SHORTLIST CF FINALISTS

From nearly 1,000 applications, 20 breakthrough innovations and ideas have been selected as finalists. What happens next is up to our independent panel of cross-sectoral specialists.

The winners will be announced on 8 June at 8 AM CET.

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Innovation today, reality tomorrow

Impossible materials, ground-breaking recycling techniques and disruptive supply chain solutions. The Global Change Award is a part of transforming fashion and turning the entire industry planet positive.

About The Glpbal Change Award

The Global Change Award was initiated in 2015 by non-profit H&M Foundation. By catalysing early-stage innovations that can accelerate the transformation of the fashion and textile industry, the aim is to protect the planet and our living conditions. We want to turn the industry into a planet positive one and for 2023 we are looking for ideas within three categories:

1. Regenerate – solutions towards positive effects
2. Repurpose – solutions towards circularity
3. Reimagine – solutions we have not even thought about yet

Five winning teams share a grant of 1 million euros and get access to a one-year-long GCA Impact Accelerator provided by the H&M Foundation, in collaboration with Accenture, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and The Mills Fabrica.

Neither H&M Foundation nor H&M Group take any equity or intellectual property rights in the innovations as the aim is to benefit the entire industry.

Winners 2622

Meet our winners of 2022 and learn how they are disrupting the industry with their ground-breaking innovations.
Winner 2022

saltyco

Healing damaged lands and delivering a planet positive alternative to goose down in the process. Saltyco uses regenerative agriculture to rewet and regrow native plants to peatlands, transforming the harvest into warm, light-weight and water-repellent BioPuff®.
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Winner 2022

Re:lastane

Polyester and elastane blends are notoriously difficult to recycle. Or, they were. Re:lastane uses a mild chemical process to separate the materials and transform end-of-life garments into reusable raw materials.
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Winner 2022

Rubi

This future-proof fabric is carbon-negative and consumes virtually no water, no chemicals, no land, and produces no waste. Rubi is planet positive viscose made of carbon emissions captured from the air.
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Winner 2022

BIORESTORE

A laundry solution that removes pilling and restores shape and colour to worn-out garments. The solution’s perfect mix of enzymes and minerals react with water and fibres, launching a bio-chemical process that renews clothes in one wash.
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Winner 2022

Wadhwani AI

This AI-powered solution reduces pesticide use, increases yield and raises incomes for smallholder cotton farmers. CottonAce provides farmers with real-time recommendations on how to target pests and salvage crops with the most efficient measures.
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Early Bird — Winner 2022

PLSTC

Instead of discarding worn-out synthetics, you can feed them to bacteria that turns them into food. PLSTC has developed bio-engineered bacteria that digests plastic waste and converts it into proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
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