Tuesday, September 09, 2003 — 3E Company™, announced today the first comprehensive Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) - based solution for managing Environmental, Health, and Safety (EH&S) compliance, starting with a cross-platform suite of services for hazardous material (hazmat) information management. 3E Company has leveraged its leadership position in outsourced hazmat information services and brought together multiple compliance services to offer a new premium level BPO platform. World-class organizations including AT&T have partnered with 3E to address their hazmat compliance needs and increase efficiency, enhance EH&S staff productivity, and enable their organization to focus on the strategic responsibilities associated with managing a safe workplace.

Market research firm BTI Consulting has estimated the market for outsourced environmental services including regulatory, auditing, compliance, information systems, and permitting at over $850 million, and states that outsourcing is increasing as managers perceive it as a more productive option. The same source has measured a $4.1 billion market for environmental management information systems, including $2.6 billion in professional services, $640 million in software, and $440 million in Internet services. In a survey of EH&S professionals, the most preferred approach was a team of external experts leveraging software and Internet solutions, with half of the users choosing this method versus other methods such as point software solutions, stand alone consultants, system integrators, or ASPs.


3E Company's Platforms
3E's cross-platform BPO offering includes a 24-7-365 hazmat mission control call center comprised of seasoned hazmat compliance professionals that are available to assist customers with all aspects of their EH&S compliance issues, from routine requests to emergency response situations. 3E also offers a comprehensive online platform for hazmat compliance services and information management, as well as the outsourcing of traditional, hands-on scheduled services related to regulatory reporting and training. The foundation of the platform is built on 3E's premier hazardous material information database containing millions of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), chemical and regulatory information, combined with 3E's proprietary business rules, best practices, and EH&S expertise.

"3E Company's BPO service provides us a wide variety of capabilities, including MSDS management, waste management and compliance reporting. They are very customer-focused and provide true value-added compliance services," said Ralph Collipi, EH&S technology consultant at AT&T. "3E Company's approach is resourceful, accommodating and focused on finding solutions. Their professionalism and competency has enabled them to take on additional work, to where we now use them for a wide range of functions."

3E's Comprehensive BPO Solution Suite
3E Company's new BPO offering is designed for customers employing its full suite of solutions for managing hazmat compliance information. These services include:
- MSDS management;
- Transportation guidance, documentation, and classification;
- Waste storage and disposal assistance;
- Spill response;
- Poison and exposure medical advice;
- Training management, content and services, both online and classroom;
- Compliance reporting

"3E is proud of our team of experts and our new comprehensive BPO service offering which recognizes that our premiere customers will partner with 3E to manage a full range of safety information and compliance functions within their organizations," said Jess Kraus, founder, president and CEO of 3E Company. "Customers like AT&T understand the strategic importance of business process outsourcing and are able to translate this into high value and superior service for their employees, customers and investors. AT&T has fully-leveraged their outsourcing investment and have derived significant safety and business focus for their organizations."

About 3E Company
3E Company is the first company to provide a comprehensive BPO-based solution to manage environmental, health and safety compliance information for the management of hazardous materials. 3E has the industry leading combination of a 24-7-365 hazmat mission control call center, online platform for MSDS management which is built on the foundation of the world's premier hazardous materials information database of regulatory and compliance information. 3E's services enable Fortune 1000 organizations to outsource EH&S compliance functions, alleviating the pain, increasing the efficiency and enhancing staff productivity associated with managing this critical information. Today over 7,000 customers have partnered with 3E including AT&T, L.L. Bean, Menasha, PacifiCorp and Truserv. 3E was founded in 1988 and has 175 employees nationwide. The privately held company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA. For more information on 3E Company, visit www.3ecompany.com, send e-mail to info@3ecompany.com or call 800-360-3220.

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