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.
Inside Allbirds’ mission to make a shoe with no carbon footprint
As of its most recent progress update, the shoemaker is more than halfway toward its goal to cut its per-product footprint in half by 2025. Read More
Microsoft signs its biggest renewable energy contract yet
Deal with Brookfield will add 10.5 gigawatts of wind and solar in the U.S. and Europe between 2026 and 2030. Read More
Alphabet, Meta and others are paying $58.3 million to bury sludge
Corporate buyers’ group Frontier contracts with startup using deep wells to store waste that would otherwise emit methane or CO2. Read More
Salesforce to lobby for new rules on AI’s environmental impact
Computing uses up to 3 percent of global power consumption and AI could triple that, the company believes. Read More
Here’s how Apple has cut its emissions 55% since 2015
The company aims for a 75 percent reduction by 2030. Read More
Meet the woman making Ikea more sustainable
Karen Pflug, chief sustainability officer at Ingka Group, is the first guest on Climate Pioneers, our new live interview series featuring prominent climate innovators. Read More
‘Existential crisis’ at SBTi inflames rift over future of net-zero organization
Staff “deeply concerned” over board’s new policy allowing carbon offsets for net-zero goals. Read More
Read the leaked protest letter from SBTi staff angry over new carbon offset policy
Letter claims the board “undermined” governance process in disclosing revised stance Read More
SBTi: Yes, companies can use carbon offsets to abate certain Scope 3 emissions
Draft guidelines for the new policy, which will inform a revised Corporate Net Zero Standard, will be published in July. Read More
SBTi urges automakers to stop making gas and diesel cars by 2035
It’s the first time the organization has addressed the biggest source of emissions associated with cars — the customers who drive them. Read More
