businesses approached us and asked for help. We simply developed, honed, and delivered services our customers requested.
Our services have been — and always will be — driven by the needs of our customers.
Rooted in regulatory requirements
From the very beginning, we were guided by our clients’ requests for information pertaining to what regulators expected of them in accordance with regulatory requirements in all the global locations and jurisdictions where they operated.
Through the 1980s and 1990s, the EHS regulatory landscape was evolving rapidly and expansively in all parts of the globe. A lack of knowledge around compliance requirements carried with it stringent penalties in terms of fines and reputational damage. As a result, we were initially established in response to US multinationals asking for help understanding these potential risks and liabilities regarding EHS regulations on an international scale.
It's in our DNA
While Enhesa may have grown and evolved since its inception, the underlying principle of what we do and how we do it remains the same. We capture, analyze, interpret, and communicate regulatory data through a structured and standardized taxonomy to make it easy for businesses to:
Understand where risks lie
Identify gaps and trends
Benchmark internally and against industry standards
Make smarter decisions driven by date
Pragmatic and actionable expert regulatory and compliance advice for companies doing business in multiple jurisdictions
US company Law Engineering & Environmental Services (a geo-tech company made up mainly of soil engineers) sets up the Washington Environmental Policy Center (WEPC) in Atlanta, GA
WEPC welcomes Lee Thomas — former head advisor to the EPA — into the fold
Law Engineering acquired Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners — a British firm of consulting civil engineers in Reading, UK
The Brussels office is set up as the Environmental Policy Centre Europe (EPCE)
The combined expertise of the WEPC and EPCE widened the company’s scope to cover Audit Protocols — this coverage is still in our core offering today in the form of our Scorecards
Following a management buyout by founding members, the company was renamed Enhesa…
Environment, Health & Safety
See what we did there?
Acquisition by Waterland
Acquisition by CGE
Purchased Chemical Watch — a global authority on chemicals risk and regulatory management — to expand our offering with Enhesa Product
Purchased Scivera and ToxPlanet — complementary companies focusing on supply chain transparency and safe chemical choices — to create Enhesa Sustainable Chemistry
What's next for Enhesa?
Our goal for the future is to keep doing what we’re doing — only we’ll be expanding what we cover in line with the regulatory changes impacting businesses worldwide. Over the years, we’ve seen the EHS compliance landscape broaden and grow exponentially, casting a wide horizon for the future of compliance.
For the immediate future, that means approaching Corporate Sustainability in the same way we addressed EHS for over 40 years.
We’re going to help make Corporate Sustainability make sense, providing a singular source of knowledge for businesses to understand, action, and report on sustainability and ESG with confidence and conviction.