Your strategic partner in
sustainability storytelling
Hower Impact is a sustainability communication and reporting microagency helping companies translate strategy into credible, compliant, and compelling stories that build trust, advance positive impact, and create lasting business value.
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Dan Strechay, Director of Sustainability Communications & Engagement
"Sustainability communication is central to Mars’ work as a purpose-driven business. Working with a fractional sustainability communication expert like Mike Hower of Hower Impact has given us a flexible, reliable, and high-value resource for supporting our teams across various work streams – from helping create the Mars Net Zero Roadmap and supporting our sustainability reporting efforts to crafting expert sustainability communication content and helping translate our ongoing sustainability efforts into compelling stories for our consumers and other stakeholders."
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Debbie Kruger, Director of Communications & Social Impact
"Cloudera partnered with Hower Impact to develop and launch the Climate and Sustainability Hackathon, which invited challenged data scientists to develop an end-to-end machine learning project focused on solving one of the many environmental sustainability challenges facing the world today. Hower Impact served as a strategic advisor for the development of the hackathon and also helped create the communications strategy and content promoting the event to maximize participation. Thanks to Hower Impact's expertise in sustainability, climate and communication, the hackathon was incredibly successful and yielded real, actionable climate solutions powered by machine learning."
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Rob Flores, SVP Sustainability
“Hower Impact helped transform our sustainability reporting, delivering one of the most impactful reports in Berry's history. Their expertise in sustainability communication and reporting, design sensibility, and meticulous project management ensured a polished, timely final product. Articulating a compelling sustainability narrative for our complex business is challenging, but Hower Impact quickly grasped our strategy, operations, and the technical nuances of our sustainability solutions. I would confidently recommend them to any organization seeking to elevate their sustainability storytelling and reporting to world-class standards.”
This Earth Day, companies must stand up for the rule of law in the United States. Here’s how they can do just that.
Mike Hower went on the Engaging ESG podcast to discuss the biggest sustainability storytelling challenges of 2025.
In this webinar, Mike Hower discusses the state of sustainability communications in 2025, while presenting an actionable framework for rising to current challenges.
Hower Impact turned two. Here’s where we’ve been, and where we’re going.
At GreenBiz 25, Mike Hower led a panel of industry leaders to discuss the complexities and opportunities of sustainability communications moving into 2025. Here are the highlights.
Writing about sustainability has never been more challenging. In this ENGAGE article, Mike covers the fundamentals of effective sustainability writing he teaches in his Writing for Impact masterclass.
Corporate sustainability has lost the narrative. Here are some strategies for getting it back.
Moving into 2025, we must remember the spirit of sustainability that drives us.
This time of year, we all love to check out our Spotify Wrapped albums, which show us insights and trends from our listening behavior each year - but what if we made one for corporate sustainability trends?
In the wake of the U.S. presidential election, the UN Global Compact invited me to join their German Network for a virtual discussion of what lies ahead for corporate sustainability during a second Trump term.
Recently, Mike Hower went on CoreNet Global’s “What’s Next” podcast to speak with Dr. Christopher Teng about corporate sustainability communications, avoiding “greenwashing,” and the need for more innovation to reduce carbon emissions in the fight against climate change.