ISO 37001:2025 Anti-Bribery Management
ISO 37001 online: certificate after a self-assessment
You answer 38 yes/no questions about your anti-bribery management system. If you pass and pay, the certificate reaches you within 4 hours, with a QR code that leads to a public verification page. No auditor visits your premises.
01: Process
How does ISO 37001 online certification work?
The whole route runs in the browser. You do not need an account to buy, and you do not book an auditor.
Take the self-assessment
Answer 38 yes/no questions about the anti-bribery system your company runs today. The assessment is free and needs no registration.
Meet the pass rule
All 14 must-meet questions need a yes, and at least 16 of the other 24 questions need a yes. If you do not reach both, no certificate is issued.
Pay and wait for the review
Once you have passed, you pay the first-year fee online. SICE reviews your assessment before the certificate is issued.
Receive and share the certificate
Within 4 hours after passing and payment, you get the certificate as a PDF with a certificate number and a QR code. Anyone can enter the number or scan the code on the public verification page.
Each year a short online re-audit confirms that the certificate still holds.
02: Preparation
What does a company need to prepare?
The questions refer to a system you already operate, so preparation means gathering what exists. Have these six areas to hand before you start.
- Bribery risk assessment
- A written view of where bribery could arise in your business: sales agents, public tenders, customs clearance, gifts and hospitality. Show when it was last updated.
- Anti-bribery policy
- A policy approved by management and communicated to staff and business associates.
- Compliance function
- A named person or team with direct access to leadership.
- Due diligence
- Checks on transactions, business associates and personnel, scaled to the risk. Keep records, for example for agents and distributors.
- Financial and non-financial controls
- Dual signature on payments is a financial control. Approval rules for gifts and procurement steps are non-financial ones.
- Reporting channel
- A way for employees to raise concerns, with protection against retaliation.
The 14 must-meet questions are core questions of the assessment. They do not cover every requirement of the standard, and a pass does not replace running the system day to day.
03: Assessment
What do you need to pass the assessment?
Answer each question for the company as it operates now, not as it is planned. SICE reviews every assessment, and every certificate can be checked publicly.
| Question group | Number of questions | Required to pass |
|---|---|---|
| Must-meet questions | 14 | All answered yes |
| Other questions | 24 | At least 16 answered yes |
| Total | 38 | At least 30 yes, including all 14 must-meet questions |
04: Comparison
Online certification compared with an on-site audit
The classic route with an on-site audit by a certification body suits some buyers and some tenders. For many small companies, the online route removes the scheduling and most of the fees.
| Aspect | Zertify online | Classic route with on-site audit |
|---|---|---|
| Basis | Online self-assessment, 38 yes/no questions | Audit at your premises by a certification body |
| Scheduling | You start when your documents are ready | Audit date agreed with the certification body |
| Time to certificate | Within 4 hours after passing and payment | Depends on audit planning and reporting; indicatively several weeks to months |
| Cost | CHF 749 in the first year, then CHF 499 per year including the online re-audit | Quote from the certification body, depends on company size and sites |
| Staff time | Answering the questions | Interviews, document review and site visit |
| Yearly follow-up | Short online re-audit | Follow-up audits set by the certification body |
Which route your customer accepts is set by their own requirements. The guide on certification routes sets the two side by side.
05: Zertify
How Zertify fits in
Zertify issues the certificate under licence from SICE, the Swiss Institute of Certification and Education. The requirements themselves are explained on the ISO 37001 page, and the full price list is on the pricing page.
The fee is an automatic yearly subscription. You cancel at any time in your customer account, effective at the end of the current year, and the certificate then ends with the paid year. The certificate is valid for 3 years, with the online re-audit each year.
If you certify further standards, you get 20% off for two standards and 30% off for three or more, also on the yearly fee. Prices include 8.1% Swiss VAT for customers in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
06: Use
Where can you use the certificate?
Purchasing departments at groups with a code of conduct send supplier questionnaires that ask how you handle bribery. Public tenders and customer audits raise the same question. The PDF answers it with a certificate number and a QR code the buyer can scan.
The certificate is relevant for companies with public sector customers, exporters, construction and engineering firms, healthcare and medical technology, and commodity trading and logistics. It shows that you have taken reasonable organisational precautions against bribery. It does not claim that bribery cannot occur.
07: FAQ
Questions about ISO 37001 online
Yes. You complete the self-assessment on Zertify, and SICE reviews it. Zertify then issues the certificate under licence from SICE. No on-site audit takes place.
The certificate is issued within 4 hours after you have passed the assessment and paid. How long the assessment itself takes depends on how ready your documents are.
CHF 749 in the first year, then CHF 499 per year including the yearly online re-audit. Prices include 8.1% Swiss VAT for customers in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
No certificate is issued until all 14 must-meet questions are answered yes and at least 16 of the other 24 are yes. The assessment is free, so you can check where you stand before you pay anything.
The customer enters the certificate number on the public verification page or scans the QR code on the PDF. Every Zertify certificate can be checked this way.
Yes, at any time in your customer account. The cancellation takes effect at the end of the current year, and the certificate ends with the paid year.
08: Guide
Related pages
Find out where your anti-bribery system stands
The self-assessment has 38 yes/no questions and shows whether you meet the pass rule.
Free and without registration.