Podcast
The Sustainability Communicator
The podcast exploring the intersection of corporate sustainability and storytelling.
Join Mike Hower—author of Sustainability Storytelling, former GreenBiz journalist, and advisor to leading global brands—as he explores one of the toughest challenges in corporate sustainability today: how to talk about sustainability in ways that are compelling, credible, and compliant—and fit cultural and reputational context. Through interviews with practitioners and insights from his own work in the field, Mike digs into greenwashing, greenhushing, and the risks and opportunities most sustainability professionals face—but few can talk about out loud.
Ready to talk your walk? You're in the right place.
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Ep. 23: The peaks and valleys of sustainability communication
In this episode, host Mike Hower sits down with Dan Strechay, a seasoned sustainability communications professional who has worked across private companies, public organizations, and NGOs.
Ep. 13: How Microsoft maintains an ‘ESG mindset’ in the era of AI
In this episode, Mike speaks with Matt about his new book, ESG Mindset, to help us better understand the confusion around ESG – and how sustainability communicators can help clear it up.
Ep. 11: How Neiman Marcus makes sustainability fashionable
In this episode, Mike speaks with Ali Mize, an ESG and sustainability expert to learn more about Neiman Marcus Group’s approach to sustainability storytelling, and how companies can improve sustainability communication overall.
Ep. 10: What to call this thing we do, with Moody’s Raheem Cash
In this episode, Mike interviews Raheem Cash, vice president of Corporate Sustainability at Moody’s Corporation, to better understand where we've been, where we are and where we're going when it comes to sustainability terminology and discourse.
Ep. 8: Sustainability storytelling in the new era of ESG regulations, with Tim Mohin
In this episode, Mike speaks with global ESG leader Tim Mohin of Boston Consulting Group — who formerly led the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) — to tap into his decades of ESG experience to better understand how companies can make sense of this new glut of regulations and factor them into their sustainability communication strategies.
Ep. 7: How the owners of Grand Theft Auto communicate sustainability
To better understand how the video game industry is approaching sustainability storytelling, Mike connected with Neil Patel, Senior Director of Sustainability at Take Two Interactive Software — owner of Rockstar Games, which produces the popular Grand Theft Auto Franchise.
Ep. 6: What the SEC’s climate rules mean for sustainability communication
To better understand what made it into the final SEC climate rules, and how this impacts sustainability communication moving forward, Mike caught up with Derek Young, VP of ESG at the REIT CBL Properties.