BY ADELE PETERS The original story is available here. The impact investing category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors funds, social impact bonds, and other investments in changemaking organizations or initiatives that generate societal benefit along with financial return. This year’s winner, United Airlines’s Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund, is supporting startups in the sustainable aviation fuel space. So far, the more than $200 million fund has backed startups working on fuel made from a variety of sources, from algae grown in seawater to agricultural waste. Read more about the winner here, and see all the honorees below. FINALISTS Child-Lens Investment Framework, UNICEF USAEarly-stage venture fund for water entrepreneurs, Burnt Island VenturesPlatform enabling people to invest in solar energy projects, Climatize HONORABLE MENTIONS Corporate financing strategy to reduce healthcare inequities, MerckFunding LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, Chasing RainbowsProviding a future, beyond hospitality, for generations of Native Americans, Command Holdings, a Pequot CompanySolar investments in the Global South, Renewables.org Explore the full list of Fast … Read More