Global Change Award 2 | H&M Foundation

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!

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 3 mins

H&M Foundation awards 5 innovations €1m grant to make the fashion industry planet positive

A laundry solution that prolongs garments’ life, AI helping smallholder cotton farmers to increase yield and income, an invention realising the circular recycling of elastane and polyester blends, carbon-negative viscose made from CO2 emissions and regenerative agriculture making planet positive alternative to goose down – these are the five Global Change Award winners 2022, sharing a €1 million grant from the non-profit H&M Foundation.

Mar 2022 •Read in 5 mins

Fashion’s impact on biodiversity and how investors can facilitate the change

Nature is declining at unprecedented rates. But innovations that can reverse humanity’s negative impact on it exist. We talked to biodiversity expert Dr. Lin Li and investment manager Caroline Brown about the rise of circular investments and the efforts made to put us on the right path.

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 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.

Geof Kime and Isaac Nichelson of Circular Systems

Aug 2021 •Read in 2 mins

Turning food waste into fiber and fabrics

How do you transform waste that causes pollution and disease into a valuable resource for a planet positive fashion industry? Circular Systems knows. And the industry is thankful.

Aug 2021 •Read in 3 mins

The Global Change Award is back, with new scope

The world’s largest innovation challenge to transform the fashion industry is now open for applications. The Global Change Award 2022 is seeking early-stage innovations contributing to a planet positive fashion industry by addressing the earth’s global commons: land, water, oceans, climate and biodiversity. Winners get to share a grant of 1 million euro, provided by the H&M Foundation.

Gianpiero Tessitore, Valentina Longobardo and Francesco Merlino at VEGEA

Aug 2021 •Read in 2 mins

Winemaking leftovers transformed into high-quality leather

Finding a high-quality alternative to skin and rawhide leather has been a hard nut to crack for the fashion business. Up until when VEGEA found a solution in the winemaking business. Potential partners are now lining up to collaborate with the Italian company.