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.
Unilever threatens to quit trade associations that block climate policy
The company says it will cut ties with groups that obstruct progress on Paris Agreement net-zero goals. Read More
Walmart replaces plastic e-commerce envelopes with recyclable paper
The switch eliminated more than 2,000 tons of plastic during the retailer’s last fiscal year. Read More
Unilever takes tougher stance on supply-chain emissions
Company calls for “absolute” reductions across ingredients, agriculture and ice-cream refrigerators. Read More
3 big ways the new SEC rule will change ESG reporting
Emissions reporting is about to get faster, stricter and more detailed. Read More
Microsoft, P&G, Unilever and Walmart among 239 companies to miss net-zero deadline
A sweeping status update by the Science Based Targets initiative downgrades some big corporate names. Read More
Inside Amazon’s push to switch from plastic to paper mailers
Amazon has cut more than 37,150 tons of plastic packaging since 2020, but still uses twice that amount annually. Read More
Amazon is funding a recycling robots startup
Glacier has raised $7.7 million more to build sorting robots that can handle up to 30 types of materials. Read More
How 8 corporate buyers are keeping an aging wind farm on the Texas grid
Autodesk, Arrow Electronics and Brooks Running are buying 'high impact RECs through a new energy marketplace created by startup Ever.green. Read More
How PepsiCo uses technology and finance to drive sustainability
The company is integrating environmental metrics into its strategy planning dashboard, so they can be used to analyze past program and forecast future priorities. Read More
How PepsiCo and ADM work with farmers to cut agricultural emissions
Regenerative agriculture can succeed when farmers see the economic value in it, they say. Read More
