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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ä Winners of Global Change Award 2022

See the game-changing innovations that can help turn the fashion industry into a planet positive one.

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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May 2022 •Read in 2 mins

Making fashion fully traceable with blockchain technology

TextileGenesis traces sustainable fibres through transparent and reliable blockchain technology. Their GCA 2020 win has accelerated their development and helped apply their platform to more than 1,500 supply chains across the fashion industry.

Apr 2022 •Read in 2 mins

Wanted: Ideas rethinking waste management in India

Together with Social Alpha and JSW Foundation we’re looking for solutions in waste management, that can move the needle towards a circular economy in India, while enabling social inclusion for informal waste pickers of Bengaluru.

Apr 2022 •Read in 2 mins

Merging fashion with tech to build a circular economy

The digital solution circular.fashion changes how garments are designed, used and disposed. After winning the GCA in 2019, over 1,000 designers and 90 brands have enforced their solutions and moved towards a better fashion future.

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.