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.

Hower Impact is excited to announce the launch of our Engage Change Community. This free-to-join community brings together sustainability professionals to connect and engage on important topics through virtual discussions, in-person meetups, a Slack group and more to advance social and environmental progress in the business community and beyond.

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.