Novara Flex Features
Platform Basics (3)
Interoperability
Connects to external systems and applications as needed to complete team workflows.
Performance
Is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks reliably.
Portal
Contains a portal to facilitate third-party or client application access.
Platform Performance (2)
Reporting
Provides analytics tools that reveal important business metrics and track progress.
Application Monitoring
Contains application performance monitoring capabilities.
Platform Functionality (3)
Document management
Manages necessary docuements for ease of visibiltiy and access.
Requalification
Automated compliance renewal notifications.
Compliance
Tracks contractor compliance levels and renewa dates.
Platform Additional Functionality (3)
Onboarding
Onboard workers via online, classroom, or external training.
Pre-qualifiation
Pre-qualify contract workers via reference, record, background check.
Onsite Monitoring
Monitor contractor onsite activities, performance, etc.
Health & Safety (3)
Job Hazards
Identify work hazards by job, location, and type of work
Ergonomics
Apply ergonomics standards to improve work conditions
Training
Deliver learning materials for health and safety training
Environment (1)
Chemical Management
Manage chemicals that may harm employees or the environment
Audit & Inspections (3)
Templates
Include templates for multiple types of inspections such as safety or quality
Workflows
Provide workflows to assign tasks for audit and inspections
Corrective Actions
Identify corrective actions to address incidents and accidents
Risk Management (2)
Assesments
Determine potential risks that may impact employees or the environment
Operational Risk
Estimate the impact of EHS risks on the operations of the company
Reporting & Analytics (3)
Injury & Ilness
Allows users to generate injury and ilness reports
Near Miss
Report on unplanned events that have the potential to cause accidents
Performance
Analyse the performance of environmental and safety operations
Compliance (3)
Standards & Regulations
Comply with regulation such as Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Permits
Track permits required for environmental and safety compliance
Certifications
Manage certifications to comply with regulations and standards
Platform (5)
Integration
Delivers APIs and standard integrations with other software systems.
Security & Privacy
Complies with security and privacy regulations and standards.
Mobile Access
Allows users to access the software using mobile devices.
Flexibility
Facilitates software configuration without the need for technical experise.
Data Security
Offers features to encrypt and protect EHS data.
Services (4)
Implementation
Assists customes through all the phases of the implementation process.
Training & Learning
Provides software users with training courses and learning content.
Customer Support
Delivers customer and technical support, directly or trough partners.
Professional Services
The vendor provides consulting services such as business process reengineering.
Resource Management (3)
Thresholding
Allows preset and custom thresholds to be determined for legal emission levels, and generates alerts when legal limits are exceeded.
Emissions Monitoring
Monitors levels of various emissions and pollutants in either real-time or through manual updating.
Sample Tracking
Stores emission sample data to monitor resource usage and quality over time.
Compliance Management (4)
Inspections
Coordinates site inspection workflow and scheduling for compliance purposes.
Audit Trail
Records historical data around previous resource emission audits, and analyzes trends over time.
Compliance Plans
Assists with building and storing mandatory compliance plans that adhere to standards like SWPP, HMBP, and SPCC.
Site Maps
Stores layout maps for each site to help inspectors.
Administrative (3)
Dashboards and KPIs
Provides a central dashboard to analyze data and monitor compliance health.
Reporting
Offers standard and ad hoc report templates to demonstrate sustainability data trends over time.
Device Integration
Integrates with hardware tools that capture resource usage and emission level data.
Execution (5)
Sampling
Identify and track material samples for inspection or re-inspection.
Corrective Actions
Implement action plans which can be prioritized based on severity.
Data Capture
Capture inspection data including photos and video, both online and offline.
Reports
Generate inspection reports using the information gathered during the inspection.
Ad-hoc Tasks
Allow users to create ad-hoc or unplanned inspection tasks.
Planning (4)
Checklists
Ability to create configurable forms and checklists to capture inspection information.
Approvals
Ability to define criteria and workflows to approve or reject inspection tasks.
Scheduling
Organize inspection tasks based on constraints such as inspector availability.
Procedures
Allow users to create procedures and workflows for multiple types of inspections.
Analytics (3)
Monitoring
Track the inspection process to ensure it follows procedures and complies with regulations.
KPIs
Analyze inspection metrics such as cost of quality or Overall Operations Effectiveness (OOE).
Nonconformace
Generate nonconformance records and reports for defective products or noncompliance.
Data Collection (3)
Data Types
Manages quantitative and qualitative data for environmental, social, and governance activities
Data Sources
Combines data from multiple sources such as software solutions, public websites, and spreadsheets
Third Party
Uses data from third party sources such as Bloomberg and DowJones
Reporting (3)
Ratings
Provides ratings to rank companies based on their ESG programs
Investment
Generates reports for existing investors or to attract financing
Public
Creates reports that can be shared with the public, employees, customers, and partners
Integration (3)
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Integrate with GRC software such as GRC Platforms, Audit management, and Policy management
Finance
Integrate with financial solutions such as accounting and ERP systems
Environmental, Quality and Safety Management
Integrate with EHS software such as Environmental Health and Safety and Quality Management Systems (QMS)
Generative AI (3)
AI Text Summarization
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.
AI Text Summarization
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.
AI Text Generation
Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
Risk Management - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting (4)
Communications
Facilitate communications with various stakeholders on ESG initiatives
Risk Identification
Help users identify ESG related risks to proactively address them
Risk Assessment
Evaluate the impact of ESG related risks on the company and its ecosystem
Strategic Planning
Define and implement strategies to improve ESG initiatives
Reporting - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting (5)
Benchmarking & Competitive Analysis
Provide ESG benchmarking data and competitive analysis functionality
Actionable Insights
Deliver action items to improve ESG initiatives based on historical data
AI-Enabled ESG Reporting
Use AI or GAI technology to optimize ESG management and reporting
Performance Tracking
Monitor the performance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives over time
Compliance Reporting
Build reports around specific compliance requirements and directives such as CSR and CS3D.
Workflows - Audit Management (5)
Audit Trail
Displays all the changes made during audits, including details such as username, timestamp, or type of change in a centralized repository.
Recommendations
Coordinate and track recommended remediation actions.
Collaboration Tools
Facilitates collaboration between teams and stakeholders through shared workspaces.
Integrations
Integrates with risk management platforms, GRC tools, and other systems.
Planning & Scheduling
Facilitates the creation of audit plans, schedules, and reminders.
Documentation - Audit Management (2)
Templates & Forms
Provide out of the box audit templates and forms for various processes and industries.
Checklists
Provides checklists
Reporting & Analytics - Audit Management (3)
Dashboard
Dashboard provides real time or near real time updates and notifications in a centralized location.
Audit Performance
Provide information on the performance of the audit activities and processes.
Industry Compliance
Ensures audits are compliant with industry-specific regulations and standards.
Onboarding - Contractor Risk Management (2)
Workflow Managment
Offer automated tools for contractor onboarding
Compliance Verification
Provides tools for compliance verification
Document Management - Contractor Risk Management (2)
Analysis
Enables users to analize documents for audit purposes
Repository
Provides visibility into invoices and optimizes information retrieval
Risk Management - Contractor Risk Management (2)
Performance Monitoring
Assess and monitors contractor performance
Risk Reporting
Monitors performance and safety records
Text Summarization (2)
Text Generation
Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
Text Summarization
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary
Data Security (1)
Data Security
Offers features to encrypt and protect EHS data.
Generative AI - Environmental Health and Safety (2)
Text Generation
Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
Text Summarization
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary
Agentic AI - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting (2)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives



