World-leading

Each day, you will find us at work with over 100,000 customers, in more than 100 countries, building the invisible infrastructure of trust. They are the leading provider of risk management and quality assurance services to the maritime, oil and gas, and power and renewables industries. They are also global leaders in certifying management systems of companies across all types of industries, including healthcare, food and beverage, automotive and aerospace.

Their purpose

Since 1864, their purpose has been to safeguard life, property and the environment.

Expertise

They are passionate about safety, quality and integrity. Companies turn to us to make complex decisions with confidence. They help them manage their most critical risks and demonstrate compliance with regulations and standards. From structural defects at a molecular level, to an anomaly in terabytes of data, no detail is too small for their world-class technical experts. But it is their ability to also see the bigger picture that sets us apart: from advising on tomorrow’s energy infrastructure to creating technical standards for the safety of the world’s shipping fleet, or assessing the sustainability of a food value chain.

History

The common history of DNV GL goes back to 1864

DNV GL’s shared roots stretch back to 1864, when Det Norske Veritas (DNV) was founded as a membership organisation in Oslo. Norway’s mutual marine insurance clubs banded together to establish a uniform set of rules and procedures, used in assessing the risk of underwriting individual vessels. The group aimed to provide “reliable and uniform classification and taxation of Norwegian ships”.