Life Care Partner

Norbert Wieneke: We are all facing challenges that we cannot always solve on short notice and alone. These include, for example, customers who want to purchase services around the globe and are unable to find suitable suppliers. Together with our partners, we can offer fast, cost-effective and sometimes even more tailor-made solutions.

Another aspect is the exchange of new business ideas and new business models between smaller and larger partners. This helps us, with the support of experts, to take on the perspectives of other companies and to incorporate new aspects into the development of services.

Norbert Wieneke: It is certainly a challenge to find solutions that are beneficial for both or even all sides. For us as TÜV Rheinland, however, this is very important, because only this can be a basis for a sustainable partnership. But without an initial investment there will rarely be positive results or only on very favourable occasions. But that's what we're working on together with our partners. It usually starts with common sales targets and can then develop further in all directions. Our long-term goal is to promote joint innovations in addition to the obvious topics such as a joint market presence and to make a sustainable contribution to the UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) in the area of occupational health and safety. To a certain extent, we can certainly do this on our own, but with partners, we are faster globally.

Norbert Wieneke: No. As TÜV Rheinland, we only supply the framework and offer a place under the umbrella of the TÜV Rheinland OSH network. All partners remain independent companies with whom we agree on areas in which we work together. We only enter into closer commitments in the area of concrete orders where the customer makes the specifications and to which we then all adhere together in our respective roles. In the same way we get to know each other better and can then tackle larger and more challenging projects together.