Fortune Change the World List

Companies Changing the World

Each year, Fortune publishes the Change the World List to celebrate companies and leaders that embrace corporate purpose and recognize how it can add value to business and society.

The application period for the 2022 Fortune Change the World is now closed – the 2022 list will appear on Fortune.com or/around October 11.

Fortune’s Change the World list recognizes companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business strategy. We prioritize companies with annual revenues of $1 billion or more. Fortune writers and editors, with help from the Shared Value Initiative, evaluate the companies by these four factors:

  • Measurable social impact: We consider the reach, nature, and durability of the company’s impact on one or more specific societal problems. This category receives extra weight.
  • Business results: We consider the benefit the socially impactful work brings to the company. Profitability and contribution to shareholder value outweigh benefits to the company’s reputation.
  • Degree of innovation: We consider how innovative the company’s effort is relative to that of others in its industry and whether other companies have followed its example.
  • Corporate Integration: We consider how integral the initiative is to a company’s overall strategy, and how well that strategy is communicated through the ranks and elsewhere.

The 2022 Change the World List will be published on Fortune.com on or around Monday, October 11. You can see last year’s list here.

There is no cost to apply for the 2022 Fortune Change the World List.

Please contact Alicia Dunn at FSG with any questions.

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