Environmental regulations are getting stricter, and so is the law enforcement. Customers and shareholders increasingly demand that businesses diminish the environmental impact from their business, demonstrate what they do, and how they improve. An Environmental Management System helps your organisation to be in control of and successfully manage the most significant environmental aspects, e.g. emissions, waste-handling, utilise natural resources, and energy-efficiency.

Getting key processes and challenges under control requires that you are able identify strengths, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities. With our Risk Based Certification approach, DNV auditors assess how well your Environmental Management System supports the areas of greatest risk to you, in addition to measuring compliance against elected standards.

On this Environmental Management homepage, we will help you understand the what and why of an Environmental Management System—what it is and why your business will benefit from implementing one.

Partner with DNV for:

• Certification of your Environmental Management System to ISO 14001, and assess how your organisation handles environmental risks. ISO 14001international standard for Environmental Management Systems. This generic standard is applicable to any organisation in any industry.
• Verification according to EMAS (The Eco Management and Audit Scheme). This voluntary scheme is applicable to organisations in the European Union and the European Economic Area.

The road to certification will help you prepare for an independent audit. Accredited certification will explain what DNV's Risk Based Certification process entails.

DNV offers Risk Based Certification worldwide, and holds a wide range of national accreditations. With our global network of local resources, we provide you with the certification most suitable to your needs, type of business, and company location. Wherever you are, our auditors make it a point to know the business you are in.