Innovation
Our focus is on early-stage innovation and empowering changemakers, supporting the development of their ideas, and fostering the growth of solutions that contribute to decarbonization of the textile industry.
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25 years that changed fashion – and how sustainability rewrote the rules
From the Y2K bug and low-rise jeans to large language models and TikTok tutorials. As 2025 ends, we’re not just closing the books on a year, but on the first…
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10 years of backing early-stage innovation and why it still matters
Ten years after its launch, the Global Change Award has grown from an ambitious idea into a leading platform for early-stage innovation in the textile industry. Much has changed since…
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Unique blueprint breaks through fashion’s decarbonisation barriers
A hands-on blueprint has been launched to remove one of the biggest barriers to decarbonising the fashion industry. Developed by Fashion for Good under the Future Forward Factory initiative, supported…
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Ambercycle: a spark that scaled
Ten years ago, two California roommates found a bag of old clothes in their closet: worn-out t-shirts and polyester blends they no longer needed. But for Shay Sethi and Moby…
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5 moments that shaped the GCA Summit 2025
This year’s Global Change Award Summit in Stockholm wasn’t for passive bystanders. It was a creative lab – a space for rewiring how we think, what we value and how…
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New report reveals the signals shaping fashion’s systems shift
H&M Foundation, in collaboration with Accenture, has unveiled From Signals to Systems Change, an insight report calling on the fashion industry to rethink its role in transformation. At its core…
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A decade of disruption on display
Celebrating 10 years of backing early-stage innovation, The Global Change Award Alumni Exhibition proves what’s possible when you believe in ideas long before they hit the mainstream. The Global Change Award…
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Cutting emissions where it matters most
Spinning, knitting, trimming, weaving, dyeing, finishing. Fabric production is where most of a textile’s footprint is made. And while brands race to meet climate targets, suppliers often lack the support…
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H&M Foundation funds pioneering initiative to build the factories of the future
The H&M Foundation is committing SEK 53 million (approx. EUR 5 million) towards Future Forward Factories, a five-year initiative led by Fashion for Good, to address fashion’s most polluting stage:…