Fast Company Honors Zum in 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards

We are thrilled to announce that Zūm has been recognized by Fast Company’s 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards for modernizing student transportation.

The annual recognition honors businesses and organizations that are developing creative solutions to the most pressing issues of our time and driving meaningful change in the world. 

This is the second year Zum has been named to this prestigious list. 

“At Zum, we recognize that student transportation has the potential to positively impact families, schools and entire communities through safe, efficient and equitable service and vehicle-to-grid technology to power the grid with electric school bus batteries,” said Ritu Narayan, CEO and Founder of Zum. “We appreciate being included on Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas list among so many organizations that are working to build a better world.”

This year’s awards showcase 50 winners across 12 categories and 50 additional winners across industries. A panel of Fast Company editors and reporters judged applications based on their impact, sustainability, design, creativity, scalability and ability to improve society.

“The World Changing Ideas Awards have always been about showcasing the art of the possible,” said Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan. “We’re proud to recognize the organizations and leaders that are making meaningful progress on the biggest issues of our time.”

The complete list of 2025 World Changing Ideas honorees can be found at https://www.fastcompany.com/world-changing-ideas/list. It will also be available in the 2025 Summer print issue of Fast Company. 

Thank you to Fast Company for this incredible honor!