Applying for Integrity Management System Certification: Conditions Enterprises Need to Meet and Certification Process

Compared to conventional systems such as ISO9001 Quality, ISO14001 Environmental, and ISO45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management, the Integrity Management System is a relatively new system. However, under the current national promotion and improvement of commercial credit construction, corporate concepts such as "corporate integrity" and "corporate value" have quietly entered enterprises and the market. Under this situation, the certification of the corporate integrity management system has already begun to ferment and spread in the market, becoming well known.

What is Corporate Integrity Management System Certification?

Corporate Integrity Management System Certification is a certification service approved by the National Certification and Accreditation Administration Committee. It audits the management techniques, business operations, and related institutional arrangements for enterprise credit risk prevention, control, and transfer based on the national standard: "GB/T 31950-2015 Corporate Integrity Management System."

After an enterprise is audited by a certification body and meets the national standard "GB/T 31950-2015 Corporate Integrity Management System," it will be awarded a certification certificate, which will be publicly displayed on the National Certification and Accreditation Administration Committee's website.

Application Areas of Corporate Integrity Management System Certification

The qualification of Corporate Integrity Management System Certification can serve as strong proof of enterprise credibility in government procurement, bidding, investment promotion, business cooperation, and other activities, helping to enhance the enterprise's market competitiveness and bidding ability. Regarding bidding qualifications, in some projects, enterprises holding the "Corporate Integrity Management System Certificate" can receive direct bonus points during the bidding process.

Integrity Management System Certification can help enterprises comprehensively improve their integrity level, enhance market competitiveness, and promote healthy and sustainable development. Besides the most direct bonus points in the bidding process, what other benefits does Corporate Integrity Management System Certification offer?

1. Authoritative Credit Proof for Enterprises
Corporate Integrity Management System Certification adopts national standards and is audited and certified by professional certification bodies. Enterprises that meet the national standards receive certification and are issued a certificate. The certificate can be verified on the National Certification and Accreditation Administration Committee's website, making it authoritative and trustworthy. There are many fake integrity certificates in the market, so careful identification is necessary!!!

2. Display and Promote Integrity Image
Enterprises can display the certification qualification on product packaging, product manuals, corporate brochures, corporate promotional videos, official websites, media advertisements, personal business cards, and other promotional carriers, which helps improve market image and makes it easier to gain market and customer recognition and trust.

3. Prevent Enterprise Credit Risks
Helps enterprises establish an effective operating integrity management system to identify, warn, prevent, control, and handle potential dishonesty risks, integrity crises, and dishonest behaviors, stipulate related processes, keep them continuously controlled, and help enterprises continuously improve their integrity level.

4. Wide Application Areas
The results of Corporate Integrity Management System Certification can be used as authoritative proof of enterprise bidding credibility, core competitiveness, and comprehensive strength in government procurement, bidding, investment promotion, business cooperation, and other activities.
System Certification Application Conditions:

1. Enterprises legally registered within mainland China;
2. Recent main business income is in a state of continuous operation, not enterprises about to close or stop operations;
3. Enterprises have no records of bad credit or illegal violations.

System Certification Application Process:
1. Preliminary review passed, sign contract, pay fees;
2. Conduct pre-certification guidance and submit relevant certification materials;
3. Certification body auditors conduct on-site audit;
4. Certification body approves certification results;
5. Submit certification results to the National Certification and Accreditation Administration Committee for record and issue certification certificate;
6. Follow-up supervision.