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DNV Announces Major Expansion of Climate Change Services in North America

Posted on: Monday, 30 March 2009, 10:31 CDT

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- DNV is expanding its worldwide expertise in climate change services with the opening of offices in San Francisco and Portland, Ore.

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Globally, DNV was the first entity accredited as a verifier under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Though not a signatory to Kyoto, the United States is seeing dramatic rise in demand for business-focused environmental strategies especially those that offer practical steps toward reducing global warming.

"We are seeing burgeoning demand for climate change services, driven both by evolving public policy and by market forces," says Dick Bratcher, Regional Manager of DNV Climate Change Services. "We are deeply involved in understanding and managing the risks associated with climate change, and we have a unique opportunity to help organizations in North America deal with both the risks and the opportunities created by the need for managing greenhouse gas emissions."

DNV's climate change team in the U.S. has grown from three people in 2008 to 17, and additional growth is planned for 2009. A key hire just completed is the addition of veteran climate consultant Mark C. Trexler, Ph.D. along with eight colleagues in the Portland office.

"Mark Trexler has been a pioneer in the development of climate change mitigation strategies and policy in the U.S. and internationally," adds Mr. Bratcher. "We are delighted to welcome him and his team to DNV."

Dr. Trexler brings more than 20 years of climate change expertise to DNV. He previously was Director at EcoSecurities Consulting, Ltd., where he led an international team providing carbon inventories and footprinting, carbon market forecasting, strategic environmental planning and other climate-change advisory services. Prior to that, Dr. Trexler was president of Trexler Climate and Energy Services, Inc., which he founded in 1991 and which was the first consulting firm to specialize in providing climate change related services to corporate clients. Dr. Trexler was previously with the Climate, Energy, and Pollution Program of the World Resources Institute, and has served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Over the past decade DNV has established worldwide leadership in providing validation, verification and certification services related to the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation programmes. DNV holds a 48 percent market share of CDM projects so far. DNV provides carbon footprinting, verification of emission inventories and greenhouse gas offset projects, validation of emission reduction projects, training, and advisory services.

About DNV

DNV (Det Norske Veritas) is an independent foundation founded in 1864 whose purpose is the safeguarding of life, property, and the environment. With global headquarters in Oslo, Norway, DNV has approximately 300 offices in 100 countries with 9,000 employees. DNV's core competence is helping organizations to identify, assess, and manage risk. DNV's various business units - ranging from healthcare to energy to aerospace - all focus on safely and responsibly improving business performance for their customers. For more information visit www.dnv.com.

SOURCE Det Norske Veritas Certification Inc.

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