New incentives

The Impact List replaces the rich list.

We rank what we want more of. A wealth ranking manufactures hoarding; an impact ranking manufactures contribution. Same human drive for status — pointed at life instead of accumulation.

Old scoreboard

Wealth ranking

Measures what you hold

Rewards extraction and enclosure

One number, no consequences

Beyond $1B: no added happiness, only added power

New scoreboard

Planetary Council Impact List

Measures what you contribute

Rewards restoration, peace, care, invention

Open method, auditable evidence

Status you cannot buy — only earn

How impact is scored

Five weighted dimensions. Published method, public evidence, revisable by anyone.

LIFE

Lives improved

Health, food, shelter, safety — measured in people, not dollars.

BIO

Ecology restored

Carbon drawn down, land and ocean returned to health.

PAX

Peace made

Conflicts de-escalated, weapons flows stopped, enemies reconciled.

GNO

Knowledge released

Open science, open tools, patents freed into the commons.

CAP

Power returned

Wealth voluntarily brought under the ceiling; governance handed to the commons.

The list — opening ranks

Ranks are open. Nominations welcome.

Open — nominate a life

The first rank belongs to whoever moves the needle most for LIFE this year.

Open

Signatories of the Treaty

Anyone who brings their own fortune under the ceiling, voluntarily and publicly.

CAP

Peacemakers on the ground

Negotiators, medics, journalists and organisers who stop violence in progress.

PAX

Restorers of ecosystems

Forest, soil, river and reef stewards — measured in living systems recovered.

BIO

Releasers of knowledge

Whoever hands the most useful thing they own to everyone, for free.

GNO

Nominate someone→ Read the Treaty