Verily, Bureau Veritas says unto the business world: If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. Bureau Veritas provides technical services focusing on construction, quality, environmental, health, safety, social accountability, and information management issues. Core services include inspection, product testing and certification, ship classification, regulatory compliance, conformity assessment, consulting, and training. The company has 1,000 offices and more than 300 laboratories in 140 countries and serves clients in such industries as construction, manufacturing, petroleum, telecommunications, and transportation. French investment firm Wendel Investissement owns a controlling stake of Bureau Veritas.