DNV is a leading independent greenhouse gas verifier operating globally. We believe in a partnership approach that benefits you and your organisation. Our greenhouse gas specialists are used by companies, organisations, and governments across a wide range of industry sectors.

DNV has been a risk management and quality assurance market leader since our founding in 1864. Over the past 145 years we have played a leading role in maritime safety, offshore energy systems, and business quality assurance. Today, our risk management business ranges from food and health care to software and knowledge management.

We have been the global market leader in validation and verification of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction projects for over ten years. More recently we have expanded our services to include voluntary carbon market validation and verification services. We recently completed the first-ever GHG inventory verification for a federal agency. Going far beyond project-based services, DNV’s climate change team members have been at the forefront of their field for 20 years, with accomplishments that include:

• working on the first carbon offset projects domestically and internationally,

• carrying out many of the first corporate footprints,

• winning the first power plant siting case involving required CO₂ mitigation

• taking the first companies and products climate neutral

• supporting the first utility climate change business unit

• creating the first carbon market forecasting tool.

Our carbon market accreditations include UNFCCC, California Air Resources Board, California Climate Action Registry, Climate Action Reserve, The Climate Registry, Voluntary Carbon Standard, Chicago Climate Exchange.

With the following qualities, we are well-equipped to satisfy your organisation's greenhouse gas validation, verification, and certification needs:

• DNV is an international foundation, established in 1864, with the primary objective to
  safeguard life, property, and the environment. DNV has no shareholders, and all net
  income is invested back into DNV’s research and business development projects.

• DNV is a market leader in third party certification and assessment services with a global
  reputation for excellence. We operate from more than 300 offices worldwide; our employees
  speak your language and know your local needs, customs, and markets.

• We have personnel with broad greenhouse gas verification, certification, and specific
  industry knowledge and experience.

• We have developed robust, risk-based audit systems combining financial audit rigour with
  technical/environmental expertise.

• DNV is accredited by the UNFCCC (the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate
  Change) as Designated Operating Entity (DOE) under the Clean Development Mechanism
  (CDM). We were the first DOE accredited for the verification of all major CDM scopes.

• We are an approved certifier under the California Climate Action Registry and the
  Chicago Climate Exchange in the US.

• DNV took part in the development of the WRI/WBCSD GHG project protocols, the ISO
  14064 standards for project reductions, and the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS).

• We were instrumental in the development of Prototype Carbon Funds (PCFs) and
  International Emissions Trading Association’s (IETA) Validation and Verification Manual.

• DNV was instrumental in developing monitoring, reporting and verification principles for the
  UNFCCC, the World Bank’s PCF and the Dutch GHG programmes.