The Next Round Cpens August 25

Wanted: Innovations for a sustainable fashion future. We are aiming for a planet positive fashion industry, which calls for ideas that address the five global commons: biodiversity, climate, land, ocean or water.

Do you have one? We open for applications on August 25, 2021.

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This is the GCA

Global Change Award is an innovation challenge initiated by non-profit H&M Foundation, aiming to lead the change towards a planet positive fashion industry to protect the planet and our living conditions.

Winners 2620

Meet our winners of 2020 and learn how they are disrupting the industry with their ground-breaking innovations.
Winner 2020

Galy

Growing high-quality cotton in a lab instead of on big farms, using less water and no land. The process emits far less greenhouse gas than traditional cotton. And it’s fast, as much as ten times faster than conventional cotton.
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Winner 2020

Werewool

Revolutionary fibres derived from nature itself. In the production process, the proteins found in organisms are built into the fabric on a DNA level to make biodegradable materials with the desired colour, stretch, moisture and water repellence. No need for further processing which traditionally puts strain on the planet.
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Winner 2020

SeaChange Technologies

Using a powerful jet engine to treat wastewater in the production stages in factories, by turning the toxic sludge into more manageable dry powder and extracting clean water to be released or reused.
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Winner 2020

Textile Genesis

Using blockchain technology to track and verify the use of sustainable fibres all the way from fibre to garment. A digital fibercoin ensures transparency and reliability throughout the entire production line and beyond.
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Winner 2020

Fairbrics

Instead of emitting carbon dioxide into the air, this innovation collects the gas, activates and transforms it into sustainable polyester fabric that looks and feels like regular polyester.
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Zer Collection
Early Bird — Winner 2020

ZER Collection

When making garments, a lot of fabric scraps are usually generated in the cutting process, which are simply thrown away. This innovation uses digital manufacturing to eliminate such waste and the 3D printed garment can easily be melted down into new fabrics and used again.
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Our Partners

Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

KTH Royal Institute of Technology is one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation.

About The Glpbal Change Award

In 2015, the non-profit H&M Foundation initiated what has been called the “Nobel Prize of fashion” - the Global Change Award - an innovation challenge designed to support early stage innovation aimed at creating a planet positive fashion future.

By awarding game-changing innovations that break the linear traditions of fashion and integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals in their processes, we aim to make the industry planet positive. That means caring for the earth’s systems and changing the way garments are designed, produced, shipped, bought, used, and recycled.

More information about Global Change Award will be published shortly.

The Latest

The Billion Dollar Collection group shot

Virtual collection designed to make the planet last launched today

‘The Billion Dollar Collection’, launched today by non-profit H&M Foundation, presents 10 innovative sustainable start-ups that could change the face of the fashion industry. Showcased as garments in a virtual fashion collection, each start-up features a price tag reflecting the estimated support each company believes they need to achieve scale for their disruptive innovations.
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Digital Accelerator Program for GCA 2020

Fast tracking innovation and maintaining sanity in lockdown

Our Innovation Accelerator Program for the Global Change Award winners is designed to accelerate the development of their innovations to reach the market quicker and therefore driving change in the fashion industry. This year, our Accelerator delivered knowhow from an impressive list of guest speakers, but it also played an important role in giving a sense of belonging and moral support to our winners because of the pandemic.
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