Bureau Veritas believes it is the world’s second largest group (based on revenue and number of employees in 2006) in conformity assessment services in the areas of quality, health and safety, security, environment and social responsibility and the world leader in QHSE services excluding commodities testing.The Group’s business involves inspecting, testing, auditing or certifying products, assets (such as buildings, industrial infrastructure, equipment and ships) and management systems (particularly against ISO standards) based on regulatory or voluntarily adopted standards.