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.
Microsoft adjusts climate agenda as emissions leap
The company’s carbon footprint expanded 25 percent in its 2025 fiscal year, surpassing double-digit increases at Amazon and Google. Read More
McDonald’s reassigns its chief sustainability officer to beef strategy
The fast food purveyor has transitioned sustainability and social impact initiatives to its lead executive for diversity, equity and inclusion, Suheily Natal Davis. Read More
How Coach and Amazon put an internal value on reuse and recycling
Sustainability strategists at both companies emphasize cost savings and new revenue opportunities. Read More
Long-time 3M chief sustainability officer retires
Gayle Schueller’s replacement is Amanda Yates, an insider who began her career as an environmental specialist at SeaWorld Orlando. Read More
Amazon stays ‘stubborn’ on net-zero pledge
The assertion comes despite the cloud computing services and e-commerce giant logging a 16 percent emissions increase in 2025, driven largely by building and data center construction. Read More
Starbucks reassesses climate goals with coffee at the center
The world’s largest coffeehouse chain has embedded sustainability into its business units as part of its financial turnaround plan. Read More
Google’s AI expansion weighs heavily on climate goals
The tech company reported an 18 percent leap in greenhouse gas emissions in 2025, largely fueled by computing hardware, steel, concrete and other supplies related to data center construction. Read More
Gap poaches top sustainability exec from Levi Strauss
Jeffrey Hogue takes over from Gap veteran Daniel Fibiger, who left in May after three years as vice president of global sustainability. Read More
Community opposition to data centers grows, crossing political divides
Businesses must treat community concerns and questions about AI data centers seriously if they want to retain their social license to operate in this moment of spiking energy demand. Read More
Microsoft reaches water efficiency milestone
The company is more than halfway toward fulfilling its pledge to reduce the water-use intensity of its data centers by 40 percent by 2030. Read More
