Global Change Award
Global Change Award propels the textile industry towards net-zero emissions by accelerating innovation that benefits both people and the planet.
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The latest
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Gathering the industry to co-create for a just and fair net-zero future
How can we accelerate innovation and what actions can we take today to create the net-zero industry of tomorrow? Those were the main topics as we gathered changemakers, systems thinkers, suppliers, brands, industry experts, investors and more in Mumbai, India, for the Global Change Award…
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New round of Global Change Award launched with a mission to accelerate innovation for a net-zero textile industry by 2050
The H&M Foundation today announces a significant shift in its overall strategic direction, with a new mission of promoting just and fair climate solutions for the textile industry, with the innovation challenge Global Change Award being the first initiative to reflect this shift. Global Change…
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Meet Annie Lindmark, H&M Foundation’s Programme Director for Global Change Award
Rising to the challenge of taking the GCA to the next level, Annie brings a wealth of experience, ideas, and positive energy to the team.
GCA 2025: LET’S
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The Global Change Award accelerates innovation to support the textile industry in halving its greenhouse gas emissions every decade, reaching net-zero by 2050. By supporting passionate changemakers on their unique journeys, H&M Foundation empowers them to transform their brilliant ideas into tangible, impactful innovations. We aim to equip them with a holistic mindset – promoting solutions that will benefit both people and the planet.
The winners each receive €200,000 and enter a yearlong Changemaker Programme provided by the H&M Foundation in collaboration with our strategic partners Accenture and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Since its launch in 2015, 46 innovations have received support and a combined grant of 8 million euros from the Global Change Award. 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.
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.
OUR Winners
Innovation has the power to do it, and our GCA winners prove it. Already, many teams collaborate with global brands, suppliers and businesses to pilot and scale their innovations and transform the entire fashion and textile industry.
Our winners have disruptive ideas within material, production, recycling, design and customer use – find out more and learn how their innovations can reinvent the industry.