Crosswalk pair
ESG Essentials and ISO/IEC 42001, control by control
1 canonical control in Keel’s library satisfies clauses of both ESG Essentials and ISO/IEC 42001. Implement each once, attach the evidence once, and it counts toward each standard. The overlap is the work you don’t repeat.
The overlap
What the two libraries have in common
Every figure here counts canonical controls in Keel’s library, not clauses of either standard. Each standard’s own authored count is on its framework page.
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Controls that satisfy both
Canonical controls that crosswalk to at least one clause of each.
37
In Keel’s library for ESG Essentials
3% of them also map to ISO/IEC 42001.
38
In Keel’s library for ISO/IEC 42001
3% of them also map to ESG Essentials.
2
Evidence artifacts expected
Across the shared controls, from Keel’s evidence guidance. Gathered once.
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1 control of 37 in Keel’s library for ESG Essentials also maps to ISO/IEC 42001.
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1 control of 38 in Keel’s library for ISO/IEC 42001 also maps to ESG Essentials.
The mapping
Controls that satisfy both
Each row is one control in Keel’s library and the clauses it answers on each side. Do the work once; both columns are then evidenced by the same artifacts.
| Canonical control | ESG Essentials clauses | ISO/IEC 42001 clauses |
|---|---|---|
| Management review Leadership reviews how the management system is performing at planned intervals and decides what to do about it: what will be improved, and what about the system itself has to change. Each decision leaves the review with a named owner and a date rather than as a sentiment in the minutes, the previous review’s decisions are picked back up at the next one so nothing is decided twice and never done, and the record of the review and its outputs is retained. The risk management strategy is one of the review’s standing subjects: what the strategy actually produced is reviewed for what it says about the direction being taken, and the strategy itself is then reviewed and adjusted for whether it still covers the requirements the organization is under and the risks on its register - so a strategy the year has overtaken is changed at the review rather than reaffirmed by it. The review is planned rather than convened, and what it has to consider is fixed in advance: the status of actions from previous reviews; changes in the external and internal issues that bear on the system; the satisfaction of customers and the feedback of other interested parties; how far the objectives set for the system have been met; how the processes are performing and whether what the organization delivers conforms; the nonconformities raised and the corrective actions taken; the results of monitoring and measurement; audit results; how external providers are performing; whether the resources the system has are adequate; the effectiveness of the actions taken on risks and opportunities; and the opportunities for improvement on the table. An input that is missing on the day is recorded as missing rather than passed over, so the review is answerable for what it did not see as well as for what it decided. Where the organization develops or uses AI, the AI governance program is a standing subject of the same review rather than a separate forum: what the AI systems in scope did, what the risks and impacts recorded against them showed, and what should change - taken with the rest of the agenda by the same leadership, so an AI decision is weighed against the organization’s other commitments instead of beside them. | G.14 | 9.3 |
Beyond the pair
Where else this work counts
A framework is lit when a shared control above also maps to it. Unlit means none of them do — an absence, not a judgment about that standard.
Also reached by this control
- AI Governance Essentials
- Amazon Appstore Child-Directed Apps
- Apple App Store Kids Category
- CIS Critical Security Controls
- COPPA
- EU AI Act
- GDPR
- Google Play Families
- HIPAA
- ISO 9001
- ISO/IEC 27001
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- NIST SP 800-171
- NIST SP 800-53
- PCI DSS
- SOC 2
- SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) Section 404
- US Employment Law - Federal Baseline
Nearby pairs
- ISO/IEC 42001 and ISO 9001 17 shared controls
- ISO/IEC 42001 and ISO/IEC 27001 16 shared controls
- ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST AI Risk Management Framework 14 shared controls
- ISO/IEC 42001 and AI Governance Essentials 13 shared controls
- ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework 10 shared controls
- ESG Essentials and SOC 2 8 shared controls
The thesis
Why this is one project, not two
On a crosswalk-native model, ISO/IEC 42001 mostly lights up controls you already built for ESG Essentials. You’re not re-uploading the same screenshot for a second audit. You apply the framework and see the genuine delta worth working. That’s the whole idea behind collect once, comply everywhere.
Next step
Add ISO/IEC 42001 to the work you already did
Apply both frameworks in one workspace and see the overlap measured against the controls you already hold.