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.
The blockchain's emerging role in sustainability
The following article is excerpted from our State of Green Business (SOGB) 2017 report. Published by GreenBiz in partnership with Trucost, it provides a global view of the year's trends in sustainable business.The report is free to download here. Read More
Schneider Electric wants to help you buy clean energy
Its most recent acquisition is yet another proof point of how corporate renewables are scaling. Read More
Can artificial intelligence make supply chains sustainable?
Next-gen software from the likes of EcoVadis, eRevalue, RepRisk and SAP could speed analysis. Read More
Inside Cambrian's water-as-a-service financing model
Beermaker Lagunitas is the first to use a model that borrows from the world of power purchase agreements. Read More
Get ready for virtual power plants
Could this be the holy-grail application for distributed grid resources? Read More
Verizon sees big things for the Internet of things in 2017
It’s prioritizing services that enable sustainable agriculture and ‘sharing economy’ businesses. Read More
10 companies moving up in smart buildings
Some of these big players may surprise you. Read More
The mission behind Mastercard's SDG master plan
The payments giant's uber-mission of improving "financial inclusion" dovetails neatly with the U.N. sustainable development goals. Read More
How Sodexo and Pearson prioritize their SDGs
The broad nature of the U.N.'s aspirations leaves plenty of room for creative, corporate interpretation. Read More
Does your company have a presidential transition strategy?
How sustainability executives should prepare for a Trump presidency. Read More
