You can make an impact by solving important local and global problems by investing your time, career, and savings; by listing and comparing solutions.

As a labor market participant, you can choose to work for places that have an organizational mission that strategically aligns with local, domestic, and international objectives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_alignment ... "Schema.org: Mission, Project, Goal, Objective, Task" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12525141

As an investor, you can choose to invest in organizations that are making the sort of impact you're looking for: you can impact invest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_investing

You mentioned "List of global issues"; which didn't yet have a link
to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (the #GlobalGoals). I just added
this to the linked article:

> As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN Millenium Development Goals (2000-2015) were superseded by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2016-2030), which are also known as The Global Goals. There are associated Targets and Indicators for each Global Goal.

There are 17 Global Goals.

Sustainability reporting standards can align with the Sustainable
Development Goals. For example, the GRI standards are now aligned with
the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals

Investors, fund managers, and potential employees can identify companies
which are making an impact by reviewing corporate sustainability and ESG
reports.

From https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-develo... :

> SDG Target 12.6: "Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle"

From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21302926 :

> > What are some of the corporate sustainability reporting standards?

> > From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability_reporting#Initi... :

> >> Organizations can improve their sustainability performance by measuring (EthicalQuote (CEQ)), monitoring and reporting on it, helping them have a positive impact on society, the economy, and a sustainable future. The key drivers for the quality of sustainability reports are the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI),[3] (ACCA) award schemes or rankings. The GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines enable all organizations worldwide to assess their sustainability performance and disclose the results in a similar way to financial reporting.[4] The largest database of corporate sustainability reports can be found on the website of the United Nations Global Compact initiative.

> >The GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Standards are now aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#GlobalGoals). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Reporting_Initiative

> >> In 2017, 63 percent of the largest 100 companies (N100), and 75 percent of the Global Fortune 250 (G250) reported applying the GRI reporting framework.[3]

What are some good ways to search for companies who (1) do sustainability
reports, (2) engage in strategic alignment in corporate planning
sessions, (3) make sustainability a front-and-center issue in their
company's internal and external communications?

What are some examples of companies who have a focus on sustainability
and/or who have developed a nonprofit organization for philanthropic
missions which are sometimes best accounted for as a distinct
organization or a business unit (which can accept and offer receipts for donations
as a non-profit)?

How can an employee drive change in a small or a large company?
Identify opportunities to deliver value and goodwill. Read through the Global Goals, Targets, and Indicators; and get into the habit of writing down problems and solutions.

3 pillars of [Corporate] Sustainability: (Environment (Society (Economy))).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability#Three_dimension...