The climate category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards recognizes projects designed to mitigate the impacts of climate change, limit emissions, help build resiliency to climate disasters, or otherwise help solve issues of climate crisis. See the finalists and honorable mentions below, and read about the winner, a startup helping turn old buildings green—and making decarbonization affordable for everyone.
Finalists
Carbon Reduction and Removal, Climate Vault
Cemvita Factory, Cemvita Factory
CO2-negative energy, Mash Makes
Dryad Silvanet, Dryad Networks
EcoSafi, Better Cooking Company and Enlisted Design
Ford F-150 Lightning, Ford
FutureFeed, FutureFeed
Irrecoverable Carbon Global Map, Conservation International
Pixxel, Pixxel
Polestar 0 Project, Polestar
Twelve, Twelve
Woolly Mammoth De-extinction Project, Colossal
Honorable Mentions
Acre, Modern Mill
Air Eau de Parfum, Air Company
Allinfra Climate, Allinfra
Arc, Arcadia
Twig, the Bank of Things, Twig
Benefyd, Energy Datametrics
Brave Robot Animal-Free Ice Cream, The Urgent Company
Carbon Management Platform, Sweep
CarbonOff, CarbonOff
Carbon Tracking and Reduction Software for Retailers, Vaayu
Cispatá Blue Carbon Project, Conservation International
Clean Path New York, Clean Path New York
Climate Funders Justice Pledge, Donors of Color Network
Climate.Park.Change, Sasaki and NPRA
Climate Resilience Initiative (CRI), Clara Lionel Foundation
Community Impact Platform, SDG&E
Destinus, Destinus
Diamonds made from air, Aether Diamonds
Eco Financing Program, Enervee
The Edge of Paradise, SWA
Food for Climate League, Food for Climate League
Forust, Desktop Metal
Global Sustainability Innovation Lab, Mastercard
Gradient Comfort, Gradient Comfort
Huue, Huue
Hydrogen Fuel Cell System, HyPoint
Infinite Recycling, Samsara
In-Store Trade-In, Trove
Latis, HowGood
LifeLabs Design, LifeLabs
Miami Sustainable Waste Metering, Compology
MRV Platform, Regrow Ag
Nexii breakthrough green building for Starbucks—Vancouver, Nexii Building Solutions
nZero, nZero
Origin Materials, Origin Materials
OurCarbon, Bioforcetech
Pathzero Portfolio, Pathzero
Persefoni, Persefoni
Pray for Rain, Pray.com
Reforestation Initiatives, Aspiration
Restor, Google, Restor, Crowther Labs
San Francisco Sustainable Aviation Fuel project, Neste
Scaling Permanent Carbon Removal, Carbonfuture
The Simple Emissions Reduction Calculator, Clean Energy Ventures
Tomorrow.Space, Tomorrow.io
Transforming Modesto, Frito-Lay North America
TrusTrace, TrusTrace
Veritree, Veritree
Watershed, Watershed
Wildfire Tracker, BreezoMeter
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