Company, multi-site QEHS to customized 2nd party protocols

Strengthen governance, ensure alignment, and drive consistent quality, environmental, and health and safety (QEHS) performance across all your company locations.

Company, multi-site QEHS to customized 2nd party protocols

In today’s fast paced and geographically dispersed business landscape, it is essential to ensure that every location delivers consistently on quality, environmental, health, and/or safety (QEHS) commitments to maintain operational excellence, compliance, and corporate reputation.

DNV’s multi site QEHS 2nd party audits and assessments provide independent verification that your sites operate in accordance with your corporate policies, internal procedures, and QEHS performance standards. Conducted on your behalf and fully tailored to your operational framework, these audits focus on transparency, risk reduction, and driving continuous improvement across every facility in your organization.

Unlike certification audits, which verify compliance with a static standard, multi site 2nd party audits are entirely customizable. They evaluate performance against the expectations you set.

Tailored QEHS audits improve consistency and performance

DNV conducts custom 2nd party audits and assessments that reflect your operational standards, material requirements, and sector specific risk profile. Our audits are adapted to your requirements, specifications, and compliance framework, providing a clear understanding of a sites maturity and compliance, highlighting risks and opportunities for improvement.

We evaluate sites against:

  • Your internal QEHS policies, procedures, and performance frameworks
  • Global, regional, or local QEHS legislation
  • ISO-based management system expectations (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)
  • Corporate sustainability objectives, environmental footprint expectations, and resource efficiency
  • Occupational health and safety controls, training, and risk management
  • Industry specific guidelines for safe, efficient, and compliant operations
    Custom KPIs, maturity models, and site development objectives

Audits can address areas such as:

  • Quality management, process control, and documentation discipline
  • Environmental performance, resource use, emissions, and compliance
  • Workplace safety culture, hazard management, and operational controls
  • Operational consistency and alignment with corporate processes
  • Site management capability, technical competence, and risk ownership
  • Control of contractors, visitors, and service providers
  • Incident handling, emergency preparedness, corrective action effectiveness
  • Alignment and harmonization across different locations

Customized audit frameworks can be built on:

  • Your corporate QEHS governance model
  • ISO-aligned management systems
  • ESG or sustainability commitments
  • Operational excellence or lean methodologies
  • Sector specific requirements or performance indicators

DNV’s audits can integrate additional dimensions, such as ethical practices, sustainability, digital compliance, or organizational culture, ensuring your program supports broader corporate goals. We can also provide accredited third-party certification to international standards like those of ISO.

 

What sets our audit approach apart

Sector-specific expertise

Our approach is informed by deep experience across high-impact sectors including food & beverage, ICT, automotive, and general industries.

Scalable and customizable

Tailor the audit scope to your internal policies or to leading international frameworks

Benchmarking insights

Use audit outcomes to engage suppliers, reduce risk, and track progress over time

Digital audit tools

Manage checklists, findings, and corrective actions on mobile-enabled platforms

Value of Multi‑Site QEHS Audits & Assessments

When undergoing 2nd party audits and assessments with DNV, organizations benefit through:

  • Improved governance across all sites
  • Increased consistency in QEHS performance and culture
  • Strengthened environmental, safety, and quality controls
  • Reduced operational and compliance risks
  • Greater transparency across locations and functions
  • Streamlined internal assurance through tailored audit programs
  • Support for alignment with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001
  • Improved operational resilience and ESG performance
  • A structured path to continuous improvement across your organization

Why partner with DNV?

DNV is one of the world’s leading certification bodies. Through management system certification, supply chain assurance and training services, we help companies manage risks, assure compliance and build competence in organizations, supply chains and people. DNV’s digitally enabled services and meet stakeholder demands.

Trusted

A global partner locally before, during and after the audit

Knowledge

Solid auditor competence and industry experience

Innovation

Value adding services, solutions and digital tools

Experience

Commitment to a superior customer experience

80000

Customers

90000

Certificates

20000

People trained annually

180 +

Countries

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