Michael Greenhouse
Sustainability writer,
environmental advocate
About Me.
I’m Michael Greenhouse, here to help you communicate your sustainability mission and strategy effectively, and with confidence. I draw on many years of experience working with leaders at some of the biggest names in business – Bloomberg, EY, KPMG, PwC and more. I’ve written for numerous CEOs, developed research-based reports on issues driving the economy, and edited award-winning publications.
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Now I’m focused on the ever-changing world of sustainability. Most important, I’m committed to helping businesses and non-profits solve one of the great challenges of our time.
My Story.
As a college student, I interned with Ernest “Chick” Callenbach, the author of Ecotopia, one of the seminal works on environmentalism and sustainability. Chick was a brilliant and generous person, and I left his office in Berkeley, CA inspired to be a writer-editor and an advocate for the environment and the principles of sustainability.
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I got my first opportunity in the early 2000s when I worked with a family foundation that made grants to environmental and social impact organizations. I spent several years handling the majority of their editorial work and twice won awards for annual report excellence.
As editorial director at the Big Four accounting firm KPMG, I wrote the firm’s first social impact report; wrote and edited the firm’s International Annual Review, which featured KPMG’s sustainability strategy and key initiatives; and wrote for three of the firm’s chairmen, often articulating the firm’s sustainability and social impact strategies.
From 2017-2022, I led my own consultancy, Greenhouse Communications, focusing on three of the issues driving the new economy: sustainability, the future of work, and technology. I wrote several white papers on sustainability and social impact for Bloomberg; contributed to an annual sustainability report for Hewlett Packard Enterprises; drafted blogs on sustainability for Protiviti, a professional services firm; and wrote on decarbonization topics for Engie Impact. With Tensie Whelan, director of the Center for Sustainable Business at New York University, I co-wrote a white paper examining the country’s shift to a clean-energy economy.
As Narrative Strategist for BDO, a leading professional services firm, I wrote often about sustainability, contributing to the firm’s annual sustainability reports, and writing on the topic in the CEO’s monthly newsletter, What's Next for Business.​
Now residing in the Hudson Valley in New York State, I have joined the Board of Sustainable Hudson Valley, which works with partners in the region to advance progress against climate change. As always, I am committed to carrying on Chick Callenbach’s thinking as an advocate for a sustainable environment.