Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is a classification society organized as a foundation, with the objective of "Safeguarding life, property, and the environment".
The organization's history goes back to 1864, when the foundation was established in Norway to inspect and evaluate the technical condition of Norwegian merchant vessels.
Together with Lloyd's Register and American Bureau of Shipping, DNV is one of the three major companies in the classification society business. DNV has its headquarters in Hovik, Baeligrum, just outside Oslo, Norway. It has 300 offices in 100 countries, and over 10,000 employees.
Important industries where the company operates include ship transport, energy (including wind and solar), aviation, automotive, finance, food, health care and information technology. It also conducts research in several fields where it operates.
DNV works on a wide variety of topics with Except, such as mapping industrial chains such as the Dutch meat sector industry, carpet industry and the waste water sector.
Their collaboration started with stakeholder analysis and mapping, and extended into strategy, sustainability analysis and assessment as well as making communication materials such as drawings for the waste water sector and even a card game.