The Singapore Standard (SS) ISO 37001 on anti-bribery management systems is a voluntary standard designed to help companies establish, implement, maintain and improve their anti-bribery compliance programmes. It includes a series of measures which represents globally recognised anti-bribery good practice that companies can implement.The following are some benefits from the adoption of SS ISO 37001:

• Assists a company in implementing an anti-bribery management system, or in enhancing its existing controls, with the potential to reduce corporate risk and costs related to bribery.
• Helps provide assurance to the management and owners of an company, and to its funders, customers and other business associates, that the company has implemented internationally recognised good practice anti-bribery controls.
• Helps in the event of an investigation to provide evidence to the prosecutors or courts that the company had taken reasonable steps to prevent bribery

Purchase of SS ISO 37001

The standard is available for purchase from the Singapore Standards eShop at www.singaporestandardseshop.sg.

Certification to ISO 37001/ SS ISO 37001 

Companies may choose to be certified to ISO 37001/ SS ISO 37001 by accredited certification bodies, to ensure that their anti-bribery management system meets the requirements of the standard. The following certification bodies may provide more information for companies who are interested to be certified with ISO 37001/ SS ISO 37001: 

•    SOCOTEC Certification Singapore Pte Ltd
     Contact: Dave Cheng
     email: davecl [at] socotec.com, tel: 6299 9001

•    TÜV SÜD PSB Pte Ltd
     Contact: Tiffany Siew
     email: tiffany.siew [at] tuv-sud-psb.sg, tel: 6885 1647