Each of the 50 honorees on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list demonstrates a distinct way that businesses are rising to meet this moment—and look beyond it. The first seven companies on our 2022 MIC list, including Watershed at No. 6, are devoted to some aspect of ameliorating our climate crisis. Our No.1 company, Stripe, is known for being one of the most important players in internet payments.
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Stripe Climate is the internet payment company’s audacious bet to create a market for ambitious carbon-removal technologies and help save the planet. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, …
The clean-tech startup is tackling climate change by giving every homeowner the opportunity to electrify—starting in low- and middle-income communities. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, …
Canva’s easy-to-use design platform has become a word processor for our modern visual culture. It’s made designers of us all, skeptics be damned. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, industries, …
Hybe, the billion-dollar conglomerate behind BTS, Justin Bieber, and others, has big plans to create Marvel-style universes around its biggest stars. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, …
The pandemic revealed drastic inequities in healthcare. Brewer knows that urgent care isn’t a long-term solution. Here’s what she’s building instead. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, …
Cofounder and CEO Lilac Bar David talks about creating much-needed tools for invoicing and tax planning, and the importance of a welcoming logo. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, industries, …
The company has already reinvented the market for sports apparel. Now Fanatics is remaking the rest of sports fandom. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, industries, and the broader …
Why Fast Company’s 2022 list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies is topped by businesses combating the climate catastrophe. In 2006 when Taylor Francis was 14 years old, he saw Al Gore’s climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Inspired, he wrote to Gore’s organization and soon …
The Bay Area company can make chemicals from captured carbon dioxide, and it’s working with everyone from Procter & Gamble to the Air Force. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, industries, and …
The pioneering company behind CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, Dapper Labs, won’t rest until 3 billion people are customers. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, industries, and the broader …
CEO Stuart Landesberg explains how the eco-products manufacturer and marketplace is taking the environmental burden off its 1.5 million customers. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, …
The biotech startup’s enzyme-based manufacturing operation creates none of the emissions of petrochemical processes. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, industries, and the broader culture. “If …
Since launching in 2019, Brightline has gone from a cash-pay service in California to a wide-ranging platform covered by a host of insurers in 44 states. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, …
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato of World of Wonder explain how their production company became a global cultural force. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, industries, and the broader …
The company makes it easy to repair its laptops and has created a marketplace for replacement parts. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, industries, and the broader culture. At first glance, …
This Most Innovative Company of 2022 proves that corporate training doesn’t have to be boring. This story is part of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022. Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping their businesses, industries, and the broader culture. A shocking amount of …
