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.
How eBay, Nestle and Michelin depoliticize climate policy work
Quiet advocacy, creative framing and collective action are keys to progress during the Trump administration. Read More
CFOs still bank on sustainability, despite Trump’s anti-ESG agenda
Most chief financial officers see a link between ESG investments and business growth, according to BDO and Kearney surveys. Read More
More U.S. manufacturers are using electric heat to make things. Here’s a map
Industrial applications requiring heat account for 20 percent global greenhouse emissions. Read More
Microsoft pivots as AI makes emissions cuts harder
Microsoft to focus on 'long-term, higher-impact' carbon removal projects and clean electricity to reduce operational emissions. Read More
Carbon recycling firm LanzaTech is spinning out synthetic biology tech
LanzaTech, which went public last year, is still not profitable. Read More
Long-time conservation strategist to lead new nature nonprofit
Margaret O’Gorman will lead Tandem Global, created through the merger of Wildlife Habitat Council and World Environment Center. Read More
SBTi delays new corporate net-zero update again
The Science Based Targets initiative will gather critique in an online survey and through five working groups. Read More
Former Biden community energy chief joins Climate First Bank
Chris Castro managed a $16 billion portfolio of state and community energy programs at the Department of Energy until January. Read More
How real estate giant CBRE is deploying this Microsoft alum as its first chief sustainability officer
Microsoft’s first environmental strategist, Rob Bernard, brings a customer’s point of view to CBRE’s emissions reduction strategy in the newly created C-suite role. Read More
Allbirds goes wide with ‘net-zero’ shoe hoping other footwear companies copy it
The 10-year-old footwear company is selling 500 pairs of Moonshot in Dubai, London, New York, Seoul and Tokyo. Read More
