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.

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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

0 How recycled buttons create inclusive circularity

India’s waste pickers are paving their own path to a fairer future and contributing to building a circular economy.

s Inclusive societies

Creating inclusive societies where fashion is made by pioneering new methods for social inclusion ...

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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Learn more about our work through our latest news, stories and insights.

Jul 2022 •Read in 3 mins

5 innovations that enable social inclusion while turning waste into value

Meet the five winners of Techtonic – Innovations in Circular Economy. These innovators can move the needle within waste management, towards a circular economy in India, while enabling social inclusion for informal waste pickers.

Panel discussion on investor support with Erik Karlsson, investment manager, H&M Group, Eva Karlsson, CEO at Houdini Sportswear, and Nikita Jayasuriya, General Manager Europe at The Mills Fabrica. Moderated by Christiane Dolva, H&M Foundation.

Jun 2022 •Read in 2 mins

How to go from lab to launch according to fashion’s thought-leaders

Innovators, experts, and industry decision-makers gathered at the Planet Positive Perspectives exhibit to share knowledge, launch collaborations and take action for a sustainable fashion future.

Jun 2022 •Read in 1 min

Updates on our emergency relief support to efforts in Ukraine

Emergency Relief

Four months have passed since we donated USD 100,000 each to Save the Children and UNHCR and their tireless efforts in Ukraine. Below you will find just a few of their accomplishments described in numbers that our support has contributed to.

Apr 2022 •Read in 1 min

How much do you know about our planet?

Are you a planet hero? What would happen if all CO2 emissions completely stopped, or what share of all agricultural land worldwide is used for feeding animals? Test your knowledge in this short quiz, you will most likely be surprised and learn something new!

Mar 2022 •Read in 2 mins

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.

Dec 2021 •Read in 1 min

Emergency relief to support people in Philippines after Typhoon Rai

On December 16, Typhoon Rai, locally named Odette, hit Philippines with full force. The typhoon brought destruction and hardship to some of the most vulnerable communities in the country. H&M Foundation is donating USD 100,000 to the Red Cross to support the people affected.

Sep 2021 •Read in 2 mins

Digital foundation for circular commerce

With the mission to power the fashion industry’s transition to circular commerce, EON brings brands, retailers and industry online to create new systems, incentives and business models – for an equitable, profitable and planet positive fashion future.

Sep 2021 •Read in 1 min

Wired’s New Moves featuring Erik Bang at H&M Foundation

Tech magazine WIRED’s New Moves series in collaboration with H&M focuses on those making positive steps to shift the industry’s approach to sustainability. Listen to our Innovation Lead, Erik Bang, explain how we work disrupt the fashion industry.

Sep 2021 •Read in 2 mins

Shifting the industry through waste management

A large share of the 150 billion garments that are produced each year go to waste. Reverse Resources was founded with a conviction to do something about it, thus created a platform where textile leftovers are mapped, traced and traded.

Sep 2021 •Read in 2 mins

Custom-made jeans to end over production

Over production is depleting the earth’s resources. An American trio decided to take action and started unspun, a techstyle brand that engineers jeans straight from the future.

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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.

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.