Certifee

Certifee Risk Due Diligence

Technical risk assessment for acquisitions, investments, and industrial operations.

Certifee identifies hidden risks that can affect food safety, regulatory compliance, sustainability, and the economic value of industrial assets.

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An investigative risk audit oriented to decision-making.

Risk Due Diligence is a technical risk assessment applied to the food chain to support decisions on investment, acquisition, expansion, contracting, or operational improvement. The analysis identifies sanitary, regulatory, operational, and reputational vulnerabilities that may compromise food safety, business continuity, or the real value of an operation. The scope goes beyond compliance: it assesses risk for a business decision.

When to engage

Critical moments when a diagnosis should come before the decision.

Technical findings can change the price of an acquisition, make the purchase conditional on corrective actions, require contractual guarantees, or make an operation unviable. Due diligence comes first.

  1. 01

    Acquisitions and M&A

    Before buying, integrating, or consolidating a plant, identify technical liabilities not evident in commercial documentation.

  2. 02

    Investments and expansion

    Support an investment thesis, assess technical feasibility, and size adaptation capex.

  3. 03

    Strategic contracting

    Qualify suppliers, co-packers, logistics operators, and critical third parties.

  4. 04

    Pre-certification

    Verify readiness for customer audit, GFSI scheme, export, or key-account requirements.

Assessed dimensions

Assessed dimensions

Cross-reading across dimensions reveals risks each isolated analysis would miss. The scope is adjusted to the operation’s profile and the type of decision the client needs to make.

  1. 01

    Food Safety

    • Controls for physical, chemical, and biological hazards
    • History of deviations, nonconformities, and recalls
  2. 02

    Operations & Processes

    • Industrial layout and production flows
    • Infrastructure, utilities, and state of conservation
    • Operational robustness and maintenance management
    • Indicators and operational governance
  3. 03

    Regulatory & Certifications

    • International and export requirements
    • Pending issues, notices, and history with authorities
  4. 04

    ESG & Sustainability

    • Working conditions in the chain
    • Reputational impacts and public exposure

Certifee methodology

Six steps that turn technical data into a business decision.

  1. Step01

    Document analysis

    Critical review of the management system, operational records, audit history, and indicators.

  2. Step02

    On-site technical visit

    Verification of what the documentation states against what actually happens on the plant floor.

  3. Step03

    Strategic interviews

    Conversations with technical and operational leadership to identify less visible fragility zones.

  4. Step04

    Consistency test

    Cross-checking practical evidence, records, and requirements to validate the system’s real maturity.

  5. Step05

    Risk classification

    Findings categorized by severity, impact, probability, and treatment urgency.

  6. Step06

    Business impact assessment

    Technical translation into commercial, regulatory, reputational, and economic consequences.

Deliverables

Two complementary reports, one integrated risk reading.

The delivered material is built for both technical and strategic use: operations teams find actionable recommendations, and leadership gets the context needed to decide.

Deliverable 01

Executive report

Technical summary for quick reading by leadership and decision-makers.

Deliverable 02

Strategic analysis

Strategic layer connecting technical findings to the business decision.

Traditional audit versus Risk Due Diligence

Requirements lead to compliance; risks lead to decision-making.

Traditional audit
Risk Due Diligence
Focus
Does the operation meet the requirement?
Risk applied to a business decision.
Output
List of nonconformities classified by requirement.
Findings classified by severity, impact, probability, and urgency.
Primary reader
Technical team and management-system owner.
Leadership, investment committee, and decision sponsor.

Who it is for

Capital decisions cannot tolerate operational surprises.

Risk Due Diligence serves profiles that need to turn technical reading into business decisions, with clarity on what is at stake before signing.

  1. Private equity and investors

    Pre-acquisition assessment of industrial assets and investment theses in the food chain.

  2. Food and feed companies

    Integration of acquired plants, governance standardization, and comparative reading across sites.

  3. Agribusinesses and trading companies

    Expansion, origination, and approval of strategic suppliers with material business risk.

  4. M&A operations

    Technical support for buy-side and sell-side transactions with operational and regulatory exposure.

  5. Strategic investors

    Capital decisions where food safety, regulatory, and ESG factors directly affect valuation.

Next step

Investing, acquiring, or integrating an operation in the food chain?

Tell us about the decision context. A senior consultant will respond with proposed scope, execution window, and delivery format, with no obligation.

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