09-21-21
innovation by design

The most innovative sustainable designs of 2021

See all the honorees of Fast Company’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards in the Sustainability category.

By Fast Company Staff1 minute Read

Winner

[Image: Carlo Ratti Associati]

Hot Heart
CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati
A large-scale renewable energy effort to heat the city of Helsinki, featuring four tropical ecosystem domes

Finalists

[Photo: FarmWise Labs]

Autonomous Farming Robot
FarmWise Labs

[Photo: Sabai]

The Sabai Standard
Sabai

[Photo: evian]

No Label
Evian

[Photo: Loop]

Loop
Terracycle

[Photo: IDEO]

Paper Packaging
H&M

[Photo: Superunion]

Notpla
Superunion

[Photo: AKQA]

H&M Looop
AKQA and Universal

[Photo: Ford]

Last Mile Delivery
Ford Mobility and Smart Design

[Photo: GE]

Air2Water
GE

[Photo: James Corner Field Operations]

Tidal Basin Ideas Lab
James Corner Field Operations with Dlandstudio, GGN, Hood Design Studio, and Reed Hilderbrand

[Photo: fuseproject]

Forust 3D Printed Vine Collection
Fuseproject

Honorable Mentions

[Photo: Cake]

Cake 0 Emission
Cake Kalk AP

[Photo: Mastercard]

Carbon Calculator
Mastercard

[Photo: Colgate]

Keep Toothbrush
Colgate

[Photo: Allbirds/Adidas]

Futurecraft.Footprint
Allbirds + Adidas

[Photo: Native]

Plastic Free Deodorant
Native

[Photo: Dove]

0% Aluminum Refillable Deodorant
Dove

[Photo: Peach]

Peach Not Plastic
Grove Collaborative

[Photo: fuseproject]

The Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses
Fuseproject

[Image: Aectual]

Aectual
Aectual

[Photo: Wrangler]

Sustainable denim
Wrangler

[Photo: Recover]

Recover
Recover

[Photo: Black & Veatch]

Electric Island
Black & Veatch, Daimler Trucks NA, and Portland General Electric

[Photo: Dell Technologies]

Bioplastics in PCs
Dell Technologies

[Photo: Nike]

Nike Refurbished
Nike

[Photo: P&G]

Oral-B Clic
Procter & Gamble

[Photo: AKQA]

Earth Speakr
Studio Olafur Eliasson and AKQA

[Photo: Polestar]

Polestar 2
Polestar

[Photo: Horizn Studios]

Circle One
Horizn Studios

[Photo: Waterlight]

Waterlight
E-Dina Energy and Wunderman Thompson Colombia

See more from Fast Company’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards. Our new book, Fast Company Innovation by Design: Creative Ideas That Transform the Way We Live and Work (Abrams, 2021), is on sale now.

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