
Incorporate a food safety management system to change your company’s approach from a reactive to a proactive way of thinking. DNV can certify your business according to standards and legislation relevant to your business.
Supply chain risk management has gone through rapid developments in the last years. You are no longer judged only by your own actions, but also by those of your suppliers or partners.
Improving supply chain management, food chain traceability facilitates both tracing of food safety and quality. Upstream it helps differentiate and provide credibility to foods with undetectable quality attributes. Downstream it can make a product recall more efficient during and incident.
Fish and fish products play a peculiar role in the food supply chain. Fisheries have great importance for emerging countries’ economy and at the same time they can have a hard environmental impact.
When an incident or crisis occurs the companies which have prepared a response have the best chance of protecting its people, assets and reputation. When disaster strikes being prepared for emergencies will help your organisation continue business as usual.
Product certification highlights the specific characteristics of a product that differentiate it from similar products. It supports the product’s credibility and quality attributes.
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We offer courses worldwide, but also courses to the food and beverage industry sector. Please visit our country sites by choosing your country at the top of this page to see what courses you can take. Read more about training provided by DNV Academy by following this link.
With a management system you demonstrate predictability of your internal operations and ability to meet requirements from your customers and society at large. Through our Risk Based Certification approach we will assess how well your management system supports the areas of greatest importance to you - in addition to measuring compliance with international standards.
A sound corporate responsibility approach helps you by improving your management of environmental, social and economic impacts from your business. Corporate responsibility will help you maintain long-term profitability.
Climate change is currently one of the most pressing environmental issues facing the international community, the business world, and individual citizens. Responding to the challenge demands a global effort and immediate action.

As the food and beverage sector becomes ever more competitive and heavily scrutinised, companies are faced with new challenges.

With GBP 2 billion in payments annually to 120,000 farmers and traders in the UK running through the Rural Payment Agency (RPA), the Agency relies on an efficient and secure IT infrastructure and electronic business applications. The introduction of the Single Farm Payment Scheme in 2005 added new challenges to the development of the IT system. RPA Security Officer Ian Pittock has particularly found the transformation to be full of bumps and pitfalls.

Climate change is currently one of the most pressing environmental issues facing the international community, the business world, and individual citizens. Responding to the challenge demands a global effort and immediate action.

The purpose of risk management is not to eliminate risk, but to understand it so that you can take advantage of the upside and minimize the downside. Learn about risk management.

During the mayor lay-ups in the shipping industry in the 1970s and 1980s, DNV was instrumental setting the standard on safe and cost optimal lay-up and preservation of ships. Due to the financial crisis, this knowledge and experience are once again sought after.

DNV will attend the CIES International Food Safety Conference in Barcelona, Spain February 4-6, 2009, as a sponsor and an exhibitor.