For more than 12 years, Davida Herzl has been CEO of the company she founded in 2007, Aclima. The company broke new ground because of its ability to track climate-changing factors at scale. It maps the effects of air pollution and greenhouse gasses using a large network that combined data from roving and stationary sensors. The company also built its own software analytics platform, Aclima Pro, which analyzes this data to provide climate intelligence for national governments, large corporations, and perhaps most importantly, local communities. Â
Why They Made the Worthy 100: Under her leadership, Aclima has measurably moved the needle in the fight against the consequences of climate change. Similar to Google’s efforts with Google Maps, Herzl had Aclima bite the bullet and send drivers cruising through neighborhoods on a national scale. Each car was equipped with sensors for sampling air, funneling those samples to analytical equipment, and with that data building an environmental map based on air quality. The company has been named one of Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World and in 2022 was named one of the Top 100 Companies in GovTech.Â
