Bradenton sustainable builder makes magazine's global innovation list

Bradenton-based Pearl Homes, working on several environmentally friendly real estate and development projects in the region, has been named to Fast Company magazine’s 2024 World’s Most Innovative Companies list.  

The magazine evaluated thousands of submissions across multiple industries for the list, according to a statement. Other companies on the list include YouTube, Taco Bell, Taylor Swift Productions and AI chip maker Nvidia. Brightline, with its Miami-to-Orlando rail service is on the list. Another company to make the list: jelly brand JM Smucker, for, says Fast Company, “demonstrating PB&J plus R&D can be a BFD.”

“We saw extraordinary innovation across the board in 2023, but we also saw a handful of clear patterns: the growing footprint and impact of AI, the triumphant return of live events, and great leaps forward in climate tech,” Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan says in the statement.