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To power a growing EV fleet, South Korea’s SK On has helped jump-start battery manufacturing in the U.S. The company has opened a factory in Georgia; in joint ventures with Ford and Hyundai, it has another four under construction. By 2025, those facilities collectively will be producing batteries for about 1.5 million EVs a year—more vital pieces in the remaking of Auto Nation.

2.Mercado Libre

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

In Latin America, where 33% of adults lack bank access, this e-commerce and fintech firm offers loans and investing services to millions. About 45% of its customers got their first loan or credit card from Mercado Libre.

3.Walmart

BENTONVILLE, ARK.

Walmart’s Live Better U aims to put workers on a path to better pay—by covering 100% of their tuition and book costs. Since 2018, about 19,000 people have earned degrees and certifications through LBU.

4.Johnson Controls

CORK, IRELAND

The building technology company is one of the world’s biggest producers and installers of heat pumps, which can heat or cool a building using only about one-third the energy of a conventional system.

5.Battelle

COLUMBUS, OHIO

This applied-sciences nonprofit has developed the PFAS Annihilator: It’s one of the first tools for eliminating PFAS—pervasive “forever chemicals” linked to various increased cancer risks—from water and soil.

6.Perrigo / Organon

DUBLIN / JERSEY CITY

Major milestones in the fight for women’s reproductive freedom.

Access to contraception helps lower maternal mortality rates, increases women’s wages and education levels, and broadly benefits society and business at large. Despite these tremendous benefits, for-profit companies have largely abandoned women’s health in general and contraception in particular. But two companies have bucked the trend this year, taking significant steps to help women prevent unwanted pregnancies.

In the U.S., women will soon be able to buy birth control pills over the counter for the first time, thanks to Ireland’s Perrigo. In 2014 a company now owned by Perrigo started working to seek U.S. regulatory approval to sell its Opill without a prescription. In July, the Food and Drug Administration finally approved Perrigo’s application, a decision one advocate called “a transformation in access to contraceptive care.”

Organon in March pledged $30 million as part of an initiative to reduce unintended pregnancies globally. The women’s health company is issuing grants to nonprofits working with lower-income women and teaming up with others to distribute its contraceptive implants in low-income countries. It says its work helped prevent 57 million unintended pregnancies through the end of 2022.

7.WASOKO

NAIROBI

Shoring up mom-and-pop retailers across Africa.

Wasoko has become one of the fastest-growing companies in Africa by making it convenient for mom-and-pop retailers to order essential goods at any time via SMS or its mobile app for free same-day delivery to their stores. The company has facilitated 5 million orders to sellers of goods like rice, sugar, and soap to maintain their stock and provide essential products to local communities in such countries as Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It’s a huge difference maker in rural areas where supply chains are shaky and big chain retailers are rarely found. Wasoko’s platform has also disbursed $43 million in financing to retailers for projects designed to help them grow their revenue. The company raised $125 million in a financing round last year that valued it at $625 million.

8.WeRide

GUANGZHOU, CHINA

Harnessing the safety and climate benefits of driverless cars.

Traffic accidents are a leading cause of death globally, and many advocates say autonomous driving tech could pave the way to safer roads—reducing accidents by eliminating factors like driver fatigue and drunk driving. WeRide, recently valued at $5.1 billion, operates driverless cars, buses, and other vehicles in China, Singapore, and the UAE. Three years into its robo-taxi operations, WeRide says it has recorded no “proactive” accidents—that is, none caused by its cars. It also serves underrepresented consumers in new ways. “We want to empower the vulnerable communities, including the elderly and the disabled, by offering a means to get to their destinations independently,” CEO Tony Han told Fortune. WeRide’s entire fleet of 600 vehicles, from taxis to buses, is electric—helping to reduce carbon emissions. WeRide has also played a role in urban sanitation: Its driverless street sweepers run every day in Guangzhou, a city of 14 million people.

9.Gilead

FOSTER CITY, CALIF.

Gilead is one of the most successful developers of HIV drugs. It’s now channeling its earnings into the Compass Initiative, which aims to expand access to HIV education and treatment in the American South.

10.Abbott

ABBOTT PARK, ILL.