Frequently Asked Questions

The EHS-Dashboard™ by Higher Elevation Software is an all-in-one, cloud-based platform for managing Environmental, Health, and Safety programs. It centralizes environmental reporting, air permit tracking, incident reporting, regulatory compliance tracking, risk assessments, safety audits, corrective actions, and sustainability metrics in a single, easy-to-use system.

Higher Elevation Software, LLC, also known as HES, is an EHS software company offering the EHS-Dashboard™, in continuous development since 2015. HES is backed by a team with 20+ years of specialized EHS industry expertise and is AICPA SOC 2 Type 1 compliant as of 2026. Based in Madison, Connecticut. 

EHS stands for Environmental, Health, and Safety. Some organizations use the acronym HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) or QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment). The terms describe the same discipline — managing workplace safety, environmental compliance, and occupational health. The EHS‑Dashboard™ supports all of these disciplines within a single platform. 

The EHS-Dashboard™ has been built to scale from single-site small and mid-sized businesses to large multi-site enterprises. The software’s fully-integrated design gives you all the capabilities your program needs, and you can easily increase site count without re-platforming as you expand to additional sites. 

The platform serves organizations across a wide range of high-responsibility sectors, including: 

• Construction 

• Oil & Gas and Energy 

• Life Sciences and BioPharma and 

• Aviation and Aerospace 

• Manufacturing 

• Food and Beverage 

• Forestry and Paper 

• Healthcare 

If your industry requires rigorous safety, environmental, or regulatory oversight, the EHS-Dashboard™ is built for you. 

The platform covers the full scope of modern EHS management and centralizes major workflows into one platform: 

• Environmental compliance and regulatory reporting 

• Health and safety management 

• Quality control and supplier compliance 

• Sustainability and ESG data management 

• Operational risk management 

• Control of work 

Yes. The platform supports and centralized Incident Management Workflows to help you accurately document and report workplace injuries and illnesses in compliance with federal requirements. Reports are exportable and audit-ready at any time, so whether an OSHA inspection is planned or unexpected, your records are always current. 

Absolutely, you can configure automated email reminders for upcoming inspection deadlines, overdue corrective actions, expiring certifications and documents, and regulatory reporting milestones. Notifications are directed to the responsible team member, so nothing slips through the cracks regardless of team size. 

Yes. The EHS-Dashboard™ captures near-misses, safety observations, and hazard reports alongside formal incident records — giving your team a fuller picture of workplace risk and enabling proactive intervention before incidents occur.

Yes. The EHS-Dashboard™ keeps safety data synchronized across your organization’s existing tech stack by integrating with a range of third-party systems, including HR software, ERP systems, and asset management tools. Integrations with widely used platforms including Procore, ADP, Workday, HubSpot, Pendo, and Arcadia PLUG are already in place, and we can easily create customized connections via API and SFTP.  
 
Please learn more about how we connect with other platforms on ourintegrations page and contact our team at sales@ehsdashboard.com to discuss your specific integration requirements. 

Yes, the platform includes tools for tracking environmental metrics such as carbon footprinting, air emissions, energy consumption, waste generation, and water usage. This helps organizations measure environmental impact, set sustainability targets, and generate ESG reports for leadership, investors, or regulatory bodies. 

Pricing is based on the number of sites, not the number of users. Every plan starts with a $20,000 base annual platform fee covering up to 2 sites, with additional sites priced on a declining per-site rate as you scale. Every plan includes full platform functionality. There's no feature gating between tiers. Visit our pricing page for details or schedule a call with our team to get a quote tailored to your organization’s needs.

Yes. Your team can explore everything the EHS-Dashboard™ offers at no charge for 21 days. No credit card is required to get started and there’s no commitment. Request your free trial today. 

No. Our goal is transparent, straightforward pricing. Implementation guidance, onboarding support, and access to our knowledge base are all included with your subscription. There are no surprise fees for standard setup or ongoing customer support.

We offer one-year or multi-year contract terms, with subscriptions priced by site starting at $20,000 annually. Site counts can be adjusted annually as organizational needs change. Contact our team to discuss the plan structure best suited to your organization. 

Most organizations are fully operational on the EHS-Dashboard™ in under 3 months, including full input of critical data currently housed in other systems. This is significantly faster than the 6–18 month timelines common with larger enterprise EHS platforms. Our team supports you through every step, from initial configuration to staff training.  

 No. The EHS-Dashboard™ is a fully cloud-based SaaS platform, so there's nothing to install and no on-premise infrastructure to manage. Most organizations do run an IT security review during procurement, and our team supports that process with documentation and standard questionnaire responses. After that, IT involvement is minimal unless your implementation includes data migration or custom integrations (API, SFTP), where we'll coordinate directly with someone on your IT team to build those connections. 

Yes. We support data imports to bring in historical incident records, inspection data, and other EHS information from spreadsheets or prior software systems, so your team isn’t starting from scratch, and your historical compliance records remain accessible. 

We provide hands-on onboarding during implementation, including platform configuration walkthroughs and team training sessions. Ongoing self-service learning is available through our knowledge base, and our support team is available during business hours for questions that come up as your team adopts the platform. 

After kickoff, our team works with you to: 

• Configure the platform to your specific workflows and terminology 

• Set up user roles, permissions, and notification rules 

• Import existing data where applicable 

• Train your EHS team and key stakeholders 

• Conduct a go-live review to ensure everything is working as expected 

You’ll have access to our knowledge base and support team from day one throughout the entire process. 

