AI Governance Fundamentals: EU AI Act, CSRD & NIST

Every organization deploying AI today faces two converging compliance challenges: AI governance and ESG sustainability reporting. Most treat them separately. That’s a costly mistake.In this course, Alfons Futterer — governance practitioner, author of ESG-AI Mastery and The ESG-AI Playbook, and founder of ComplyNexus — shows you how AI and ESG are the same governance challenge in different domains, and why integrated governance is not just responsible, it’s a competitive advantage.You will learn to:Identify Shadow AI risks and their ESG implications.Apply the NIST AI Risk Management Framework across both AI and sustainability dimensions.Navigate the EU AI Act, CSRD, ISSB S1/S2, and Singapore’s Model AI Governance Framework.Conduct AI Impact Assessments.Build an Ethics Board that includes ESG representation.Create a 30-day dual-compliance action plan.Real-world examples from NanoMatriX, healthcare AI deployments, luxury brand anti-counterfeit systems, and financial services will show you what governance success and failure look like in practice. Proprietary frameworks — including the Governance Effectiveness Equation and the Compliance Upside Rule — are introduced to help you shift governance from a cost center to a growth engine.This course is designed for compliance officers, sustainability directors, AI product managers, legal counsel, C-suite leaders, and anyone building or overseeing AI systems in regulated industries.Note: This course is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal, financial, or regulatory compliance advice.