Why ISO 42001 Matters for AI Governance at Scale

### Executive summary: ISO 42001 — ISO 42001 is an ISO management system standard for AI governance that provides a risk-based, certifiable framework to embed safety, fairness, transparency, and accountability across the AI lifecycle; the article explains how it supports continuous risk management, supply-chain accountability, documented governance practices, and operationalization of trust through impact assessments and GRC integration.