Supplier QEHS to customized 2nd party protocols
Strengthen your supplier governance and uphold high QEHS standards across your global supply chain.
Supplier QEHS to customized 2nd party protocols
In today’s complex and fast-moving markets, companies depend on suppliers who can consistently deliver products and services that meet stringent quality, environmental, health, and safety (QEHS) expectations. Any weakness in supplier performance can introduce operational, compliance, sustainability, or reputational risks.
DNV’s 2nd party QEHS supplier audits provide independent verification that your suppliers’ processes align with your own requirements, internal procedures, and QEHS performance criteria. Emphasizing transparency, risk reduction, and a structured approach to improving supplier performance, 2nd party independent audits are conducted on your behalf against custom code of conducts, internal policies or customer-specific requirements.
Unlike certification audits, which verify compliance with a fixed standard, 2nd party supplier audits are fully customizable. They evaluate performance against the expectations that you set - whether related to product quality, environmental controls, occupational safety, lifecycle impacts, sustainability expectations, or operational discipline.
Tailored QEHS audits improving control and reducing risk
DNV conducts custom 2nd party audits and assessments that reflect your operational standards, material requirements, and sector specific risk profile. These assessments provide a clear understanding of supplier maturity and highlight improvement opportunities across your supply chain.
Whether you work with manufacturing partners, service providers, logistics organizations, technical vendors, engineering partners, or subcontractors, our audits adapt to your requirements, specifications, and compliance framework.
We evaluate suppliers against:
- Your internal QEHS requirements, policies, and performance criteria
- International and regional QEHS legislation
- ISO-based management system expectations (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)
- Environmental and sustainability practices related to resource use, emissions, waste, and compliance
- Occupational health and safety controls, hazard identification, and risk prevention
- Industry specific guidelines and risk-based assessment criteria
- Custom audit checklists, KPIs, and supplier development objectives
Audits can address areas such as:
- Quality management processes and product/service controls
- Environmental performance, waste handling, emissions, and compliance
- Workplace health and safety practices, training, and hazard controls
- Operational discipline, documentation quality, and process consistency
- Supplier capability, technical competence, and process reliability
- Management of subcontractors and upstream supply chain risks
- Incident management, corrective action systems, and continuous improvement
Customized audit frameworks can be built on:
- Your own supplier audit model or procurement governance system
- ISO aligned QEHS frameworks (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)
- Corporate sustainability expectations or ESG criteria
- Product, material, or service specific risk profiles
- Industry guidance and best practice standards
DNV’s auditors can integrate additional elements such as social responsibility, sustainable sourcing, and ethical compliance, ensuring your QEHS audits align with broader ESG goals. Moreover, DNV also provides 3rd party certification to the ISO management system certification standards.
Value of QEHS Supplier Audits & Assessments
When undergoing 2nd party audits and assessments by someone like DNV, you drive improvements in key areas, such as:
- Strengthen supplier reliability, quality, and performance.
- Reduce safety, environmental, and quality risks.
- Improve controls for safety, environmental impact, and process integrity.
- Increase oversight and transparency in supplier operations.
- Streamline supplier‑assurance efforts with tailored audits.
- Support alignment with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.
- Enhance resilience, compliance readiness, and ESG performance.
- Drive continuous improvement and stronger supplier partnerships.
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