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Green Claims Directive withdrawn: But the mission remains

On 19 June 2025, the European Commission formally announced its intention to withdraw the proposal for the Green Claims Directive (GCD). The decision follows concerns raised by key political actors, including the EPP Shadow Rapporteurs, about the administrative burden and pre-approval mechanisms foreseen in the proposal.

• Other sectors

Lessons from the audit room: Why quality needs to evolve

A woman’s perspective: Joanna Reichel at the heart of Poland’s energy transition

As we celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, DNV proudly highlights the voices and achievements of women who are shaping the energy transition. In Poland, a country on the cusp of a renewable energy transformation, Joanna Reichel is one of the driving forces to ensure safe and reliable offshore wind projects. As a project manager for Renewables Certification at DNV, she plays a vital role in supporting the growth of offshore wind—and she’s doing it with empathy, insight, and a deep sense of purpose.

• Energy

Security advisory: Uncovering a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Schneider Electric engineering applications

Schneider Electric's Vijeo Designer and Easergy Studio software have been found to contain significant security vulnerabilities.

• Manufacturing

Qualification and design requirements for cable protection systems

Enhancing cable protection systems for offshore wind: Insights from the QUADRE CPS JIP initiative

• Energy

How a digital Quality Management system strengthens your ISO 27001 strategy

Ensuring reliable and consistent quality management systems

Strengthening India-Norway Maritime Ties at Nor-Shipping 2025

Nor-Shipping 2025 provided a pivotal platform for DNV to reinforce its longstanding partnership with India and explore new avenues for collaboration in the country’s rapidly evolving maritime landscape.

• Maritime

Turbocharging Europe’s healthcare cyber resilience: Four recommendations

Cybersecurity should be considered a matter of national security, according to a new report co-authored by DNV Cyber and commissioned by Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.

• Healthcare

Green Claims: Credibility in the age of sustainability

As consumers, investors, and regulators place increasing emphasis on environmental responsibility, Green Claims – or Environmental Claims – have become a valuable tool for businesses to highlight their sustainability efforts. However, this visibility also brings greater responsibility and scrutiny. Companies are facing growing criticism and regulatory attention for making vague, exaggerated, or unverified environmental claims, leading to heightened risk of investigations and public backlash.

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Meet the salmon doctors: Safeguarding fish health from fjord to lab

Meet Mari and Hanna, DNV’s fish health experts in Norway, who safeguard salmon through inspections and early disease detection, supporting sustainable aquaculture and global food security.

• Other sectors

Capturing the volatility of future power prices

The sophisticated model used by experts in DNV’s Power Analytics team cuts through complexity by using machine learning to calculate base, high, and low expected revenues and opportunities for each asset of interest.

• Energy

Demand flexibility in Spain's renewable energy puzzle

As dawn breaks over Spain's solar farms, an ironic challenge emerges. The very success of the country's energy transition—renewables now supplying 59% of generation, up from 40% in 2018—has created a new set of complexities that threaten to undermine its sustainability. The record 196 hours of negative electricity prices witnessed in 2024, coupled with 527 hours at zero pricing, represents not just a market anomaly but a fundamental mismatch between Spain's generation profile and its consumption patterns. This paradox lies at the heart of Spain's next energy transition phase—one where demand flexibility must evolve from theoretical concept to operational reality.

• Energy

Unlocking the revenue of hybrid projects

Hybrid energy storage – also referred to as hybridization - involves the integration of different storage technologies to enhance performance, efficiency, and lifespan. As the global transition to renewable energy accelerates, this approach is gaining popularity to help stabilize supply and demand fluctuations.

• Energy

Italian FER-X: A firewall against revenue cannibalization for renewable operators

‘Cannibalization’ describes how, as market penetration of variable renewables increases, the capture price for these sources tends to decrease, potentially reducing their investment potential. It is not a significant issue today for most RES operators in Italy, but the future is uncertain and complex. The FER-X auction system aims to limit such uncertainties now and in the future: but will it work?

• Energy

Digitalizing IVDR compliance: Empowering medical device manufacturers for EU market success

Discover how digital solutions streamline IVDR certification, reduce regulatory burdens, and accelerate market entry for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturers.

• Other sectors

ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certifications: a comparison

Read more about the main differences between ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems.

• Other sectors

Frontline Insights: Lessons from a ransomware attack that also deleted backups

A ransomware attack on Company X not only encrypted important data but also deleted backups, leaving the company in a tough spot.

• Energy

Hazard Identification: definition, examples, methods

Identifying hazards is the first step in making products and processes safer. Read more.

• Other sectors

Frontline Insights: The Norsk Hydro cyberattack – a reflection on the importance of securing digital identities

A reflection on the importance of securing digital identities

• Energy

Frontline Insights: Lessons from the Uber 2022 data breach

The 2022 Uber data breach stands as a compelling example of the importance of cybersecurity, revealing the vulnerabilities even major tech companies face.

• Energy