Safeguarding the well-being of workers and laws and regulations are the top drivers for occupational health and safety – that’s according to 1,700 industry professionals surveyed by DNV GL.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has today released the final version of the ISO 22000:2018 food safety management system standard. This marks the start of the 3-year transition period for certified companies.

DNV GL announced today that it has acquired 100% ownership of the EU Notified Body DNV GL Nemko Presafe (Presafe), which was until today a joint-venture together with the Oslo-based testing and certification company Nemko.

DNV GL, the risk management and quality assurance company, has bought a stake in leading public blockchain service provider VeChain as it looks to use the technology to develop new digital assurance solutions. The acquisition builds on the strong relationship between the two firms and follows the recent launch of My Story™, a blockchain enabled digital assurance product which gives a new level of insight into supplier and product information.

The global certification body DNV GL teams up with ResponsibleSteel™ to provide expert technical advice in the development of a steel certification standard.

Following the release of the ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety standard, we are announcing a new set of training courses and are the first certification body to offer CQI-IRCA certified Lead Auditor training courses to the official standard.

Italian wine makers are the first to implement My Story™, a solution that will give consumers an easy glance into the contents of each wine bottle. Companies can now increase the transparency in their supply chain and demonstrate what lies behind the unique characteristics of their products.

Companies are struggling to take efficient action across their supply chains, while facing increased demands from stakeholders.

New Digital Assurance Concept will increase transparency and efficiency across the whole supply chain.

DNV GL has transferred all its 90 000 certificates to a private blockchain, being the first in the certification industry to leverage on this technology. Every certificate is digitally tagged, traceable and stored in a private blockchain. The technology blocks counterfeit certificates, allowing companies to communicate their certification in a transparent and secure way.

By analyzing 1.6 million findings from management system audits around the world, Lumina identifies weaknesses and improvement areas for companies, and benchmarks industries as a whole.

An international survey of more than 1,500 professionals conducted by DNV GL and the research institute GFK Eurisko shows that half of businesses lack a clear risk management strategy and only 43% set measurable risk control goals.

ISO 37001 is the first international anti-bribery management system standard designed to help organizations combat bribery risk in their own operations and throughout their global value chains.

Companies see the benefit of operating in a sustainable manner according to new survey. Sustainability is not seen as a separate track, but becoming a natural part of operations.

This year’s Tomorrow’s Value Research (TVR) reveals that a number of companies that have well developed corporate sustainability strategies are failing to demonstrate financial value or capitalize on the opportunities to drive innovation in sustainable business models.

A survey among close to 1200 professionals across different industries shows that while more than half recognize the importance of big data, only a quarter is able to achieve productivity gains.

As a leading certification body for the GFSI food safety certification programs, DNV GL is exploring new applications of big data to advance the goals of a safer, more reliable food supply.

ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System is now available as a Draft International Standard (DIS) for public review. The final standard is expected to be published by late 2016/early 2017

UNEP recently released their report Raising the Bar – Advancing Environmental Disclosure in Sustainability reporting. The findings show that sustainability reports are insufficient in representing company impacts on environment in full.

Companies all over the world are putting information security high on their agendas. Despite the difficulties in valuing information from an economic point of view, companies are significantly investing in information security.

DNV GL has certified Ferrari to ISO 9001:2015, making Ferrari one of the very first companies to be certified to the new version of the quality management system standard.