ISO 37001:2025 Anti-bribery management systems (ABMS)
ISO 37001 ABMS enables organizations to prevent, detect, and address bribery regardless of its source. It supports the establishment of anti-bribery policies, training, and risk assessments. It also helps professionals conduct due diligence on projects and business associates. Download our FAQs to learn more >
Key changes in ISO 37001:2025
The ISO 37001:2025 revision introduces refinements to strengthen anti-bribery management systems, ensuring organizations maintain ethical integrity while adapting to evolving compliance demands. Key updates include:
New
1. Climate Change
Organizations must now evaluate how climate change influences bribery vulnerabilities and ethical decision-making. Businesses must evaluate climate-related financial flows, policy shifts, and regulatory gaps as potential bribery risks. Emerging bribery risks in climate initiatives:
- Financial misuse: Large-scale funding for climate projects can lead to misallocation, fraud, or unethical financial practices.
- Regulatory manipulation: Influence over environmental policies and market structures may be exploited for personal or corporate gain.
- Greenwashing and false claims: Misrepresentation of ESG credentials and carbon credit schemes can mislead investors and stakeholders.
- Supply chain disruptions: Climate-driven shifts in supply chains may expose organizations to new bribery risks, particularly in international dealings.
2. Anti-bribery Culture
The standard reinforces the need for a deeply embedded ethical framework that supports anti-bribery policies. Governing body, top management and management must demonstrate commitment towards a common standard behaviour and conduct. Top management must encourage behaviour that supports Anti-bribery policy and ABMS; prevent and not tolerate behaviour that compromises Anti-bribery.
Enhanced
- Conflicts of Interest: Enhanced guidance helps organizations proactively identify and mitigate conflicts that could compromise integrity.
- Strengthens training and awareness: Organizations must provide structured training from the start of employment and continue at regular intervals, reinforcing ethical conduct and compliance throughout professional engagements.
- Anti-bribery policy: Organizations to ensure it is communicated in a language that is accessible and understandable to all personnel and business associates.
Refined
- Anti-Bribery Function: The role of anti-bribery oversight is more clearly defined, ensuring accountability and effectiveness.
- More Harmonized terms and structure with other standards: The latest structural framework ensures seamless alignment with broader compliance and governance standards.
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ISO 37001:2025 system certification and transition
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- Recertification services: Maintain compliance and continuously improve your anti-bribery systems.
- Transfer and scope extension: Easily migrate or expand your certification to meet evolving business needs.
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