Our Impact

Young Leaders Who Act, Inspire, and Drive Real Change

The One Young World Community is creating incredible social impact across every industry, and every sector, in every single country in the world. 

Our Impact in Numbers

1:16 Generated an average of 1:16 social return on investment

58.57 million people directly impacted by Ambassador-led projects featured in our Impact Reports since 2010

3.83 million tonnes of CO2 emissions mitigated by Ambassador-led initiatives since 2010

Read the latest Impact Report

Watch our Ambassadors in Action

From spearheading action in politics, entrepreneurship and innovation to advocacy to create a better world, find out what our Ambassadors have been up to over the last year. 

Every year, we conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses on a selection of Ambassador-led social impact projects working to achieve all 17 SDGs around the world, in order to provide a snapshot of the social impact created by the Community.

By social impact we mean the intentional positive change created which forms a measurable part of solving pressing social issues and challenges to promote human wellbeing. 

From educating 375,000 people to prevent non-communicable diseases to mitigating 809,150 tonnes of carbon through forest restoration, One Young World Ambassadors are making a substantial impact in tackling the world’s biggest challenges.

58.57 million people directly impacted by Ambassadors since 2010

1:16 Social Return on Investment of Ambassador projects featured in the 2024/25 Annual Impact Report

The One Young World Impact Tracker

You can find details about what One Young World Ambassadors are doing in your specialist area of interest, or geographic location, with our impact tracker. 

93 % of Ambassadors have greater capacity to generate impact

93 % of Ambassadors who participated in additional One Young World programmes since the 2022 Summit have created new social impact

89.9 % of Ambassadors who attended the Manchester Summit have created new social impact within two years of joining One Young World

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Leading companies, NGOs, and educational institutions from every sector choose to make One Young World an integral part of their global talent development, retention and attraction.