[6] Bureau Veritas provided insurers with information that enabled them to assess the reliability of ships and equipment, and to ensure the protection of people and property.
[6] To meet the needs of its clients, Bureau Veritas developed its Certification and Government services businesses to evaluate management systems and supply chains.
This initial public offering was aimed at consolidating Bureau Veritas’ growth strategy by raising its profile, giving it access to new means of financing and forging loyalty among its employees.
[8] After its acquisition of Inspectorate in 2010, Bureau Veritas became one of the world’s top three players in the commodities sector and continued to expand its geographic footprint.
The 2025 strategy will be a value-enhancing journey ensuring both short and long term growth for Bureau Veritas, capturing the maximum value from the Group’s existing businesses adjacent to its core activity and leading sustainability in the TIC sector.
[13] In 2015, Bureau Veritas launched a strategic plan[14] to make the Group more resilient, and more resistant to macroeconomic fluctuations (e.g. oil, gas, primary commodities, marine).
[16] In December 2021, Didier Michaud-Daniel announced Bureau Veritas' ambitions for 2025, “wishing to make it a world leader on critical societal subjects such as energy transition, smart cities, new forms of mobility and traceability of supply chains”.
[20] In 2017, Bureau Veritas entered into a partnership with Avitas Systems[21] a GE Venture, to launch a range of inspection services based on predictive data analytics (i.e. artificial intelligence) for all industrial sectors.
In 2018, the Group launched Origin,[22] the very first traceability label based on blockchain technology, which provides consumers with complete, end-to-end proof of a product's journey, from farm to fork.
Bureau Veritas acquired Shandong Chengxin, a Chinese company specialized in support services for the construction of industrial infrastructure for the energy sector.
[27] In 2017, Bureau Veritas announced the acquisition of Primary Integration Solutions in the United States, thus expanding its Building & Infrastructure business into data centers.