The consumer products category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards recognizes items for the home or office that help us live a more purposeful life, or fundamentally alter outdated business models or supply chains of our current consumer goods. See the finalists and honorable mentions below, and read about the winner, an A/C unit that shrinks energy use by 75%.
Finalists
Acre, Modern Mill
Air Eau de Parfum, Air Company
Brave Robot Animal-Free Ice Cream, The Urgent Company
Diamonds made from air, Aether Diamonds
Home Compostable Transparent Laminate, Tipa
Juno Bassinet, Juno Baby
Lay’s Factory Home Heating, PepsiCo
Nebia, Moen Quattro
Q-Collar, Q30 Innovations
Scotch Cushion Lock Protective Wrap, 3M
Urbanista Los Angeles, Urbanista AB
Vega, Unspun
Honorable mentions
All-Dai, Munjoi
Beyond the Bag Initiative, Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners
Degree Inclusive, Wunderman Thompson Argentina and Unilever
Elevated Medial Arch Rebalancing technology, E’MAR Italy
Fairphone 4, Above Agency
Framework Laptop, Framework
L’Oréal Water Saver, L’Oréal
The Lovevery App, Lovevery
Pangaia Lab, Pangaia
Peach not Plastic, Peach not Plastic
Platform for Touch in the Metaverse, Emerge
Re/Casetify, Casetify
Refill Stations, The Body Shop
Reusable Wine Bottle, Good Goods
The Truth About PFAS, Beautycounter
Recognize your brand’s excellence by applying to this year’s Brands That Matter Awards before the early-rate deadline, May 3.