DNV Announces Major Expansion of Climate Change Services in North America

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.

Pete Greer of G2PR for DNV, +1-978-462-8042, pgreer@g2pr.com