Learnings & Insights
We regularly post valuable learnings and insightful perspectives across various topics.
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What the data tells us about climate progress in the textile industry
After years of research, roadmaps and pilots, the textile and fashion industry knows where its biggest emissions sit. The harder question is why progress still struggles to scale. Drawing on…
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Three shifts shaping sustainable fashion in 2026
We asked Anna Gedda, CEO of the H&M Foundation, to reflect on what she predicts for the textile industry in 2026. Based on close collaboration across the value chain, Anna…
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“The choices we made in the difficult years shaped the factories we run today”
Meet Kajari Hossain – a fictional factory owner from Dhaka, imagined in our science-based scenario Reweaving Fashion & Textiles 2050. Her voice is rooted in research, inspired by today’s 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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Closing the Loop: turning textile waste into opportunity in India
The Closing the Loop programme by Enviu and the Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF) is putting waste pickers in the driver’s seat while connecting the dots from waste collection to…
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How can Panipat lead a circular future that is not only efficient, but fair?
Panipat is one of the world’s largest textile recycling hubs, yet it’s rarely the first place fashion brands look for recycled materials. The supply chain is highly informal, fragmented and…
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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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Amplifying voices from the textile value chain
The people closest to the textile industry’s challenges often have the least visibility at the events shaping its future. At the H&M Foundation, we’re working to enhance speaker representation at…
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“You can’t design climate solutions without listening to the people most affected”
In Bangladesh, where land is scarce and every hectare matters, the competition between agriculture and renewable energy is intensifying. Agrivoltaics offers a potential breakthrough: a way to produce solar energy…