2021
Press Mentions & Op-Eds
- A Lesson for Earth Day 2021: Climate Action Requires Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – NASADAQ
- Overheard: Houston innovators discuss ESG, energy transition, cleantech and more at SXSW – InnovationMap
- HOU Talk: Harnessing the human resource within the energy transition – InnovationMap
- Texas governor’s appalling decision on masks – CNN
- Texas Didn’t Protect its Investments. Now Everyone’s Paying the Cost. – Barrons Wall Street
- As a former oil executive, I can tell you Biden is not at war with oil. The industry has already been moving toward green energy (Business Insider)
- Texas lawmakers have denounced Joe Biden’s energy moves, but experts say they could benefit the state – The Texas Tribune
2020
Press Mentions and Op-Eds
- The World is Shifting to Clean Fuels. Can Houston Still be a Global Energy Leader? – Houston Public Media
- Memo to Trump, Biden and political pundits: Texas is not all about oil and gas anymore – USA Today
- Addressing ESG concerns can attract investors – Midland Telegram
- Katie Mehnert appointed ambassador to the Department of Energy – US Department of Energy
- Difficult times can bring out the greatest innovations – SPE Way Ahead
- How Workplaces Can Invite Dialogue on Race – MIT Sloan Management Review
- Why pronouns speak to more than just gender differences – MIT Sloan Management Review
- Listening and acting for racial equality requires confronting hard truths – Houston Business Journal
- Houston leaders clear a path for diversity and inclusion – Houston Business Journal
- CEO of ALLY, Katie Mehnert named Woman Who Means Business – Houston Business Journal
- Reporter’s Notebook: Energy industry searches soul on diversity, inclusion – The Houston Chronicle
- Energy Operators Stressed about Job Security, Industry’s Future in Wake of Coronavirus – Natural Gas Intelligence
- 3 ways the coronavirus Is upending the oil industry – E&E News
- Thousands Of Oil And Gas Workers Have Been Laid Off: What’s Next? – Houston Public Radio
- Can the oil industry get woke? The Houston Chronicle
- So far women and minority business owners lost out on pandemic funds; Washington should not let it happen again – Newsweek
- Return to work? Not so fast say energy workers – TechXplore
- Energy Worker Survey Finds Remote Preference – Rigzone
- Challenges Ahead As Small Energy Companies Feel Impact Of COVID-19 Crisis – Houston Public Radio
- Energy 2.0: How to have it all and the power of choice – Empowering Pumps and Equipment Magazine
- Survey shows growing energy job concern – Rigzone
- Big oil’s climate pledges will fail without workforce equality – World Economic Forum
- Industry Trailblazer: Katie Mehnert, CEO and Founder of Pink Petro – Empowering Pumps and Equipment Magazine
- Pink Petro congratulates Oil and Gas Investor’s Top 25 Influential Women in Energy – Hart Energy
- Disappointing facts about gender diversity in energy – The Business Insider
- Why Goldman Sachs’s Push for Diversity Is Unlikely to Drive Real Change – Harvard Business Review
- Not even Hurricane Harvey could hault the Pink Petro movement – Energy Voice
- Oil And Gas Veteran And Start-Up Founder Says Industry Needs More Feminine Energy – Forbes
- The Secret Sauce integral to industry’s success – BIC Magazine
- Get the Gretas the world onboard and other simples steps to draw women into energy– The National News UAE
- Missing in Houston tech: a pay gap between women and men – The Houston Chronicle
- To succeed in the new decade, we need a new playbook for GRIT – Thrive Global
2019
Press Mentions and Op-Eds
- The financial case for hiring more women in energy – Barrons
- We need more women in energy – Scientific American
- Just 15% of the workforce in energy is female – these women want to change that – CNBC
- Make gender equality a value, not a priority – MIT Sloan Management Review
- Women and Climate Change – The New York Times
- At Oil’s premier gathering, 84% of the speakers are men – Bloomberg
- How to recruit women to the energy sector – Glassdoor
- The Changing Face in Energy – S&P Global
- Why Big Oil should embrace activists like Greta Thunberg – Newsweek
- Pink Petro Founder to Testify on Capitol Hill on the Energy Workforce of the Future
- Capitol Hill hearing shows why we need more diversity and inclusion in energy – The Houston Business Journal
- Pink Petro founder tells Congress the future of energy is all inclusive – Oilman Magazine
