We in DNV have a noble purpose, “To safeguard life, property and the environment.” Through our services for managing risk, we strive to deliver on this purpose every day by making an impact on our customers’ business globally, while safely and responsibly improving their business performance.
Companies today face a growing challenge to improve their performance in rapidly changing business environments. Making organisational changes, enhancing cost efficiency and meeting multiple stakeholder expectations are some of the challenges that companies have to address on a day-to-day basis.
Long trusted for its independence and integrity, DNV endeavours to help its customers develop and implement solutions that address their challenges. Moreover, DNV works to make a positive global impact on some of the world’s most pressing concerns, such as safeguarding the environment and balancing the needs of business and society.
Following the adoption of a new strategy in June 2006, the past year laid emphasis on shaping and growing the DNV organisation. The business areas have been restructured to reflect a clearer industry sector focus, and we recruited 1 000 new professionals to gear up for the growth required to meet the targets in our strategy.
The changes have been well received in the marketplace and we have strengthened our position in all the sector activities throughout 2006. Our main priority is to ensure that our growth is sustainable as we expand further.
In this report, we take a close look at how DNV is addressing sustainable development and how it is helping its customers to manage their risks. DNV, through its holistic risk-based approach, is committed to further helping its customers and other organisations build confidence and integrity, enhance the quality and safety of products and operations, and manage their environmental and social responsibilities.
For DNV this means that we focus on the role that business can play in building the future. The more our activities can be seen as part of the customer’s value chain, the greater the impact of our work to safeguard life, property and the environment. In this way we can help realise DNV’s vision as well as all our customers’ business goals.
Thank you for your desire to learn more about our company and our efforts to balance the needs of business and society. I hope you find this report informative, and that you will share my enthusiasm for the work DNV is doing to build a positive future for its customers and society.