Anna Albright
I build on-body cooling for the 2.4 billion people who work in extreme heat, and I help write the OSHA rules that protect them.
Hi, I'm Anna B.
I'm co-founder and CEO of Clema, where we make slim, cable-free cooling for the crews who keep our world running. I also help write the federal standard that will require it.
I didn't pivot into heat. I spent a decade on it: testifying on climate legislation at sixteen, structuring green debt at J.P. Morgan, running industrial and energy work at BCG. Then I built the company no one else would.
Connect on LinkedIn →Heat is the largest unpriced drag on industrial labor.
people work in extreme heat worldwide, the crews who keep our world running.
lost from the global economy in idle and slowed labor every year.
of that loss lands in the United States alone, before any OSHA penalty.
Cooling that works as hard as the worker.
Clema's smart suspenders cool the skin by 30°F or more across a full 8 to 12 hour shift, on one battery swap, with no ice or water. Slim enough to wear over FR gear, built for real jobsites in construction, energy, logistics, and manufacturing.
Visit clemacooling.com →
backed
Raised institutional capital to scale manufacturing and pilots.
heat-exposed workers across enterprise customers, including a public energy company and a major logistics firm.
in inbound interest, with field pilots running now.
live
Real crews on real jobsites, wearing the gear today.
Where Clema started.
The idea came out of the work, not a lab. For years I sat inside industrial and energy operations and watched heat do the same thing every summer. It slowed crews, stretched timelines, and put people at risk, and almost no one was pricing the cost.
Cooling already existed, but nothing a worker could wear through a full shift. I went looking for the team that would build it. When I couldn't find one, I started Clema.
I didn't pivot into heat. I spent a decade learning how it breaks industrial operations from the inside, then built the company no one else would.
I'm helping write OSHA's first federal heat-safety standard.
I am the only startup founder on the ISEA 600 committee writing OSHA's first federal heat-safety standard. I hold that seat alongside 3M and Cintas, on a rule expected to reach an estimated 36 million American workers.
startup founder on the committee, alongside 3M and Cintas.
American workers the rule is expected to reach.
the first heat-safety standard of its kind in the United States.
A decade of preparation.
Testified at the Massachusetts State House
I spoke at a hearing on climate legislation. It was the start of a decade spent on how a warming world breaks the systems people depend on.
Founded the climate-investing team at a student fund
I sat on the board of a student investment fund and founded its climate-focused investing team, leading 7 analysts and contributing to the fund's $450K portfolio.
Structured green debt
I learned how capital actually moves into climate infrastructure, and where it stalls.
Ran industrial and energy work
I led industrial and energy engagements, including launching a new business line for a $30B+ industrial. I saw, from the inside, how heat breaks operations.
Where I share my thinking.
I write about heat as an economic force, the regulation now taking shape, and what it takes to protect the people who keep our world running. Read along, or subscribe.
Read my theses on Substack →