Learnings & Insights

To create real impact, we openly share new ideas, insights and practices to inspire others to replicate and scale.

Class room which is part of our program with UNICEF

Sep 2017 •Read in 3 mins

“This project has made a significant difference in the lives of children”

Pia Rebello Britto, UNICEF Chief of Early Childhood Development, reflects on the achievements of the first phase of the Global Program for Education, aiming to reach children with the nurturing care and early learning opportunities they need to fully develop in the earliest years of life.

Sep 2017 •Read in 3 mins

Technological breakthrough: new method for recycling blend textiles into new fibres

The four-year innovative partnership between the non-profit H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) finds groundbreaking solutions to recycle blend textiles into new fabrics and yarns – without any quality loss – through a hydrothermal process using heat and pressure. The technology will be scaled up and made available to the global fashion industry. The finding is a major breakthrough in the journey towards a closed loop for textiles.

Apr 2017 •Read in 1 min

H&M Foundation Impact Report – a report about hope and positive change

The H&M Foundation’s first Impact Report covers the work we have achieved together with our experienced partners within our focus areas Education, Water, Equality and Planet, during 2013 – 2016.

Apr 2017 •Read in 2 mins

500,000 people reached through our global programs

During our first years, the H&M Foundation and our partners UNICEF, WaterAid and CARE achieved remarkably ambitious goals, reaching hundreds of thousands across the world with quality education, clean water and sanitation and economic empowerment while successfully pushing these issues to the global agenda.