Global Change Award 4 | H&M Foundation

Jun 2020 •Read in 1 min

Next round of Global Change Award opens in 2021

With only 10 years left to reach the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals, disruptive innovations on how to solve the planet’s most urgent challenges are more important than ever. After five years of incredible innovations within circular fashion, we are now looking at how to extend the scope to create an even bigger impact. Therefore, the next round of Global Change Award will launch next year.

Jun 2020 •Read in 1 min

Early Bird winners aiming for a consumer revolution

Through digital manufacturing, Spanish team ZER Collection eliminates fabric waste and once their garments are worn out, they can be melted down and put back into the loop. It’s circular fashion at its best.

May 2020 •Read in 3 mins

Five key takeaways from the GCA Accenture Trend Report

With over 20,000 entries received in the past five years, we can get unique insights in how innovators from over 200 countries and territories across the world, think and foresee the future of fashion. We let Accenture’s best data crunchers analyse the data which resulted in the Accenture Trend Report “Harnessing the Power of the Consumer”. Here are the main takeaways.

Leather like material made of wine production leftovers

May 2020 •Read in 2 mins

Reaching commercialisation is key to create impact

Through Global Change Award we support innovation to move from early stage ideas to market readiness. We are backing game changers in their early days, getting them ready to commercialize and work together with other players in the fashion industry.

May 2020 •Read in 1 min

Five years of change

Global Change Award was initiated in 2015 by the non-profit H&M Foundation. In five years, it has turned into a global ecosystem of change driving the fashion industry towards a sustainable future.

Global Change Award winners 2020 - group shot

Apr 2020 •Read in 5 mins

Innovations that will transform the fashion industry awarded €1 million

From lab-grown cotton and creating fabrics from protein DNA, to tracking sustainable fibres by using blockchain technology, wastewater separation and converting carbon dioxide into sustainable polyester. These are the five winning innovations of the 2020 Global Change Award. Global Change Award, named the Nobel Prize of sustainable fashion, is the non-profit H&M Foundation’s fifth annual innovation challenge. Now, more than ever, H&M Foundation want to continue to support long-term development, innovation and entrepreneurship for a sustainable future. The goal is to identify early stage, disruptive ideas that can make fashion more sustainable, and to scale them to transform the entire fashion industry.

Mar 2020 •Read in 3 mins

Making silk-like fabric from old oranges

Orange Fiber won the first Global Change Award winner in 2016 with their innovation of creating textiles out of by-products from citrus juice production. Since then, the have made collections with for example Italian luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo and H&M. Here, co-founder Enrica Arena shares the story behind the company and about winning Global Change Award.

Mar 2020 •Read in 1 min

H&M Foundation donates hotel rooms to health care personnel

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.

Mar 2020 •Read in 1 min

Summit and Award Ceremony cancelled

Due to the escalation of the Corona virus (COVID-19) outbreaks and international travel restrictions we have made the difficult decision to cancel the Global Change Award Summit and the Award Ceremony in Stockholm on 1 April 2020.

Dec 2019 •Read in 2 mins

Rebirth – a perfect match of two alumni winners

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.