Global Change Award
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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.
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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…
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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…
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Virtual collection designed to make the planet last launched today
‘The Billion Dollar Collection’, launched today by non-profit H&M Foundation, presents 10 innovative sustainable start-ups that could change the face of the fashion industry. Showcased as garments in a virtual…
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A week of networking, inspiration and progress for the GCA community
In April we met up with our GCA community for a virtual Alumni Week to connect and collaborate, and to infuse inspiration, energy and confidence into the GCA winners important…