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Fast Company’s second-annual World Changing Ideas Awards drew nearly 1,400 submissions in 12 categories. These 240 entries made it to the final round of judging.

The 2018 World Changing Ideas Awards Finalists

[Illustration: My Name Is Wendy]

BY Fast Company Staff4 minute read

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

AeroFarms, AeroFarms
Aidbox, Aidbox
AI-powered aeroponics, GrowX
Automated cricket farms, Aspire Food Group
The Children’s Scrappy News ServiceGoing to School
Classy PassportClassy
The Climate MuseumThe Climate Museum
Deep InfluenceGolden
Dell ocean-bound plastics packaging programDell
A Digital Geneva ConventionMicrosoft
Disaster MapsFacebook
EmpaticoKind Foundation
Equity-Centered Community DesignCreative Reaction Lab
The Fairness ProjectThe Fairness Project
Flow KanaFlow Kana
Generation WV Impact FellowshipGeneration West Virginia
Global Social Network for VotersRe-Invent Democracy
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Career AcademyAspire
The Impak CoinImpak Finance
InvestEGGatorPaso Pacífico
MicrosilkBolt Threads
MissionUMissionU
The Online Hate IndexAnti-Defamation League
Ontario Basic Income PilotGovernment of Ontario
PatreonPatreon
The Pay Equity ExplorerADP
PerspectiveAlphabet’s Jigsaw
Project GigatonWalmart
SlimboxSlimbox
Sustainable Product Optimization ToolL’Oréal
Visa champions a cash-free societyVisa
WellvilleWellville
Your American Dream ScoreGalewill

ADVERTISING

Alzheimer’s Association: Pure Imagination ProjectMullenLowe
#BlackAtWorkHavas Chicago
Break Bread Smash StigmaBensimon Byrne
The Climate Optimist CampaignFUTERRA
ComEd Icebox DerbyEngage & Resonate
Fans of LoveR/GA and the Ad Council
5 for the Fight NBA jersey patchQualtrics
The Humanium Metal InitiativeGreatWorks
Kind: Pop Your BubbleEdelman
Pass the ERAEnso
PrideTribe.orgJennings Design
Refugees Are UsPapel & Caneta
Reinvent MindsetsHP
Social paymentsGoodworld
#StopProfilingTruth Initiative
Strawless OceanPossible; Lonely Whale Foundation
Tech for GoodIntel’s Agency Inside
The Upstanders CampaignUpworthy

APPS

The Darwin ChallengeUniversal Favourite
Detroit Water appCityInsight
FINE (Feeling Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional)Method
Forest WatcherWorld Resources Institute
GreyMattersGreyMatters Care
Guardian CircleGuardian Circle
MojoTrueMotion
Objective ZeroObjective Zero Foundation
Onward Financial WellnessOnward Financial
OraiOrai
ReyetsReyets
Riley (RealLife Adventure)Kilroy Blockchain
Seeing AIMicrosoft
SonicCloudSonicCloud
TentrrTentrr
The Whole StoryY&R

CONSUMER PRODUCTS

AirPop Smart Mask, Aetheris
BrandlessBrandless
BuoyBuoy Labs
Cali Wool Beanie with climate-beneficial woolThe North Face
DeserveDeserve
DSM-Niaga carpetingRoyal DSM
gCyclegDiapers
HelpUsGreenKanpur Flowercycling
Ink cartridges made from recycled bottlesHP
KardiaBandAliveCor
LendUp LadderLendUp
Levi’s Commuter Trucker JacketLevi Strauss & Co.
Lia pregnancy testLia Diagnostics
LogicInk UVLogicInk
The Moby MartThe Moby Mart
Nebia Spa ShowerNebia
Petit Pli: Clothes That GrowPetit Pli
Rent the RunwayRent the Runway
SenceBandSenceTech
Seventh Generation disinfectant spraySeventh Generation
The shirt of the futureMango Materials
Stasher BagStasher
The Thrive AppThrive Global

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