- Will oil industry finally start to talk about #MeToo – The Houston Chronicle
- Oil and Gas Sector struggling to attract, elevate women amid gender diversity gap – S&P Global
- What CEOs can learn from T. Boone Pickens – CNN
- Why are fewer women employed in the oil and gas sector than men? Forbes
- Pink Petro wants more women in energy – OJC
Earlier Press
Press Mentions and Op-Eds
- Oil’s Big Male Dominated Event Asked to #LetWomenSpeak – Bloomberg
- This industry has even fewer women than tech – Fortune
- Katie Mehnert: Foster Industry Communities to Promote Women – Texas Monthly
- 6 Houston women leading the way in male dominated jobs – Houstonia Magazine
- Katie Mehnert, CEO Pink Petro named Top 30 Women of Influence– DMARS
- #MeToo Shines a light on industry diversity problem – E&E News
- Meet the woman who is tackling the energy industry’s PR and pipeline problem – Glassdoor
- Big Oil has a big diversity problem – National Public Radio
- The Women Voices Project – Texas Monthly
- Parity in Progress: A New Future for Women in Energy – European Business Review
- Lean In Energy partners with Chronus to support and scale mentoring for women in energy
- My year of two Harveys: #MeToo and #Houston Strong – The Houston Chronicle
- Everyone needs mentoring despite accomplishments – The Houston Business Journal
- Texas Tech helps design clothing for women in oil and gas – Albuquerque Journal
- Coveralls for all: What Halliburton learned from Rosie the Riveter – San Antonio Express
- Katie Mehnert is ABC-13’s Woman of the Week – ABC
- For International Women’s Day, Pink Petro launches career site for women – Fairygodboss
- US Energy industry’s gender gap needs a spotlight – The Houston Chronicle
- Woman’s website sees pink peers in the oil and gas industry – Times Picayune NOLA.com
- Want to save your company from scandal: give the gift of culture – Forbes
- Saving the earth by making boardrooms more diverse – Bloomberg
- 5 Houstonians to Know – Houston Business Journal
- The pied piper of women in energy – Bizwomen
- Five Questions for Founder and CEO Katie Mehnert of Pink Petro – XConomy
- The Energy Gender Gap: Still a Long Road Ahead – Forbes
- Mayor Annise Parker joins the launch of Pink Petro – The Houston Chronicle
- Pink Petro elevates women in energy during OTC – Rigzone
- Pink Petro, an online community for women in energy launches today – Bizwomen
- It started as chicken scratch on a napkin. It became the first online community for women in energy – Bizwomen
- Pink Petro network to grow, empower women in energy – Rigzone
- Let’s hear it for Pink Power – Jive Softwar
- Pink social media oil and gas platform for women prepares for Houston launch – The Houston Business Journal
Press Releases
Company Press Releases
- A Step Forward for Energy Technology and Workforce: ALLY Energy Joins Leading ‘Climatetech’ Incubator (April 2021)
- ALLY Energy announced the ESG Council for the entire energy sector (April 2021)
- ALLY Energy’s annual un-conference puts a focus on the accelerating energy transition (April 2021)
- ALLY Energy Launches Children’s Book to Drive the Next Generation of Diverse Energy Leaders (March 2021)
- Groundbreaking Culture Study on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Energy Launched (March 2021)
- Introducing ALLY: The online community of the energy workforce (January 2021)
- ALLY announces the Top Energy Voices of 2020 amidst the acceleration of the energy transition (December 2020)
- ALLY announces the winners of the 2020 GRIT Awards and Best Energy Workplaces (October 2020)
- Pink Petro Celebrates its Fifth Anniversary (March 2020)
- The Energy Workforce responds to COVID19 (April 2020)
- Experience Energy™ Celebrates Women and Their Allies at the 2019 GRIT Awards℠ & Best Energy Workplaces℠ (October 2019)
- The Energy Industry gets its SHIFT together at HERWorld19 (February 2019)
- Experience Energy Honors Global Leaders at the 2nd GRIT Awards (October 2018)
- Experience Energy Honors First-Ever GRIT Award Winners at HERWorld Energy Forum (March 2018)
- Pink Petro’s HERWorld Energy Forum Celebrates Energy’s Unsung Heroes (February 2018)
- Pink Petro hosts HERWorld17 on International Women’s Day (January 2017)
- Pink Petro launches the HERWorld Energy Forum (February 2016)
- New Social Collaboration Channel Aims to Advance Women in Energy (March 2015)
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