Deadline: October 6, 2025
Applications are open for the Earth Company Impact Hero Class of 2026. The world needs more changemakers who can solve the world’s most pressing issues and create a regenerative world that holistically enhances planetary well-being. They are called Impact Heroes.
These visionary leaders, driven by bottomless passion and resolute determination, achieve paradigm shifts and build inclusive pathways for regenerative futures ensuring a better world for all. Earth Company selects up to ten exceptional changemakers from the Asia-Pacific to join the year-long Lead-to-Regenerate (L2R) Acceleration Program. In the middle of the program, one hero will emerge as the “Impact Hero of the Year” and receive an additional 2.5 years of customized support from Earth Company to further their transformative work.
Benefits
Earth Company provides three years of life-changing support customized specifically to maximize the Impact Heroes of the Year’s potential, including:
- Fundraising: Together with the selected Impact Hero, they will conduct a joint fundraising initiative to acquire funding that sustains core operations or implement a project with lasting, transformative impact.
- Leadership Coaching: They equip the Impact Hero with skills needed to realise the regenerative future they envision and bring holistic meaningful impact to the communities they serve.
- Business Development: They build opportunities through expanding networks in Japan and beyond, increasing media presence, and/or developing revenue-generating programs to enable financial sustainability.
- Marketing Support: They help build brand identity and marketing tools for the Impact Hero to better communicate their purpose, their work and their impact to enable more effective fundraising and awareness building.
- Management Consulting: They provide skill-building workshops to help Impact Heroes with everything they need to know in order to manage a mission-driven organization effectively.
Eligibility
You are eligible if you answer “yes” to these questions:
- Are you aligned with the vision and values of Earth Company?
- Do you tackle some of the most pressing social and environmental challenges in the developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region?
- Do you have innovative solutions that bring meaningful impact to a wide range of stakeholders?
- Are you serving on the leadership team of a social-purpose organization?
- Are you committed to the cause long-term?
- Are you able to commit a reasonable amount of time to work with Earth Company’s support team?
- Are you able to regularly communicate with the Earth Company team in English by email and online calls?
Application
Record yourself answering the question “Why do you think you are an Impact Hero?” within a maximum length of 60 seconds.
- Tell your story and convince the organisers!
- Upload it to YouTube (as unlisted) or Google Drive and share the link in the application form.
- Any video longer than 60 seconds will NOT be considered.
For more information, visit Earth Company Impact Hero.
