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.
Find all episodes below. You also can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or Youtube.
Ep. 22: Sustainability storytellers weigh in from GreenBiz 25
In this special episode of The Sustainability Communicator recorded live at GreenBiz 25, Mike Hower sat down with six sustainability leaders from diverse industries to understand how they're navigating these challenging times.
Ep. 4: The fundamentals of effective sustainability writing
In this episode, Mike discusses key learnings from over a decade as a writer and editor in the corporate sustainability space that form the fundamentals of effective sustainability writing.
Ep. 2: 2024 sustainability communication trends
In this episode, Mike takes a crack at some key sustainability communication trends to keep an eye on in 2024.
Ep. 1: Rethinking the role of sustainability communicators
In this inaugural episode of The Sustainability Communicator, Mike discusses how the increased risks and rewards of bad and good sustainability communication, respectively, are calling for a new type of sustainability communications professional capable of translating between marketing and sustainability departments.