Hower Impact gathered over 350 sustainability and climate professionals for an open door Zoom call to discuss the results of the 2024 presidential election in the United States and what this means for the future of corporate sustainability. Here is a video of the fire starter discussions we had during the call. Enjoy!

Climate Week NYC was one of the largest gatherings of climate professionals in history. But what was it all for? In this satirical piece, we imagine what Climate Change would think of the week.

Hower Impact recently weighed in on an article about fractional CSOs for Trellis.

Words have been responsible for the ebbs and flows of corporate sustainability. Here's how we can learn to understand their power.

Many tech companies are facing the conundrum of having their emissions rise due to the embrace of the AI economy. How do companies address this in their sustainability reporting?

The human brain isn’t wired to perfectly perceive the world as it truly is. Sustainability communicators must learn how to influence stakeholders’ worldviews to connect with them on climate and other issues.

Companies often fall into a cycle of spending half a year producing them and the other half trying to forget the experience — and then right back to it. But letting a company’s sustainability storytelling fizzle in the “reporting off season” is a major lost opportunity — both for advancing social and environmental progress and building brand equity through compelling communication.

Hower Impact has signed the Clean Creatives pledge. This means we won’t work with the fossil fuel industry — now or ever.

On Earth Day 2024, Mike reflects on the power of sustainability storytelling through his own origin story on an island chain off the coast of Panama.

Hower Impact is officially one year old. Here are some reflections on what happened in the first year of business.

In this Quick Connect, Mike gets the scoop on ESG trens in tech from Adobe’s Kati Kallins.

New regulations call for a new breed of communication and sustainability professional. Here’s how it looks.

Finding personal sustainability is key to success working in corporate sustainability.

In this Quick Connect, Mike gets to the bottom of sustainability communication trends in the auto industry with one of Toyota’s sustainability leads.

In this Quick Connect, Mike chats with beauty sustainability expert Maggie Spicer about 2024 trends in beauty sustainability communication.

Quick Connects are brief but beneficial conversations Mike Hower conducts with leaders in sustainability and ESG about a variety of sustainability communication topics. In this first episode, Mike speaks with Matt Sekol, Sustainability Global Blackbelt at Microsoft.

Quick Connects are brief but beneficial conversations Mike Hower conducts with leaders in sustainability and ESG about a variety of sustainability communication topics. In this first episode, Mike speaks with Christine Uri, “The ESG Lawyer.”

I recently headed to VERGE in San Jose to lead a discussion about corporate climate ambition with Environmental Defense Fund, Salesforce the Department of Energy and the former head of sustainability at Lyft.

Writing is a lost art in corporate sustainability. Here’s five fundamentals for reclaiming it.

Climbing to the top of Kilimanjaro for cancer research was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Here’s some of the lessons I learned along the way.