AQUASYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL NV is (UVDB) ACHILLES' REGISTERED & CERTIFIED :
we are being audited by ACHILLES UVDB (UTILITIES VENDOR DATABASE- UK) on a yearly basis, holding the UVDB ACHILLES Verify B1 certificate.

ACHILLES is the global leader and partner of our choice for supply chain risk and performance management in Natural Resources, Industrials and Infrastructure sectors. They run supplier pre-qualification programmes, validate data, carry out industry audits and mitigate risks.
They offer innovative products, services and training in supply chain management. Their buyers and suppliers form lasting business partnerships in industry communities unique to Achilles.
Headquartered in the UK, they employ over 1000 people in 29 countries, offering global procurement services, with local expertise.
More than 850 of the world’s leading buying organisations and in excess of 150,000 key suppliers currently benefit from being members of the Achilles’ network of over 30 different communities in 11 industry sectors. They are continuously expanding their services into new markets.
Creating collaborative communities
Achilles creates and manages a global network of collaborative industry communities, allowing trading partners to share high quality, structured, real-time data.
Using cloud-based technology and industry expertise they act as an independent partner, providing validated data and insightful analytics to enable buyers across a sector to identify and manage risk and suppliers to increase market reach while incasing compliance and minimising costs for the network as a whole.
The Power of a Network of Communities
Their community structure provides :
- buyers with access to a broader range of verified, compliant
- supplierssuppliers with access to a broader range of potential buyers
The required verification and data gathering processes are standardised within the community and are facilitated by their local support teams based around the world.
The result is a significant reduction in the work required by both suppliers and buyers to manage and reduce risk within their community and a substantially lower cost of compliance for the community as a whole.
Their communities range in scope from large individual enterprises seeking to improve compliance and risk management across their multi-national base of subsidiaries to broad, industry-wide communities of over 100 major buyers and 10,000 suppliers.
Their global network produces additional benefits by sharing best practice in compliance and risk management between industry sectors and across geographies and allows buyers and suppliers to open up trading opportunities in new markets.
Their services
They provide our communities with :
- A SaaS-based buyer and supplier compliance, risk and performance management platform
- Expertise in the specific industry sector and in procurement compliance and risk management issues in general
- Support to assist suppliers in compiling the relevant information and achieving compliance
- Resources to continuously update, verify and, if required, audit the information
Their customers
They work with some of the world’s best-known companies including Shell, Balfour Beatty, Toyota Motor Europe, EDF, Vale, ABB, Santos, Chevron, Maersk, Skanska, Statoil, Vattenfall, Repsol YPF, Alstom, Iberdrola, Acciona, Abertis, National Grid, BHP Billiton, Yamana Gold, Halliburton, Anglo American, Jaguar Landrover and Exxon Mobil.