Alongside the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies, Fast Company recognizes 606 organizations across 58 sectors and regions.
ZwitterCo develops filtration membranes to treat the world's most challenging wastewaters. Its patented zwitterionic membrane technology is one of the only fouling-immune membranes and the first new membrane chemistry for industrial water treatment and reuse in decades.
"We are honored to be included among the progressive companies confronting the climate crisis," said Alex Rappaport, co-founder and CEO of ZwitterCo. "It's estimated that by 2025, two-thirds of the world's population may face water shortages. We founded ZwitterCo with a singular mission to address this problem by making safe and commercially viable industrial water reuse a reality so we can decrease freshwater drawdown and make more water available for the public as the effects of climate change escalate. In 2024, we are rapidly expanding this vision to include water treatment for distressed industrial reverse osmosis systems."
