The North America honorees are part of Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards. Explore the full list of projects we’re honoring for making the world more equitable, accessible, and sustainable.
The North America category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors projects either serving or headquartered in North America. This year’s winner is Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn, from the Southern Chiefs’ Organization and Hudson’s Bay Company, a partnership that will establish a new cultural hub for Indigenous people. Read more about the winner here, and see all the honorees below.
Finalists
Finance app for family caregivers, Givers
Medtronic Labs, Medtronic
Quantum System Two, IBM
Rework Reentry Playbook, Aspen Institute and Slack
Honorable mentions
The $50 Study, Rooted School Foundation
Battery-recycling technology, Ascend Elements
Building Regenerative and Equitable Cities, Circular City Coalition
Carbon Insetting Project, Organic Valley
Cross-Border Health Marketplace, Fleri
Discount grocery payment with SNAP EBT, Flashfood
ElectrifyNYC, NHS of Queens, NHS Staten Island, the City of New York, KC3, and NYSERDA
Integrating Afghan Refugees Into the Workforce, Upwardly Global
Node, Savannah College of Art and Design
NovaSeq X, Illumina
nuGen zero-emission mining truck, First Mode
OneWater System, Epic Cleantec
Surgical Intelligence Platform, Theator
T7X, all-electric front loader, Bobcat
Using rock dust to remove carbon, Lithos Carbon
Recognize your brand’s excellence by applying to this year’s Brands That Matter Awards before the early-rate deadline, May 3.
