In recent years, the global economy, trade and various cooperative relationships have become increasingly complex, and the operations of all types of organizations are facing unprecedented uncertainty and a wider range of risks. Against the backdrop of an increasingly complicated international environment, compliance has become an important prerequisite for the safe and sound development of enterprises and other organizations, and the demand for compliance management has emerged in the global market.

For Chinese enterprises, to forge ahead steadily in compliance amid a complicated environment, strengthening compliance governance and fostering a robust compliance culture have become mandatory courses for sustainable compliant development. Accelerating benchmarking against world-leading enterprises with mature compliance management systems has become a prevailing trend.

ISO 37301:2021 《Compliance Management Systems — Requirements with Guidance for Use》 Adopting a risk-based mindset together with the process approach and PDCA cycle logic, ISO 37301 sets out requirements and guidance for organizations to establish, develop, implement, evaluate, maintain and continuously improve an effective compliance management system centering on compliance governance principles.

ISO 37301 adopts the high-level structure of management system standards specified in Annex SL of the ISO/IEC Directives, making it easier to integrate the compliance management system with other ISO-based management systems already deployed within the organization. This standard helps organizations enhance their capability to meet compliance-related requirements laid down in other management systems and improves their overall administration of compliance obligations.