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ISO 37301 certification in Makati

Achieve ISO 37301 certification in Makati with Sterling: 8,100+ client engagements in 60+ countries, 20+ years.

  • Accredited certification
  • Manila office team
  • Effivity software included
  • Academy training included

Clients include

  • Allianz
  • Emirates Flight Catering
  • Etihad Rail
  • Haier
  • Whirlpool
  • Emerson
In short

ISO 37301 certification in Makati at a glance

Compliance in Makati is a many-headed thing: supervisory circulars for banks, privacy rules for anyone holding customer data, licensing for a hospital, contract terms handed down by a multinational head office. ISO 37301 is the management-system answer. It asks an organisation to identify its compliance obligations, assess where it might fall short, set policy and objectives, provide a way to raise concerns, investigate breaches and review the results under top management. In the CBD it suits banks and finance-related firms, local subsidiaries that must reassure headquarters, and healthcare groups with layered duties. A certificate is optional; the discipline is the point. Sterling's Manila office in Makati builds the register and risk assessment with your team, and an accredited certification body issues the certificate.

Why here

Why ISO 37301 in Makati

  • Banks and finance-related firmsTheir obligations come from many supervisory and contractual sources and need one register.
  • Subsidiaries of multinationalsThey must show headquarters that local obligations are tracked.
  • HospitalLicensing, privacy and employment duties need named owners.

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Local drivers

What drives ISO 37301 in Makati

Demand is buyer-led: clients, tenants and supplier codes ask for this standard; no Makati authority or zone rule requires it.

Requirements

What ISO 37301 requires

Strip away the vocabulary and ISO 37301 requires a company to prove six things about how it meets its legal and other obligations.

You know your obligationsObligations from laws, regulators, contracts and voluntary commitments are identified and kept current.
The governing body and management leadThe governing body and top management set the compliance policy and support a culture in which compliance is expected.
A compliance function has authorityA compliance function is resourced, independent enough to act and has direct access to the governing body.
Compliance risks are assessedRisks of failing to meet obligations are assessed, and controls are designed in proportion to them.
Concerns are raised and handledPeople can raise concerns without fear of retaliation, and suspected breaches are investigated and corrected.
You monitor and reportCompliance performance is monitored, reported to leadership, audited and reviewed so the system improves.

The detail is on the global hub: ISO 37301 explained →

How Sterling delivers

How Sterling delivers ISO 37301 in Makati

Served by Sterling's Manila office in Makati, so workshops and walk-throughs can take place at your own premises. One team carries the work from scoping to certificate.

Included in every engagement
  • End to end, from one team
  • Effivity ISO & GRC software
  • Preferential Sterling Academy access, with complimentary awareness training for your people
  • Internal auditor training for your audit team, as applicable to your standard
  • Vulnerability assessment on ISMS engagements

The Sterling Promise: 100% on-time completion, 100% success, 8,100+ client engagements.Sterling does not certify. Certification decisions stay with independent bodies.

Law and accreditation

Regulations and accreditation for ISO 37301 in the Philippines

The laws, regulators and accreditation route for ISO 37301 apply across the Philippines, Makati included. They are set out on the country page: ISO 37301 certification in the Philippines →

Related

Standards Makati organisations combine with ISO 37301

All standards Sterling delivers in Makati →

ISO 37301 in Makati: questions clients ask

What does ISO 37301 give a Makati financial firm?

One management system for its compliance obligations: a register of laws, supervisory expectations and contract terms, a compliance risk assessment, reporting and investigation routes, and review. A certificate can reassure counterparties and boards. It does not replace supervisory approval, and the Philippines page sets out the central bank and privacy regimes.

Who should own a compliance system in a Makati subsidiary?

Top management owns it, with a compliance function holding day-to-day responsibility and the authority to report directly. The standard expects leadership, resources, culture and a speak-up route. In a subsidiary, the local head and the group compliance team should agree who carries which obligations.

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More on ISO 37301

Next step

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Sources

  1. Banking, finance and business services — makati.gov.ph (accessed 8 Oct 2026)
  2. Multinational headquarters and office estates — ayalaland.com (accessed 8 Oct 2026)
  3. Private hospital care — makatimed.net.ph (accessed 8 Oct 2026)

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