Collaborating for a better future

Our vision of a safe and sustainable future is not ours alone and we know we can achieve more in collaboration with others. We work in partnership with several organizations, contributing technology and sustainability expertise as well as funding to reach our shared goals.

Why it matters

Our purpose and vision set ambitious direction and goals for how we want to make a difference. The biggest issues are not solved alone and the best ideas are developed together.

As a knowledge-based organization, we constantly need to learn, be challenged and inspired by other organizations – and challenge and inspire them in return.

Industry partnerships

Through our daily business in more than 100 countries, we work together with customers, suppliers and competitors in industry associations and on initiatives at national, regional and global levels.

We strive to bring our technical insight and market foresight into the work of industry associations to create sustainable business environments.

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• Group
  • United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
  • World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
  • Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO)
• Maritime
  • International Association of Classification Societies (IACS)
  • Entity for the Quality Assessment and Certification of Organisations Recognised by the European Union (QACE)
  • International Council on Combustion Engines (CIMAC)
• Oil & Gas
  • Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOROG)
  • International Gas Union (IGU)
  • Oil and Gas UK
• Energy
  • International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE)
  • Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)
  • World Energy Council (WEC)
• Business Assurance
  • Independent International Organisation for Certification (IIOC)
• Digital Solutions
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Pipeline Simulation Interest Group (PSIG)
  • American Gas Association (AGA)
• Cross-sector
  We also participate in several global and local multi-stakeholder initiatives supporting economic, environmental and social principles across sectors.

UN Global Compact

DNV GL became a signatory to the UN Global Compact in 2003 and we are committed to embedding the ten principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption in our corporate strategy, management system and day-to-day operations. We also align our annual report with this framework. In 2018, we continued our strong collaboration with the UN Global Compact through initiatives on global opportunities and solutions to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including:

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• Global Opportunity Network

  DNV GL was a founding partner of the Global Opportunity Network together with the UN Global Compact and Sustainia in 2013. This network presents the Global Opportunity Report annually. The 2018 report focuses on the renewed efforts required to ensure four of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals do not miss their 2030 targets.

• The Global Opportunity Explorer

  The UN Global Compact, Sustainia and DNV GL partnered to launch the Global Opportunity Explorer, a digital community including several of the most promising solutions that will change the world for the better. The Explorer continues to grow with new solutions added daily.

• Sustainable ocean business

  This report presents our forecast of the likelihood of humanity achieving each of the 17 SDGs by 2030. It also dives into private sector solutions for attaining the goals and, for each SDG, we highlight a UN Global Compact signatory company that is pioneering progress. During 2017, the report has been shared on various platforms and a testimonial attesting to DNV GL’s assessment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals was handed over to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in July 2017.

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

DNV GL has been an active member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) since 1999. Our Group President and CEO is a member of its Executive Committee and was recently re-elected for two more years. Our membership of the WBCSD provides a partnership platform for our advocacy of more sustainable and responsible business practices globally.

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• Low Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative

  This is an action-oriented programme, led by the WBCSD, International Energy Agency (IEA) and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), that gathers over 150 global companies and 70 other partners. We contributed to the work on scaling up renewables with two business solutions:
  

  • Corporate renewable power purchase agreements: scaling up globally
  • Low-carbon microgrids
• New Energy Solutions
  This project identifies cutting-edge energy solutions that help companies to go low-carbon. Many of these energy transition solutions are cross-sectoral and require collaboration across the value chain to develop sound business cases. The project worked on a two-pronged approach:

   

  • A presentation on pathways and technologies to decarbonize energy systems
  • Creating business cases on existing low-carbon energy solutions ready for deployment. DNV GL contributed to this, showcasing electric shipping and shore-to-ship power solutions.

The Red Cross

DNV GL has partnered with the Red Cross since 2004 with the objectives of strengthening its capacity to carry out humanitarian work and creating opportunities for our employees to volunteer for Red Cross projects. Our partnership involves annual financial contributions to the Norwegian, Dutch and British Red Cross organizations, as well as extraordinary donations. Our employees also provide technical, digital, safety and sustainability expertise to Red Cross projects that are related to our core business.

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• Norway

  Our employees were involved in volunteering and fundraising, including for homework support and activity holidays for less privileged children and their families.

  In addition, many of our employees volunteer as blood donors to help alleviate the national shortage in Norway. We invite the Red Cross blood donation bus to our headquarters at Høvik several times a year. In 2018, 164 bags of blood were filled.

  The Red Cross also provides first aid training for our employees and children in our kindergarten.

• The Philippines

  DNV GL has joined efforts with Norwegian Red Cross and Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to digitalize disaster relief efforts. The collaboration has resulted in the development of the CEP MAP tool, enabling emergency response workers to access constantly updated information from multiple sources on smartphones.

  The tool helps relief workers manage resources, coordinate rescue and response efforts and respond quickly. The CEP MAP tool was tested in several pilots by the Philippine Red Cross and at the moment it is being rolled out nationally to 21 PRC Chapters in 210 Barangays of 54 Communities.

  In addition, DNV GL provided technical assistance and played an important role to the PRC’s response to the recent Typhoon Mangkhut. Based on the CEP MAP training on mapping techniques, the PRC staff were able to quickly map areas in the typhoon’s path, allowing the Red Cross to send resources where they were needed the most.

  This collaboration was highlighted in Arendalsuka 2018, in a seminar called: Technology which is changing the world.

• UK

  DNV GL staff in the UK have supported a number or UK charities during 2018, raising in excess of £2,500. The Mark Pollock Trust, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal and the British Red Cross were the top three beneficiaries.