In these times many vulnerable people are isolated without the possibility to go out to buy groceries and medicines. H&M Foundation has made a donation to GoodCause Foundation, who is setting up a digital tool matching these people with volunteers.
During the festivities around the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, the H&M Foundation joined forces with world leaders, artists and activists to support the new Global Goals. The Foundation committed to giving 45,000 of the poorest people in India access to clean water and toilets, through a partnership with Practical Action.
Through their foundations, Reach for Change and H&M Foundation, Kinnevik and H&M are jointly supporting social entrepreneurs that improve the situation for women and youth in Ethiopia.
As we embark on Phase 2 of Saamuhika Shakti, building on the incredible work of our partners and The/Nudge Institute, we welcome on board Sattva as an independent backbone organisation as well as two new implementing partners; Sparsha and Udhyam Learning Foundation.
H&M Foundation’s new Global Manager, Anna Gedda, has over fifteen years of practice from the fashion and textile industry, experience in how to make brave strategies come to life and an equal passion for fashion and sustainability. It is her firm belief that the fashion and textile industry can be both socially inclusive and planet positive, but it requires bold ambitions, ground-breaking innovations, and collaboration. As Global Manager for H&M Foundation, Anna Gedda is set to use philanthropy as a catalyst to co-create and share inspiring solutions with the potential to radically transform the entire industry.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Fulfilling these 17 goals will take an unprecedented effort by all sectors in society and we all have a role to play.
Children who experience love, proper nutrition and protection in a stimulating environment during early childhood become resilient, learn effectively and can help build strong, safe communities and economies when they reach adulthood. Together with UNICEF, the H&M Foundation ran a global program over six years to invest in a better future for the most vulnerable children through early education and care. A total of 288,000 young children, parents, teachers, and other relevant influencers did directly benefit from the programme.
As the demand for recycled raw materials increases in the textile industry, there are urgent opportunities to create social inclusion along the new value chains. The H&M Foundation is funding Saamuhika Shakti, a holistic ecosystem of eleven organisations aiming to equip informal waste pickers in India to lift themselves out of poverty.
The H&M Foundation is running a long-term project to support women garment workers in Bangladesh where we are preparing them for a future where the textile industry is defined by automation and digitalization. The aim is to create new job opportunities for the women and safeguard their livelihoods.
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and a cancelled Global Change Award ceremony, the H&M Foundation was left with hotel rooms in Stockholm, Sweden that could not be used. The rooms have now been given to people working in healthcare, fighting day and night to save the lives of people infected with COVID-19.
