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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Ventures built to drive inclusive circularity
As part of our Saamuhika Shakti initiative, our partner Enviu is building impact ventures that are combining circularity with social inclusion. Second Spin, one of the ventures taking root, is…
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Nominations now open for Global Change Award 2026
The journey towards a net-zero textile industry continues. On 1 September, nominations open for the Global Change Award 2026 – the yearly innovation challenge by the H&M Foundation that supports…
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Biorestore is taking fashion’s footprint to the cleaners
Three years after winning the Global Change Award, the Swedish startup is scaling up its laundry innovation, and pushing back against fashion’s throwaway culture. Wajahat Hussain and Richard Toon, founders…
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How COS and Houdini make innovation stick
Despite a wave of textile innovations ready for integration, only a fraction ever scale. Why do so many get stuck in pilot phase? And what separates those that succeed? We…
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Inside the GCA Changemaker Week: How the journey begins
What if the first step towards systems change doesn’t start with a pitch – but with a conversation in a small village just outside London, where ten changemaker teams meet…
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Innovation to futureproof the workforce and the RMG sector in Bangladesh
As global supply chains shift towards low-carbon production and automation scales up, new innovative approaches are needed to enhance women’s employability and to ensure the competitiveness of the Ready Made-Garment…
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Meet the winners of Global Change Award 2025
Each year, the Global Change Award backs early-stage innovations that could help transform the textile industry. The ten winners of 2025 are no exception. Selected for their bold and pioneering…
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Why changemakers matter: Accelerating fashion’s transformation through innovation
Annie Lindmark and Claire Bergkamp join forces to spotlight how early-stage innovation – and the changemakers behind it – can drive deep decarbonisation across the textile industry. Claire Bergkamp, CEO…
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Meet the minds: Expert Panel screening for GCA 2025 winners
We’re in the final stretch of the Global Change Award (GCA) 2025 selection process, where our Expert Panel is stepping in to help select the changemakers poised to transform the…