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ABAC™ Center of Excellence

Building Trust. Ensuring Compliance™

Anti-Bribery Anti-Corruption (ABAC™) Center of Excellence is an independent certification body that provides education and certification services for individuals and organisations on a wide range of disciplines and ISO standards, including:

ISO 37301:2021 (formerly ISO 19600) Compliance Management systems (CMS)

ISO 37001:2016 Anti-Bribery Management Systems (ABMS)

ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management Guidelines

ISO 37000:2021 Governance of Organisations

ISO 37002:2021 Whistleblowing Management Systems

ABAC™ offers a complete suite of solutions designed to help organisations mitigate the internal and external risks associated. Our GRC (governance, risk and compliance) subject specific experts operate in multi-jurisdiction and multi-cultural environments while assisting organisations in the development of frameworks for strategic compliance programs.

ABAC™ is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS CB number: 10613) against ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and Certification of the scheme’s management systems of ISO 37001:2016 Anti-Bribery Management Systems (ABMS). This makes ABAC™ Certification the leading accreditated certification body specialising in global anti-bribery and anti-corruption, risk and compliance management system standards.

ABAC™ experts audit any existing compliance and anti-bribery anti-corruption management systems to assess effectiveness and vulnerabilities while ensuring your organisation complies with Internal Standards, FCPA, UK Bribery Act, Anti-Money Laundering regulations, and all other global, regional and local regulations while maintaining a competitive edge in the world marketplace.

Building TRUST. Ensuring COMPLIANCETM

Our purpose is to inspire trust for a more resilient world. Our Certification and Training solutions and services improve performance and support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards. 

ABAC™ Center of Excellence, powered by CRI Group™, educates, equips and supports the world’s leading business organisations with the latest best-in-practice risk assessments, performance assessments, systems improvement and standards Certification. This is underpinned by our accreditations and through our industry partnerships.

OUR PURPOSE, VISION & VALUES

Mission

Provide our clients with comprehensive training and certification services that inspire trust for a more resilient world and benefit the society as a whole

Vision

Become the global benchmark for the provision of professional certification services;

Values

Integrity, Trust, and Compliance;

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OUR CLIENTS

ABAC™ was established as an independent division of CRI Group™ to provide training and certification services to businesses seeking to validate or expand their existing compliance frameworks by developing the latest in best-practice anti-corruption, due diligence processes and procedures necessary for pursuing and maintaining global third-party affiliations. ABAC™ Center of Excellence offers a complete suite of solutions designed to help organisations mitigate internal and external risks.

MAKE EXCELLENCE A HABIT

If you are seeking to validate or expand your existing compliance frameworks to maintain a competitive edge in the world marketplace, ABAC™ can help you. Our experts audit your existing compliance and anti-bribery anti-corruption management systems to assess effectiveness and vulnerabilities while ensuring your organisation complies with Internal Standards, FCPA rules, UK Bribery Act laws, Anti-Money Laundering regulations, and all other global, regional and local regulations.

OUR PARENT BRAND

Over the past three decades, CRI Group™ has emerged as a global leader in corporate investigations and risk management, serving distinguished clients across Europe, Asia Pacific, South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, North and South America. CRI Group™ safeguards businesses by establishing the legal compliance, financial viability, and integrity levels of outside partners, suppliers and customers seeking to affiliate with an organisation.

ABAC™ program assessment & Gap Analysis process involves:

A comprehensive review to affirm initial buy-in of the organisation’s risk management program beginning with top-level management

A survey of the organisation’s staff to determine the overall level of understanding of the established corporate procedures to identify corruption and other risks

A review of training programs for personnel

An audit of systems and procedures to ensure processes are up to date

Staging scenarios to gauge the effectiveness of program implementation

An audit of all steps required to identify, report and resolve red flag issues