Guild has been named to the 2025 Fortune’s Change the World list, which recognizes companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business strategy.
Fortune’s annual Change the World List, now in its 11th year, spotlights companies that let their actions speak for them – businesses that are balancing mission with margin to address social problems.
“This recognition affirms what we have believed from the beginning — that the most powerful way to build a resilient future is to give people the chance to rise, no matter where they started,” said Bijal Shah, CEO of Guild. “As a certified B Corp, Guild was built to serve both business outcomes and human outcomes, and we are proud to see that mission reflected in this recognition. But this honor is not ours alone. It belongs to our employer partners investing boldly in their people, our learning partners innovating daily to help train our nation’s workforce for the jobs of tomorrow, and most of all, to our learners, whose resilience drives everything we do. We are proud to play a role in unlocking their potential and shaping a future of work where companies thrive by helping their people grow.”
View the complete 2025 Fortune Change the World list and Fortune's selection methodology.
Guild is building a new kind of economy — one powered by resilience, not replacement.
In the last 10 years, Guild has expanded to serve employers across industries spanning healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, retail, hospitality, and more, creating career pathways to grow talent in the most in-demand areas of the economy. Today, Guild partners with employers within industries that drive approximately 70% of the U.S. GDP. With nearly two-thirds of Guild learners pursuing targeted skill development, Guild’s partnership with these employers reflects the evolving demands of a workforce shaped by rapid technological change.
In the last year alone, Guild supported 1.4 million members through its partnerships with companies like Chipotle, Discover Financial Services, Hilton, Target, UCHealth, and the Walt Disney Company - one of Guild’s earliest partners.
Additionally, in 2024 alone, the company saved learners more than $1 billion in tuition costs—a tremendous milestone for the company that pioneered a new approach to corporate sponsored learning and education, tying programs to business-critical workforce challenges and creating career opportunities for millions of workers.
Industry Outcomes - Healthcare
Through deep partnerships with leading healthcare organizations, Guild delivers measurable business outcomes, including stronger talent pipelines, improved retention, cost savings, and a workforce equipped for the future. Guild helps healthcare workers unlock new earning potential by making previously undefined career paths visible and attainable—powered by innovative education and skilling programs that meet them where they are and support where they want to go. Critical career pathways are designed using labor market data, employer talent priorities, and emerging workforce needs. The result: a more resilient healthcare ecosystem, better prepared to serve the communities that rely on it most.
By the numbers:
Improved retention rates among nurses allowed one Guild partner to avoid filling 300K+ shifts with temporary contract labor, saving an estimated $100 million
Guild has helped move more than 11K employees into high-demand healthcare roles over the past five years
Health systems that work with Guild observe that nurses enrolled in the Guild program average 50% lower turnover rates than their peers
Guild healthcare learners are 2.9x more likely to experience internal mobility.
Guild healthcare learners who transitioned into a registered nurse (RN) role experienced an estimated collective change in their earnings of nearly $56 million, setting them on a path to greater economic opportunity
Learn more on Compass, Guild’s publication on the future of work.
