Promoting just climate solutions for the textile industry
H&M Foundation supports the industry in halving its greenhouse gas emissions every decade by 2050, while promoting a just transition for both people and the planet. We use philanthropic resources to fund vital research and breakthrough innovation, develop impactful partnerships and create storytelling that inspires change.
Restoring ecosystems at scale
GCA winner Ponda is entering a new phase of growth, with regenerated wetlands now taking shape across Europe and their first commercial product launch reaching the market.
Who’s involved in decarbonising the textile industry?
Learn about our key take aways from the Global Fashion Summit
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Latest
Learn more about our work through our latest news, stories and insights.
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From reaction to prevention: using remittances to act before climate crises hit
A new initiative by the H&M Foundation and Mercy Corps and co-funded by global financial technology platform, Adyen, is testing how early-warning systems can trigger remittances before climate disasters strike.…
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What shaped our thinking at Global Fashion Summit – and what we brought back
At this year’s Global Fashion Summit, much of the conversation centred on how to decarbonise a complex global industry. But beneath the technical discussions sits a more fundamental question: who…
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Shaping industry conversations
When key actors are missing from industry conversations, solutions risk being unrealistic, ineffective, or unjust. Our work to ensure that critical perspectives shape decisions is not a question of representation,…
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How a perception shift helped redesign a circular system in Bengaluru
In Bengaluru, a six-year perception change campaign did more than change attitudes, it helped redesign an inclusive circular system. The approach combined behavioural insights, storytelling, social experiments and specific actions…
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GCA Impact story: How Ponda is restoring ecosystems at scale
When Ponda won the Global Change Award in 2022, they set out to prove that a supply chain could restore ecosystems rather than exhaust them. Three years on, they’ve raised…
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Practical toolkit to drive coordinated climate action launched
An open-access workshop toolkit enables brands, suppliers, policymakers and investors across the textile industry to apply the System Map in their own work, identifying leverage points to halve emissions and…
Our projects
We support projects across the textile value chain that target high-emission areas and key points of leverage – where our philanthropic strengths can make the greatest difference.