Completed projects
Since starting in 2013, we and our partners have reached millions of people across the world to create a better future. Below is a selection of our completed projects.
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Spurring innovation to improve gender equality on the factory floor
Through an international innovation challenge, we were looking for innovations with the potential to advance the industry competitiveness – and improve the livelihoods of women garment workers and the gender equality on the factory floor in Bangladesh.
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Upskilling the female workforce in Bangladesh
As the use of automation and digital technology is making its way into the textile industry there is an urgent need to create a skilled female workforce to save jobs and create new job opportunities. Through a joint programme, CARE, Shimmy Technologies and BBC Media…
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Emergency relief to women garment workers affected by COVID-19
There is an urgent need to minimize the negative impacts of COVID-19 on women garment workers in Bangaldesh, largely affected by the global pandemic as well as the increased automation of the textile industry.
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Textiles Tracker – helping investors support sustainable fashion
The fashion industry is huge. According to Statista, the global apparel market is projected to grow in value from USD 1.5 trillion in 2020 to about 2.25 trillion dollars by 2025. Yet, the true cost of investments is not fully incorporated. Specifically, most investors and…
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Global Program for Education
Children who experience love, proper nutrition and protection in a stimulating environment during early childhood become resilient, learn effectively and can help build strong, safe communities and economies when they reach adulthood. Together with UNICEF, the H&M Foundation ran a global program over six years…
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Global Program for Equality
Women and girls around the world are disproportionately affected by poverty and discrimination. In all regions, women spend at least twice as much time as men on unpaid domestic work, but are often not allowed to make decisions that affect their own lives. Women from…
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Recycling Revolution – inventing new ways to recycle textiles
Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled our burned. But what is treated as waste, is really the complete opposite. Worn out garments are a valuable resource that can be recycled, redesigned and re-loved. To make this happen at scale,…
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G2G – a miniaturized recycling machine to change perception
Recycling old garments is still a fairly new habit, and while the awareness is increasing only a fraction of all textiles disposed are being recycled today. For the fashion industry to become fully circular, there is an urgent need to change people’s perception of old…
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Global Program for Water
Across the world, women are forced to waste precious time walking long distances to collect dirty water. Girls are dropping out of school because there are no private toilets, and young children are not surviving to see their fifth birthday because of preventable diseases. The…