Feb. 12, 2026

Higher Power: Can AI Investment & Climate Strategy Co-Exist?

At your next board meeting where AI is on the agenda, add one question: Can our AI growth plans and our climate commitments succeed together? That litmus test will reveal whether you’re treating energy as a governance issue or a technical detail.

Coming soon: What will the EPA’s repeal of its landmark endangerment finding mean for corporate climate, ESG and sustainability programs?

Additional AI Insights

• Congress cannot afford for preemption complexities to derail vital legislative work on a national framework for American AI dominance.

• The DOJ’s message is unmistakable: AI can be either a compliance tool or a criminal liability, depending on deployment and governance. 

COMPLIANCE

DOJ’s Highest-Ever FCA Recoveries Send Mixed Signals

While healthcare-related False Claims Act actions generated over $5.7 billion of the record $6.8 billion in fiscal 2025 recoveries, less than half of new DOJ cases involved healthcare matters. Here’s what this means for cybersecurity, customs enforcement and DEI.

INTERNAL AUDIT

Internal Audit Is About True Expertise, Not Just Staffing Numbers

Boards often struggle to translate operational risk into strategic language — receiving hundreds of pages of low-level findings while systemic risks go unreported. Credentials like the CIA, CPA, and CISA can bridge the gap.

RISK

Uncovering Real Physical Threats in the Virtual Space

Someone posts that they want to harm your CEO. Is it an empty threat or a real danger? The second installment of CCI’s two-part series on executive safety explores how to tell if an on-screen message will become an event in the physical world.

Read Part one here.

FINSERV

Adapting to Regional Regulatory Approaches Based on Caution, Not Coordination

Financial institutions expanding across borders face regulations that reflect caution rather than coordination, creating a persistent compliance challenge. To adapt, institutions should build malleable infrastructure and engage with regulators.

RISK

Congressional Testimony, Step One: Get on the Bicycle

Successful congressional testimony is about about three pillars: preparation, messaging and discipline. Part One of this three-part series explains why the mindset of “I'll just go in and tell my story” is a one-way ticket to disaster.

From the Archives

Compliance Should Be an Olympic Sport

While athletes compete for the gold, CCI is taking a look back at the compliance implications of hosting a megasports event on the world stage. 

• The Paris 2024 Olympics were meant to mark a new era of anti-corruption measures. Flash forward to 2026: How do you think it’s going in Italy?
• A new wage ordinance and chances of civil unrest top the roster of risks for Los Angeles as it become the epicenter of the sports world.

From LRN: How are organizations navigating rapid technological change?