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Exclusive: Climate Change reacts to Climate Week NYC
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 quoted in Trellis article on fractional CSOs
Hower Impact recently weighed in on an article about fractional CSOs for Trellis.
Finding the words to save the world
Words have been responsible for the ebbs and flows of corporate sustainability. Here's how we can learn to understand their power.
AI-driven emissions + sustainability reporting: a love story
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?
Influencing worldviews through sustainability storytelling
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.
Telling the story beyond your sustainability report
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 fires the fossil fuel industry
Hower Impact has signed the Clean Creatives pledge. This means we won’t work with the fossil fuel industry — now or ever.
How sustainability storytelling changes the world
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.
Reflections of a sustainability solopreneur one year in
Hower Impact is officially one year old. Here are some reflections on what happened in the first year of business.
Adobe's Kati Kallins shares 2024 ESG trends in tech
In this Quick Connect, Mike gets the scoop on ESG trens in tech from Adobe’s Kati Kallins.
Rethinking the role of the sustainability communicator
New regulations call for a new breed of communication and sustainability professional. Here’s how it looks.
Video: A message from Mike about personal sustainability
Finding personal sustainability is key to success working in corporate sustainability.
Talking sustainability storytelling trends with Toyota’s Becky Martin
In this Quick Connect, Mike gets to the bottom of sustainability communication trends in the auto industry with one of Toyota’s sustainability leads.
2024 sustainable beauty communication trends with fractional CSO Maggie Spicer
In this Quick Connect, Mike chats with beauty sustainability expert Maggie Spicer about 2024 trends in beauty sustainability communication.
Analyzing AI and ESG with Microsoft's Matt Sekol
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.
Communicating sustainability without ticking off lawyers or regulators
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.”
Accelerating corporate climate ambition at VERGE 23
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.
5 fundamentals of effective sustainability writing
Writing is a lost art in corporate sustainability. Here’s five fundamentals for reclaiming it.
3 life lessons from climbing Kilimanjaro with cancer survivors
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.
SmartBrief Podcast: The Tricky Business of Communicating Sustainability
I recently went on the SmartBrief podcast to discuss how companies can more effectively communicate sustainability.