DNV offers more than a ticket to trade and has a true partnership approach in our service delivery. A global provider of services and solutions for managing risk, DNV helps companies, organisations and governments to safely and responsibly improve business performance in a sustainable way.
DNV is a leading provider of services for managing risk, combining in-depth technical expertise and industry knowledge to help organisations along the food supply chain enhance their performance responsibly. As an independent foundation with the objective of safeguarding life, property and the environment, we believe in a partnership approach toward sustainable business.
Offering a comprehensive range of advisory, certification, training and technical services, DNV helps businesses manage the risks in their own operations and along the supply chain. Pro-actively managing your risks will effectively protect and build your brand, while demonstrating
to stakeholders that you are committed to quality, safety and sustainability.
We operate from more than 300 offices worldwide; our employees speak your language and know your local needs, customs and market. DNV’s extensive local presence, consolidated experience and acknowledged competence in the field of risk management make us an ideal partner for companies in the food production industry.
Worldwide presence
We operate from more than 300 offices worldwide; our employees speak your language and know your local needs, customs and market. DNV’s extensive local presence, consolidated experience and acknowledged competence make us an ideal partner for companies in the food production industry.
Our risk management approach to certification guarantees optimisation of your resources to obtain results conforming to internationally recognised standards and giving you a competitive advantage.
Risk Based CertificationTM
DNV introduced Risk Based Certification(*) as the standard way of conducting management system certification. With our risk-based approach to audits, you get more than just a certificate. Our auditors evaluate how your management system handles risks ie, identifying strengths, weaknesses and improvement opportunities.
We have one of the most stringent auditor training and qualification programmes in the business,guaranteeing that our services are delivered with top quality and consistency every time, everywhere.
We also provide a one-stop-shopping concept by offering a range of single and combined certification services, enhancing the effectiveness of the process.
Sustainability
DNV can help you contribute to sustainable development within your industry and beyond, through specific expertise and services ranging from ethical supply chain audits to corporate
responsibility and corporate governance ratings.
DNV works actively to safeguard life, property and the environment. Understanding and finding solutions to your strategic challenges through a tailored and risk-based approach is what we do best. We will help you assess and identify your critical issues, allowing you to streamline your own resources and processes. You can reduce time spent reacting to events and define your own customised path towards business improvement and sustainable growth, while communicating trust and satisfying consumer demands for sustainable operations.
Corporate responsibility
DNV’s commitment to sustainable development can also be seen through by our service delivery for corporate responsibility. Through our services related to extra-financial risk assessment
and rating, we assist companies in providing more transparent and reliable information on their intangible values and material risks.
We take an investor’s view of corporate governance and corporate environmental and social performance. Based on internationally recognised principles, DNV has developed its own verification protocol for sustainability reporting.
We can verify corporate responsibility reports, conduct ethical supply chain audits, and certify social accountability management systems to the SA 8000 standard.
Climate change
DNV was the first company accredited by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to validate projects where companies in industrialised countries invest in climate change efforts in the developing world. As an independent third part, DNV can also verify a company’s annual CO2-emissions. Go to our climate change pages for a full service overview.
(*) Risk Based Certification is a registered EU trademark of Det Norske Veritas AS.
