Global Change Award 5 | H&M Foundation

Miguel at Sunthetics, winners of GCA 2017

Sep 2019 •Read in 2 mins

Using the sun and AI to produce greener nylon

Nylon is popular in the fashion industry, not only for hosiery which may what first comes to mind, but also for blouses, dresses, tights, underwear, raincoats, swimwear and more. However, the making of nylon is all but sustainable. Until now.

Aug 2019 •Read in 4 mins

Global Change Award 2020 open for applications

With 1 million euro up for grabs, the world’s largest challenge to make fashion circular opens today, August 28.

The team of Green Nettle Textiles looking at their laptop

Jun 2019 •Read in 2 mins

Global Change Award winners 2019 receive extra support through crowdfunding

We invited anyone, anywhere to take active part as a supporter, backer and tester of our winners through crowdfunding campaigns at Indiegogo. As a result, this year’s winners collected an additional 46,000 euro, alongside the 1 million euro grant from H&M Foundation.

Sunflux - GCA Early Bird winner 2019 (1)

May 2019 •Read in 2 mins

Let us present the Early Bird Winner of 2019

The research collective Synflux created Algorithmic Couture, a digital system that can reduce waste through artificial intelligence and traditional Japanese straight cut patterns.

Bandana Tewari at the GCA Award Ceremony

Apr 2019 •Read in 2 mins

Sustainable innovation turned into fashionable red-carpet look

For this year’s Global Change Award ceremony that took place in Stockholm City Hall in April, Bandana Tewari, member of the expert panel and Contributor to the Business of Fashion, wore an outfit made with sustainable materials by & Other Stories. Behind the materials are Agraloop and VEGEA, previous winners of Global Change Award.

Apr 2019 •Read in 3 mins

We’re inviting consumers to back the green fashion movement

Five new fashion-disruptors have been awarded in Global Change Award 2019. Now we invite you to join the movement to protect the planet by supporting these creative minds and their innovations.

Apr 2019 •Read in 3 mins

€1 million grant to five sustainable fashion innovations

Lab made vegan leather, fibers made of nettles, a digital system to make products recyclable from scratch, children’s clothes that expand and a biodegradable toxic-free membrane for outdoor wear are this year’s Global Change Award winners, sharing a €1 million grant from the H&M Foundation. Today H&M Foundation also announces an initiative with crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, that puts consumers in the front seat, enabling them to take active part as supporters, backers, and testers of the five innovations.

Feb 2019 •Read in 3 mins

Juicy Threads – the story about Orange Fiber

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.

Nov 2018 •Read in 2 mins

Making your innovation fly

Apart from the €1 million grant the winners of Global Change Award also get access to an accelerator program. But what is this program all about?

Aug 2018 •Read in 2 mins

H&M Foundation puts €1 million and coaching program on the table for ideas reinventing the entire fashion industry

Today, the non-profit H&M Foundation opens the fourth round of its annual innovation challenge Global Change Award at globalchangeaward.com. With over 8,000 entries from 151 countries since 2015, it’s the go-to competition for circular innovation and has been named the Nobel Prize of fashion. It provides powerful funding and yearlong coaching to innovators who come up with solutions to spark the shift towards a circular fashion industry, protecting the planet and our living conditions. This year there’s an extra eye on ideas within digitalization. The applications period is open until 17 October.