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 a Girl Scout inspired a health care giant to ditch plastic straws
It started with a single email to Dignity Health. Read More
Unilever teams with big banks on blockchain for supply chain
The year-long proof of concept also involves U.K. supermarket giant Sainsbury's and packaging company Sappi. It will start with tea farmers in Africa. Read More
The quest to create carbon-negative concrete
New technologies from Canadian companies CarbonCure and CarbiCrete are part of an XPRIZE focused on beneficial uses of carbon dioxide. Read More
Tesla, Siemens and the race to map the future of fleets
Technology is changing fast. Cities, state and industry groups hope to stay ahead of the curve. Read More
Startup fights food waste with travel companions for fruits and veggies
Hazel Technologies borrows from nature's chemistry to tackle supply chain spoilage. Read More
Behind the green building blueprints of JPMorgan, Boston Scientific and Salesforce
Their common approach: Remain open-minded, review often. Read More
The ultra-efficient, hidden heat source for Amazon's new HQ
The "ecodistrict" project required cooperation from the city, architects and a corporate neighbor. Read More
Safer peroxide recipe takes CRISPR gene science, adds sugar
Startup Solugen wants to clean up the manufacturing process for the bathroom staple, which also offers a host of industrial uses. Read More
How Canopy's founder is winning converts with her gospel of deforestation
Australian-born Nicole Rycroft cultivates transformational, not transactional, relationships with the likes of H&M, VF Corp. and Levi Strauss & Co. Read More
Spider webs and succulents inspire this water-collection startup
To harvest water from the air, NexLoop seeks to pilot its AquaWeb prototypes with urban farms and greenhouses. Read More
