Client Success and Case Studies

Choosing where and how to host your EHS and GRC platform is a strategic decision — it defines your control over data, security, and compliance. Optial SmartStart offers flexible deployment models across SaaS, On-Premise, and Private Cloud, ensuring performance, sovereignty, and scalability for global enterprises.

From 1,000 listed companies to 100,000+ businesses: how Provision 29 requirements are moving downstream through supply chains, creating new governance expectations across industries.

Disruption isn’t a matter of if but when. Optial’s Business Continuity Management solution gives organisations a structured, scalable way to prepare, respond and recover. Centralise plans and incident playbooks, run BIAs, map critical dependencies and third parties, and run exercises to validate readiness. Capture lessons learned to drive continuous improvement. The result: faster recovery and reduced downtime, stronger alignment with ISO 22301/NIST, sharper crisis decision-m

Optial delivered a new enhancement release for a Swedish bank operating across the Nordics, Baltics, Germany and the UK. The project brought approval and exemption processes for internal controls into Optial, enabling automated workflow assignments and notification emails so users work in one system end-to-end. The team also upgraded to the latest platform and refined risk and incident management with overdue handling, new signatory fields, revised roles and permissions, and

Audits are more than a compliance checkpoint—they’re a lever for transparency and improvement. Optial’s Audit Management module unites planning, evidence capture, action tracking, and reporting in one workspace. Standardise checklists, assign owners, automate reminders, and visualise trends with dashboards and heat maps to close gaps faster and build stronger controls across your GRC program.

Optial has introduced a major release for a long-standing professional services client, featuring automated compliance checklists attached to controls. The enhancements streamline risk management, improve workflows, expand reporting, and deliver a more tailored user experience—marking over a decade of partnership and innovation.

From 2026 Boards must declare the effectiveness of all material controls Executive Summary From financial years starting on or after 1...

When boards fail to declare internal control effectiveness under Provision 29, the real damage often comes from costs that don't appear on any compliance budget. From share price impacts of £40M+ for major companies to increased borrowing costs and talent recruitment challenges, the hidden costs of non-compliance can dwarf the investment needed for proper preparation.

Starting January 2026, UK premium-listed companies face new board accountability requirements under Provision 29 of the Corporate Governance Code 2024. Boards must now annually review and publicly declare the effectiveness of all material controls—from financial to operational systems. This comprehensive guide breaks down the three core requirements and shows how to turn compliance into competitive advantage.

In today's dynamic risk landscape—whether it's operational risk or health and safety—incident reporting is more than a compliance...

In the world of risk management and health & safety, data is everywhere. Every incident report, near miss, audit finding and compliance...

Optial’s  EHS SmartStart  solution has been selected by an American cloud communications company based in San Francisco, California to...

When it comes to procuring enterprise systems, organisations often prioritise solutions that can serve multiple teams. The logic is...

Optial’s GRC platform has been selected by a Georgian bank, headquartered in Tbilisi and operating across West & Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

Optial’s GRC SmartStart platform has been selected by the national statistical bureau of a southern African nation.

Optial upgrades EHS SmartStart for a Silicon Valley multinational - integrating Enhesa for automatic global regulatory updates & compliance.

Optial streamlines annual risk assessments for a commercial bank group in SE/Eastern Europe, Ecuador, and Germany with enhanced automation.

Optial's 2024 project for a Nordic financial firm boosts internal audits, risk, and incident management with enhanced workflows & roles.

Optial integrates with JIRA for a Swedish bank, syncing incidents & alerts. Enhancements boost permissions & visibility.

It is important for Managers in Risk to know “where?” issues (incident, risk, action, audit, investigation or project) are occurring....