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H&M Foundation shifts focus of Global Change Award 2025 to help achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

The H&M Foundation has unveiled a change in strategic direction in its annual innovation challenge, the Global Change Award (GCA), to support the textile industry’s aim of halving its greenhouse gas emissions each decade to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The GCA 2025 is now open to innovative solutions and concepts that seek to address...

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H&M Foundation name Global Change Award winners 2023

The H&M Foundation, the non-profit organisation funded by the Stefan Persson family, founders and main owners of the H&M Group, has announced ten Global Change Award winners for 2023, as it doubles the number of winners and grant funding to 2 million euros to accelerate change in the fashion industry. The Global Change Award is an early-stage...

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H&M Foundation donates 250,000 dollars in wake of Cyclone Mocha

H&M Foundation, the philanthropic arm of H&M Group, has announced it is to donate 250,000 dollars to the Red Cross/Red Crescent to support their efforts in responding to Cyclone Mocha. The cyclone, considered the strongest in the last 10 years, descended along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on May 14, bringing significant damage to both countries...

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New technology Acousweep separates microplastics from wastewater using soundwaves

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) has developed a new technology in partnership with the H&M Foundation that is able to separate microplastics from wastewater. This new technology called Acousweep creates sweeping acoustic waves in a custom made chamber to physically trap and separate the plastic fibres from the...

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H&M Foundation names new global manager

H&M Foundation, the philanthropic arm of H&M Group, has announced that Anna Gedda has joined the organisation as general manager. On her appointment, Gedda had already been with the fashion retail group for 15 years, first entering as a community investment coordinator and, most recently, holding the role of head of steering and strategic...

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Recycled plastic collected by Indian waste pickers turned into 152 million buttons

Around 62 million tonnes of waste are generated annually in India, of which only 19 percent is treated. The rest ends up in landfills but that is not where it remains - enter about 1.5 to 4 million informal waste pickers who are the largest driving force behind recycling in India. Often barefoot, uneducated and shunned by society, they climb...

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H&M Foundation unveils garments that capture CO2 from the air

Fashion group H&M’s non-profit H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) have unveiled cotton garments that can capture CO2 from the air and release it as nutrition for plants. The ‘Planet First’ programme from the two organisations has stated that the ‘Carbon Looper’ project could potentially be a “...

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H&M Foundation names Global Change Award winners

H&M Group’s non-profit H&M Foundation has named five winners of its Global Change Award 2022 and awarded 1 million euros to the early-stage innovators looking to transform the fashion industry. The 2022 winning innovations hail from the UK, Sweden, India, China and the US and include a laundry solution that prolongs garments’ life, AI helping...

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H&M opens applications for Global Change Award 2022

The H&M Foundation has announced that its Global Change Award is returning for 2022, after being paused by the pandemic, and is calling on early-stage innovations challenging to transform the fashion industry to apply. The Global Change Award, launched in 2015 by non-profit H&M Foundation, in collaboration with Accenture and the KTH Royal...

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H&M Foundation announces virtual start-up collection

The H&M Foundation has announced the Billion Dollar Collection which showcases ten sustainable start-ups that the company believes can change the face of the fashion industry. The chosen innovators for the edgy collection are from across the world and focus on sustainability with their materials and traceability. The pieces will be showcased in...

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H&M Foundation announces winners of Global Change Awards 2020

H&M Foundation has named the five winners of its annual Global Change Awards, an initiative launched in 2015 which aims to find and support companies driving sustainable innovations in the fashion industry. The winners were selected from a total of 5,893 initial entries from 175 different countries by an expert panel and will now share a grant...

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H&M Foundation launches fifth edition of its Global Change Award

The H&M foundation has opened the fifth round of its Global Change Award and is offering one million euros to five innovators with ideas to make the fashion industry more circular. The winners - who are each year selected by an international expert panel, with knowledge working within fashion, sustainability, circularity and innovation - will...