Heather Clancy
Trellis Group (formerly GreenBiz)
Heather Clancy is an award-winning journalist specializing in transformative technology and innovation. She started her reporting career on the business news desk of United Press International, and her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Fortune, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times.
Clancy was the launch editor for the Fortune Data Sheet, a newsletter dedicated to the business of technology. She co-authored the Amazon best-seller for entrepreneurs, Niche Down, How to Become Legendary By Being Different.
In her role at Trellis, Heather chronicles the role of business model innovation and technology in transitioning to a clean, inclusive and regenerative economy. She serves on the boards of the WSLA Alumnae Group, a mentorship organization that nurtures feminine leadership in the corporate sustainability movement, and EcoAthletes, a collective of collegiate, professional and amateur athletes that advocate for solutions to climate change.
6 things to know about SBTi’s new strategic plan
The Science Based Targets initiative is shifting its priorities after a year-long corporate listening tour. Read More
Starbucks’ climate dilemma: the world loves lattes
The world’s largest coffee chain’s methane emissions from dairy farms haven’t budged since 2019. Reducing that footprint is essential for the next phase of its complex decarbonization strategy. Read More
McDonald’s warns it will miss 2030 emissions goal, in frank disclosure
The fast-food chain is on track to surpass emissions cuts for operations and electricity, plans $1 billion investment in supply chain resilience. Read More
Clean energy trade group CEBA refreshes its leadership
Akamai’s director of corporate sustainability was named chair of the trade association, taking over from Google’s head of advanced energy. Read More
The computer scientist demystifying AI and sustainability
Sasha Luccioni, former climate lead for open source AI company Hugging Face and co-founder of Sustainable AI Group, was among the first to quantify AI’s environmental impacts. Read More
How Gitlab manages AI’s emissions overhead
The software company asks suppliers of its artificial intelligence tools to disclose information about carbon emissions and other impacts. Read More
What the rise of natural gas-powered data centers means for emission-reduction pledges
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building AI data centers at a furious pace, threatening climate commitments and may cause a ripple effect for customers. Read More
Former Salesforce sustainability exec starts AI consulting practice
Boris Gamazaychikov is teaming with AI researcher Sasha Luccioni, one of the first climate scientists to sound alarms about AI’s environmental impact. Read More
New initiative aims to expand scope of corporate water targets
WWF, WRI, SCS Global Services and CEO Water Mandate are collaborating to guide assessments that also consider electricity and supply chains. Read More
Eastman is using AI to screen for greenwashing
The chatbot was trained with guidance published by the Federal Trade Commission and European Union. Read More