Yes. The platform features a fully mobile-responsive interface, allowing your team to access dashboards, complete inspection forms, report incidents, and manage corrective actions from any smartphone or tablet. The EHS‑Dashboard™ is ideal for field teams, site supervisors, and workers who aren’t desk-based. 

Yes. The EHS-Dashboard™ is a cloud-based platform accessible from any modern web browser on any device and no software downloads or local installations are required. Your team can log in from their desktop at the office or a tablet on the job site with equal ease. 

The EHS-Dashboard™ is designed to help organizations maintain compliance with key U.S. regulatory frameworks, including OSHA and EPA standards, as well as industry-specific requirements across Construction, Life Sciences, Oil & Gas, and other regulated sectors. 

Yes. Every action within the EHS-Dashboard™ is logged and fully exportable, giving you a complete, audit-ready record of all inspections, incidents, corrective actions, training completions, and compliance activities. Whether an audit is planned or unexpected, your documentation is always current and accessible. 

Yes. The EHS-Dashboard™ maintains a full history of all platform activity — including who created and modified records, when changes were made, and what actions were taken. This level of traceability is essential for regulatory compliance and provides important legal protection in the event of an incident investigation. 

Yes. Organizations with multiple facilities can manage compliance data across all sites within a single platform, with both consolidated enterprise-level reporting and site-level visibility, ensuring consistency in safety standards and compliance practices across the organization. For sites that roll up to a parent or corporate office through a separate enterprise software system, the EHS‑Dashboard™ can integrate with those systems to pass site-level compliance data up to corporate headquarters. 

As a cloud-based SaaS platform, the EHS-Dashboard™ is updated continuously, so your team always has the latest platform capabilities without manual upgrades. For regulatory content, the platform includes a foundational set of OSHA, EPA, and DOT requirements, reviewed and updated annually. Most customers pair this with their own requirements matrix, giving your team full control over exactly which regulations, standards, and internal policies you track against, rather than a generic rule set that may not fit your operations. Our support team works directly with you to configure and maintain that matrix as regulations evolve.

Yes. The EHS-Dashboard™ has achieved SOC 2 Type I certification an independent, third-party audit that confirms our platform meets rigorous standards for data security, availability, and confidentiality. This examination confirms that your organization’s EHS data is protected by the same level of controls required by enterprise-grade applications. Additional details can be found at trust.higherelevationsoftware.com. To request a copy of the report please contact info@higherelevationsoftware.com. 

The EHS-Dashboard™ is protected by multiple layers of security controls, including: 

• End-to-end encryption for all data in transit and at rest

• Role-based access controls that restrict data to authorized users only

• Regular independent security audits and vulnerability assessments

• SOC 2 certification confirming these controls have been externally verified

For detailed technical information, visit trust.higherelevationsoftware.com or consult our Security Information documentation. 

Yes. All data transmitted to and from the EHS-Dashboard™ is encrypted in transit using industry-standard TLS protocols. Data stored on our servers is also encrypted at rest, ensuring your organization’s EHS records, incident data, and compliance information are protected at every point in their lifecycle. 

The EHS-Dashboard™ is hosted on Google Cloud Platform, with physical and network security managed through GCP's enterprise-grade infrastructure and reviewed annually against SOC 2 standards. Customer data is logically isolated with role-based access controls. Backups run continuously and are replicated across multiple regions for durability, encrypted at rest, and monitored daily. We test full backup restoration at least annually to verify data integrity. For more detail, visit trust.higherelevationsoftware.com or contact our team.

Yes. The EHS-Dashboard™ implements a wide range of options to keep your data safe, including MFA, SSO via SAML and Entra ID (Azure ID), integration with Active Directory or identity providers such as Okta and Azure AD. Please contact our team at sales@ehsdashboard.com to discuss authentication options that meet your organization’s specific security requirements. 

Higher Elevation Software is committed to responsible data handling in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Our Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, store, and process personal information. For specific questions about GDPR compliance or data processing agreements, please contact our team. 

The EHS-Dashboard™ uses a robust permissions system that allows administrators to define exactly which users can view, create, edit, or approve different types of records. You control who has access to sensitive data within your organization — so frontline workers, supervisors, EHS managers, and executives each see what they need and nothing more.

Your data is always yours. The EHS-Dashboard™ supports data export so you can retrieve your complete dataset — including all incident records, inspection histories, corrective actions, and compliance documentation. Please contact our team at support@ehsdashboard.com to discuss data portability options and the offboarding process

We offer email and live chat support during business hours (Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm EST), along with 24/7 self-service access to our comprehensive knowledge base. Our team is committed to helping your organization get the most out of the platform, not just during implementation, but throughout your subscription. 

Yes. Our knowledge base is available 24/7 at https://knowledge-base.higherelevationsoftware.com/en-us and covers everything from getting started and onboarding new users to advanced platform configuration. It’s a go-to resource for your EHS team whenever questions come up outside of business hours.

As a cloud-based SaaS platform, updates and new features are released continuously and applied automatically, no manual upgrades or IT involvement required. Your team always has access to the latest version of the EHS‑Dashboard™, and improvements based on user feedback are incorporated on an ongoing basis.