Applications are open for Fast Companys 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards! The deadline is December 6, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. PT. You can submit your project here! If youre still on the fence, here are some excellent reasons to applyand some tips on what were looking for when we judge the entries.For our World Changing Ideas Awards, now in its ninth year, Fast Company is looking for the best products, concepts, companies, policies, and designs that pursue innovation for good. We want to honor clean technology, innovative corporate initiatives, thoughtful new designs for cities and buildings, creative works that help drive change, the ways organizations respond to disasters, and many other concepts.The winners will be featured in the May 2025 issue of Fast Company and online on fastcompany.com. Among the honorees for 2024 were a Paris housing complex that used 100% recycled concrete, a solar-powered refrigerator for the developing world, a renewable battery thats 10 times cheaper than lithium ion, and a redesigned mobile restroom for people with disabilities. There were also companies working on sustainable aviation fuel, 3D-printed living seawalls, safety tech for workers in extreme heatand so many more.New format for 2025For this years awards, were debuting a new format:Instead of naming a winner in 50 categories, well be naming a single list of the top World Changing Ideas entries. Well be considering every application and creating a list of the most compelling submissionsalong with a few categories offering a chance for additional recognition for companies excelling in specific locations, sectors, and years in business.Visionary of the yearFor the first time, well also be naming a Visionary of the Year. This award will recognize leaders at any level of a company who helped create a product, service, new business model, or policy that improved sustainability, equity, and/or accessibility, and generally made the world a better place for its customers.What were looking forAnd while the format may have changed, the criteria hasnt. To get a sense of what were looking for, read about all of last years winners here.Fast Company editors will be judging entries based on their impact, innovation, creativity, and scalability. Were looking for big corporate initiatives and small, grassroots projectsand everything in between.The winners of our awards are seen by millions of people. Our hope is to support the growth of positive social innovation by showcasing the best exampleswhether from a major corporation or a small nonprofitto the business community, and that our finalists receive more exposure and a chance to scale even further. We look forward to reading your entries. Apply here.