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, 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
CEO Doug McMillon: Walmart’s supply chain cut 1 billion tons of emissions 6 years ahead of schedule
The world’s largest retailer persuaded 5,900 suppliers to improve their energy efficiency and redesign their packaging, among other measures. Read More
Kroger, Whole Foods adopt buying policies that protect bees
Big grocery chains are embracing procurement guidelines that prohibit the use of nitroguanidine neonicotinoids, which are toxic to bees. Read More
What Comcast learned from issuing its $1 billion green bond
The market for sustainability bonds reached almost $940 billion in 2023, with more growth expected in 2024. Read More
Delta, Prologis and PepsiCo: The art of winning corporate buy-in for sustainability
Preaching the benefits for customers is the best way to get support for environmental initiatives, they say. Read More
