TS ISO 37301/Amd 1

TS ISO 37301/Amd 1. OFFICIAL SCOPE IS UNAVAILABLE. This record is an amendment to the compliance management systems standard, adding Climate action changes to the parent document. ISO 37301 is widely understood as a management system standard that helps an organization identify compliance obligations, manage them systematically, and improve compliance performance over time. This amendment keeps the parent standard’s framework and guidance for use, while reflecting updates intended to align compliance management with climate-related considerations.

What a compliance management system is designed to do

A compliance management system helps organizations address not only legal requirements, but also contractual duties, internal policies, and voluntary commitments in a consistent way. In general technical terms, the system typically brings together leadership accountability, assigned responsibilities, risk assessment, training and awareness, monitoring, reporting, and corrective action. The ISO 37301 family applies this management-system logic so compliance becomes part of governance rather than a one-time check.

Why climate action changes matter in practice

Climate action changes are best understood as updates that help organizations handle climate-related expectations, commitments, and compliance risks more clearly. In practical terms, they can affect areas such as environmental claims, climate targets, supply-chain commitments, and reporting statements. More broadly, a compliance management system provides a structure in which policy, process, and records work together to reduce the risk of inaccurate claims, weak oversight, or uncontrolled commitments.

• This is an amendment, so it does not by itself reproduce the full body of the parent standard.
• The focus is on aligning compliance management systems with climate-action-related updates.
• The guidance for use supports application within the organization’s own context.
• The parent management-system approach is based on leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation, and improvement.