In 2015, the Italian company Orange Fiber won the first round of Global Change Award. This spring, their innovation, a luxe fabric made out of citrus juice by-products, is included in one of H&M’s Conscious Exclusive collection. Here, co-founder Enrica Arena shares the story behind the company and about winning Global Change Award.
H&M Foundation’s Annual Report 2018 covers the work we have done together with our 25 partners within the focus areas Education, Water, Equality and Planet, during 2018, investing USD 18 million on improved living conditions and game changing innovation that can protect our planet.
Classroom environment drastically changed with the help of our partner War Child. Through our program the Peace Circus, children and teachers are invited to embrace art for peace through play, theatre techniques, visual arts, music, games and more.
The Global Change Award has proven to be an important door opener and accelerator for innovators. The alumni program connects the winners with each other and brings much value for everyone involved. A result of this is the collaboration between Unspun and Resortecs – who have joined forces to make jeans on demand sewn with dissolvable thread.
Without knowing how to manage their periods, teenage girls can end up dropping out of school, missing their education and putting their health and futures at risk. Thanks to the Banglabazar project with WaterAid, new female-friendly toilets and menstrual hygiene management sessions are helping to break the cycle of absenteeism, keeping girls in school and improving lives for the whole community.
Through our partnership with UNICEF, we can help transform the lives and futures of thousands of young children with disabilities. One of them is one-year old Iquer.
To do well in school children must be in attendance. Our partner Children’s Health Fund’s Healthy and Ready to Learn program, used innovation and creativity to help eliminate absences.
Public sanitation is a highly undermined priority in urban life across Bangladesh. Our project with WaterAid has improved the health, safety and dignity of millions of people in Dhaka, by renovating or building toilets.