Heather has written for or been interviewed in numerous national and international publications, across mainstream, trade and grassroots media. She has also written numerous reports.

REports

October 2024: Building Touchpoints for Equity in Sustainability Higher Education The report provides context on the role that higher education employees in admissions, faculty, student services and career services can play in creating a more inclusive sector of sustainability. (written by Heather Mak and Julieta Mulangu)

March 2024: Preparing Future Generations: Building the Conditions for BIPOC/BAME Youth to Succeed in Sustainability: Young people are pivotal to social and environmental change, and are more educated, diverse, digitally fluent, and susceptible to anxiety, when compared to previous generations. BIPOC/BAME youth face distinct barriers, including disproportionate levels of environmental and social injustice, poverty, discrimination, limited exposure to the outdoors in their formative years, family pressures, lack of role models and networks, and insufficient training on soft working skills. The report offers a helpful toolkit, case studies, and tips for BIPOC/BAME youth to improve knowledge and self-awareness, prepare for job hunting, increase their competency, build experience and nurture well-being to pursue a career in sustainability. (written by Heather Mak and Julieta Mulangu)

Oct 2023: Centring Latinidad in Sustainability Based on a literature review, interviews with Latine sustainability practitioners and hosting the Unpacking Stereotypes and Cultural Barriers - Latine edition Inclusion Blueprint Dialogue, we published a report that builds cultural fluency to better support Latine sustainability practitioners. The report includes context on Latine culture, history, connection to social and environmental injustice and sustainability and examines how it affects Latine sustainability practitioners in the workplace. (written by Heather Mak and Julieta Mulangu)

Sept 2021: The State of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Sustainability was developed to assess the demographics, barriers to entry and advancement of sustainability practitioners as well as the actions that sustainability organizations are taking to create inclusive environments (written by Heather Mak)

Mainstream Media

Oct 10, 2024: University sustainability programs are trying to make classrooms more diverse - by Heather Mak (Corporate Knights)

Jul 26, 2024: Wildfires, extreme heat across Canada are causing eco-grief and anxiety: ‘How are we going to live?’ - by Pia Araneta (Yahoo! Life)

Oct 11, 2021: The sustainability sector has a problem with lack of diversity - by Jeffrey Jones (Globe & Mail)

Sep 25, 2021: The sustainability sector needs more diverse leadership - by Heather Mak (Toronto Star)

Sep 22, 2021: UK Government must do more to support women into green jobs, PwC warns - by Sarah George (edie)

Sep 16, 2021: New survey sheds light on diversity in sustainability - by Maddie Johnson (Advisor’s Edge/Investment Executive)

Sep 15, 2021: We need more diverse leadership in the sustainability sector - by Heather Mak (Corporate Knights)

Sep 10, 2021: Allbirds is hyping its sustainable public offering, but experts advise caution about its claims - by Karen K. Ho (Business Insider)

Feb 8, 2021: Beyond the pale: Responsible investing firms failing to invest in people of colour by Shilpa Tiwari (Corporate Knights)

BLOGS

Jan 28, 2022: Climate is an inside job - by Sarah Lazarovic (Minimum Viable Planet) (also featured in Yes! Magazine on February 4, 2022)

Aug 27, 2021: What ESG & CSR Job-Seekers Need To Know in 2021 - summary of event with Heather Mak of DiS and Deborah Dols of Acre (Reconsidered)

Feb 15, 2021: 3 Questions With: Heather Mak, Co-Founder, Diversity in Sustainability (Reconsidered)

PODCASTS

May 16, 2024: #136 - Heather Mak (Co-founder of Diversity in Sustainability) [S11:E9] - Wonderspace (Apple/Spotify)

Feb 6, 2023: Equity (DIVERSITY IN SUSTAINABILITY) with Heather Mak - (Sustainability Disruptors, Apple/Spotify)

Sept 15, 2022: EP 38: Life lessons from a former lobbyist, becoming a sustainability consultant, and designing a more diverse and inclusive sustainability field - a discussion with Heather Mak (Women Changing the World, Apple)

Sep 27, 2021: Episode #20: Diversity in Sustainability and how the pandemic has enabled a purpose-driven economy - a discussion with Allen Langdon, Heather Mak and Coro Strandberg (Closing the Loop, Apple/Spotify)

Sep 17, 2021: Episode 285: Chatting about diversity and biodiversity - a discussion with Heather Clancy and Heather Mak (Greenbiz 350 podcast)

Mar 9, 2021: A better world by whom and for whom? - a discussion with Heather Mak and Julia Sherbakov, (Impact Journey, Apple/Spotify)

Nov 11, 2020: Heather Mak: I thought sustainability was all about green, then why is it so white! - a discussion with Shilpa Tiwari (HER Climb, Apple/Spotify)

Sep 10, 2020: Episode #9: Impacts & Opportunities of the Pandemic on Sustainability - a discussion with Allen Langdon, Heather Mak and Coro Strandberg (Closing the Loop, Apple/Spotify)