DNV and WWF to cooperate

The agreement focuses on sustainable shipping, a low-carbon society, the Arctic and assurance and sustainability standards.
Under the terms of the agreement, the WWF will receive funding for its wildlife conservation work over a three-year period. DNV, on its part, gains a partner that can contribute to sustainable development through constructive dialogue and common projects.
“With this agreement, we are entering a partnership that we strongly believe will interest, challenge and inspire the employees of both organisations. We look forward to cooperating with WWF on issues that are important to us,” said Henrik O. Madsen, CEO of the DNV Group.
“The cooperation agreement is mainly based on DNV’s activities in Norway, but we see that it will be natural to draw on our global network for several projects. We have observed with great interest that WWF has a scientific and fact-based approach to the issues they work on, and we look forward to working with them on a wide range of projects. It is very likely that we may completely or partly professionally disagree on some issues, but we all need to be challenged by people with different views. I regard this perspective as a positive effect of our cooperation,” he said.
Another benefit of the agreement, according to Madsen, is that it allows participation in major global events arranged by WWF. An example of such an event is the annual Earth Hour campaign, where people around the world simultaneously switch off their lights for one hour.