Accelerating change

We are a non-profit foundation, initiated to co-create, fund and share solutions for the world’s most urgent challenges.​ Sprung from our entrepreneurial heritage, it is in our core to disrupt traditional systems through unexpected collaborations. To help safeguard the welfare of humanity we’re ushering the fashion industry to become planet positive, and we accelerate development for inclusive societies.

Carbon Looper apron by HKRITA and H&M Foundation

2 Textiles addressing climate change

Garments capturing CO2 and releasing it as nutrition for plants – the Carbon Looper is now live at Fotografiska Stockholm

3 Empowering garment workers in Bangladesh

We work to create a skilled female workforce in Bangladesh to save jobs as the industry is automated and digitized.

s Inclusive societies

Creating inclusive societies for all by radically changing established systems ...

b Planet positive

Accelerating solutions to transform the fashion industry into a planet positive one ...

© Inspiring storytelling

Communicating inspiring stories to change mindsets of what’s possible and spark action ...

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Garments capturing CO2 are now worn by staff at Fotografiska Stockholm

Stockholm, 23 May, 2022 – The Planet First program initiated by the H&M Foundation and world-renowned The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) has recently resulted in an innovation that could potentially be a game-changer when it comes to fighting global CO2 emissions. The Carbon Looper project – clothing that captures CO2 from the air and then releases it as nutrition for plants – is now being tested by the restaurant staff at Fotografiska Stockholm.
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Equipping a new generation of garment workers in Bangladesh

Facing the increasing use of automation and digitalization within the garment industry, there is an urgent need to create a skilled female workforce to save jobs and create new job opportunities. By developing video game-based skill trainings, our partner Shimmy Technologies worked to upskill women garment workers, increasing their opportunities to become multi-machine operators and digital design workers.
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s Our work

To safeguard the welfare of humanity our mission is to catalyse the fashion industry to become planet positive and to accelerate the development for inclusive societies. In 2020, we changed our strategy to throw fewer pebbles but make bigger waves by working in complex ecosystems to create long-lasting change from the ground up. For real impact, we openly share our new ideas, insights and practices to inspire others to replicate and scale.

s Inclusive Societies

Creating inclusive societies for all by radically changing established systems.

b Planet Positive

Accelerating solutions to transform the fashion industry into a planet positive one.

© Inspiring Storytelling

Using communication as a change maker to spark action.

u Emergency Relief

Quickly providing emergency relief in case of a large natural disaster.

a About us

The H&M Foundation is a non-profit foundation for public good, privately funded by the Stefan Persson family, founders and main owners of the H&M Group. We work to fast-track the achievements of the UN Sustainable Development goals by 2030, to safeguard humanity and our planet.

p Our story

We are a non-profit foundation for public good, with a mission to co-create, fund and share solutions for the world’s most urgent challenges.

x Our role

Our role is to never settle, challenge the comfortable and look outside the box for new ways to drive change

˛ How we work

We believe we need to stop business as usual and challenge best practice to invent next practice.