Fast Company

Fast Company takes you inside the minds of the most progressive business leaders. Meet the real innovators of our age and see the latest in design, sustainability, marketing, and social responsibility.

The Assault on ESG

1 DESIGN • The Death of a Place to Sit When fast-food restaurants eliminate chairs and tables, it's not just diners who lose out.

Revolutionizing the immigration process • BAL USES HIGH-TECH TOOLS AND A UNIQUE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO HELP CLIENTS SECURE GLOBAL TALENT

2 FINANCE • Lost in the Web3 Wilderness The scene from ETHDenver, where the blockchain faithful weather the crypto winter. The legal weed helps.

3 FASHION • Telfar's Inclusive ExclusivityDesigner Telfar Clemens has built his outsider brand into a cultural and financial powerhouse. What's next?

Innovating for sustainability • WESTERN DIGITAL IS SHOWING THAT OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES CAN LEAD TO GREEN BENEFITS

4 TECH • Roblox Grows Up The 3D world for kids is attracting an older audience and brands are taking notice.

A new way to measure sustainable investing • CLARITY Al'S PLATFORM GIVES COMPANIES A DETAILED PICTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES

5 WORK LIFE • Luxury strawberry farmer Hiroki Koga takes our career questionnaire.

Banking with a customer focus • ALLY WANTS TO REDEFINE THE IDEA OF A BANK-ELIMINATING OVERDRAFT FEES WAS ITS FIRST STEP

6 BRANDING

Cloud computing for all • COREWEAVE IS HELPING STARTUPS COMPETE-AND DRIVE INNOVATION IN AI AND MACHINE LEARNING

7 LEADERSHIP • Making It Personal At Instacart and her new healthcare institute, Fidji Simo is finding new ways to channel user data toward targeted solutions.

Rebuilding a critical American industry • WHY PURDUE UNIVERSITY IS ALL IN ON SEMICONDUCTORS

Crunch Time A Flamin'Hot • Flamin’ Hot cheetos are tasty and trendy. In Eva Longpria's new film—her feature directorial debut—they're also an inspiration.

RIP ESG? • AS COMPANIES AND INVESTORS ADOPT ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) METRICS TO BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASE DIVERSITY, THEIR CRITICS AREN'T JUST DECRYING “WOKE CAPITALISM.”

WORLD CHANGING IDEAS

Location is everything • HOMETEAM HAS BUILT A NETWORK OF FILMMAKERS TO TACKLE A CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE

HONORING NATIVE HER ITAGE

SOLAR COMMUNITY HUBS

Transforming youth sports • GAMECHANGER IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO COACHES, PARENTS, AND YOUNG ATHLETES

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WINNERS

Redefining power management • AI-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY FROM EPIRUS WILL HELP DRIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY—AND SAVE LIVES

FINALISTS

Breathing new life into old home movies • MEMORIES’ POWERFUL STREAMING TECHNOLOGY MAKES IT EASY TO SHARE FORGOTTEN MOMENTS

A new approach to gene editing • METAGENOMI IS BETTING THAT UNKNOWN ORGANISMS MIGHT HOLD THE KEY TO CURING DISEASE

Travel with meaning • DISCOVER PUERTO RICO TAKES A CULTURE-FORWARD APPROACH TO BOOSTING TOURISM

THE BUSINESS OF MENOPAUSE • A GENERATION OF COMPANIES HAS EMERGED TO ADDRESS THE SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE AND EXTEND WOMEN'S VITALITY. IN THE PROCESS. THEY'RE CHANGING THE VERY NATURE OF AGING.

THE REBRAND • DESIGN AGENCY COLLINS GIVES GMOS A NEW IDENTITY