Bureau Veritas is a French testing, inspection and certification company founded in Antwerp in 1828. It has about 79,000 employees and more than 1,500 offices and laboratories in 140 countries, and reported $6.34 billion of revenue in 2024. It offers sustainability assurance and, through its AITrack platform, supply-chain carbon analytics.
Bureau Veritas tests, inspects and certifies assets, products and management systems. Its businesses include buildings and infrastructure, agri-food and commodities, marine and offshore, industry, certification and consumer products.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Its sustainability solutions cover verification, assurance and advisory work. AITrack, built by Aligned Incentives (founded 2015, now part of Bureau Veritas), links activity-level supply-chain data with financial data for carbon footprinting.
Source: group.bureauveritas.com, group.bureauveritas.com
Bureau Veritas has been a CAC 40 member since December 2024, and Hinda Gharbi has been CEO since June 2023.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Bureau Veritas's near-term target is validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (checked October 16, 2026). In September 2026 it announced SBTi approval of an updated Scope 3 method and 2030 targets.
Source: sciencebasedtargets.org, group.bureauveritas.com
Bureau Veritas is suited to buyers who need independent verification of emissions data or certification of construction and facilities, rather than strategy work.
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | No data | NO DATA |
| Founded | 1828 | PUBLIC SOURCE wikidata.org |
| Ownership | Public (Euronext Paris, CAC 40) | PUBLIC SOURCE en.wikipedia.org |
| Employees | ~79,000 | PUBLIC SOURCE en.wikipedia.org |
| Revenue (published) | $6.34B (2024) | PUBLIC SOURCE en.wikipedia.org |
| Operations and regions | No data | NO DATA |
| Customers and markets | No data | NO DATA |
| Facilities and capacity | No data | NO DATA |
| Technologies | No data | NO DATA |
| Certifications and standards | No data | NO DATA |
| Partners and named customers | No data | NO DATA |
Only what the company or an official register publishes. Targets and commitments are labelled as such. No data means we found no public figure, not that none exists.
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PUE (published) | No data | NO DATA |
| WUE (published) | No data | NO DATA |
| Renewable energy share | No data | NO DATA |
| SBTi target status | Near-term: Validated Targets (SBTi entity: BUREAU VERITAS) | PUBLIC SOURCE sciencebasedtargets.org |
Research note: Wikidata used for HQ/founded; may lag recent moves.
In Antwerp, Belgium, in 1828. (en.wikipedia.org)
A Bureau Veritas platform for supply-chain carbon footprinting. (group.bureauveritas.com)
Yes. Its near-term target is validated. (sciencebasedtargets.org)
Accessed Oct 24, 2026.
