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.

b For a planet positive fashion future

Accelerating solutions and supporting ecosystems to transform the fashion industry.

E Inclusive societies for all

To create inclusive societies for all, established systems need to radically change.
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ä Accelerating innovation

We support acceleration and scaling of innovations to break new ground ...
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ö Redesigning Systems

We find new ways to tackle challenges and use impatient research to reach fast results ...
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© Constructive Activism

We advocate about existing challenges with urgency and hope ...

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Learn more about our work through our latest news, stories and insights.
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The Global Change Award is back, with new scope

The world’s largest innovation challenge to transform the fashion industry is now open for applications. The Global Change Award 2022 is seeking early-stage innovations contributing to a planet positive fashion industry by addressing the earth’s global commons: land, water, oceans, climate and biodiversity. Winners get to share a grant of 1 million euro, provided by the H&M Foundation.
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Virtual collection designed to make the planet last launched today

‘The Billion Dollar Collection’, launched today by non-profit H&M Foundation, presents 10 innovative sustainable start-ups that could change the face of the fashion industry. Showcased as garments in a virtual fashion collection, each start-up features a price tag reflecting the estimated support each company believes they need to achieve scale for their disruptive innovations.
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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.

ä Accelerating innovation

We support acceleration and scaling of innovation to break new ground.

ö Redesigning systems

We find new ways to tackle challenges and use impatient research to reach fast results.

© Constructive activism

We advocate about existing challenges with urgency and hope.

u Emergency relief

We can quickly quickly provide 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.

| Our manifesto

This is how we see the world and what we can contribute to.

p What we do

Working towards a planet positive fashion future and inclusive societies for all.

x How we do it

We are taking risks, supporting innovation and building real ecosystems to create lasting change.

˛ Why we do it

The time is now to accelerate the change needed to safeguard humanity and planet Earth.

´ Ecosystem of partners

Collaboration is key to solve complex challenges and finding long-term solutions.

k Timeline

Our learnings have taken us to where we are today, here are some of our highlights throughout the years.