Our Winners
Meet our heroes – the winners of the Global Change Award – and find out how their innovations are reinventing the fashion and textile industry.
Winners 2026
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2026Agro-lyocell
Agro-Lyocell by Canvaloop turns agricultural waste into regenerated cellulosic fibres, replacing wood-based inputs and offering a forest-free alternative for textile production.
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2026Alu
Alu is a digital platform that turns digital product passports into interactive tools, helping brands and consumers drive repair, resale, rental and recycling, and keep products in use for longer.
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2026ArtSilk
ArtSilk uses microorganisms to produce fibres inspired by spider silk. The result is a high-performance, bio-based material that is recyclable and biodegradable.
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2026EntroMetrix
EntroMetrix develops its own AI models to create a digital twin, a virtual model of production, enabling manufacturers to identify inefficiencies and optimise energy and material use.
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2026Fiberly
Fiberly extracts cellulose from discarded textiles and restructures it to replicate the look and feel of cotton. The process uses green chemistry to maintain fibre performance.
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2026Keltex
Keltex uses AI-optimised seaweed farming and biopolymer extraction to create biodegradable materials that replace animal and synthetic leather.
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2026MicroBlue
Microbeworks produces MicroBlue, biodegradable textile dyes through microbial fermentation, designed to work with existing dyeing systems without requiring new infrastructure.
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2026RheaCycle
RheaCycle™ by Rhea’s Factory, uses AI-designed enzymes to break down polyester in textile waste into pure building blocks that can be turned back into new fibres, enabling true circular recycling.
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2026Tera Mira
Tera Mira converts seaweed into stretch fibres using a low-temperature, solvent-free wet-spinning process, creating a bio-based alternative to elastane.
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2026threadBridge
threadBridge uses AI-powered smart glasses to detect fabric defects in real time and generate digital quality reports. The system combines an integrated camera with machine learning to identify issues instantly, helping prevent waste and improve efficiency.
Previous winners
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2020IndiaTextile Genesis
Using the power of blockchain technology, Textile Genesis tracks and verifies the use of sustainable fibres all the way from fibre to garment. Their digital fibercoin ensures transparency and reliability throughout the entire production line and beyond.
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2025GhanaThe Revival Circularity Lab
In Accra’s Kantamanto Market, The Revival Circularity Lab is turning waste into opportunity. This creative space supports local artisans to rework discarded clothes through repair, upcycling and design – giving garments, and communities, a second chance.
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2025United KingdomThermal Cyclones
Steam is still the backbone of many textile factories – and a major emissions source. Thermal Cyclones replaces fossil-fuel boilers with electric heat pumps, slashing energy use by up to 75%. A powerful tool to decarbonise production.
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2017United Statesunspun
A breakthrough solution making over-production history. With body scanning technology, Unspun is dressing the world in custom-fit clothes on demand — generating no excess stock and almost no waste.
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2017ItalyVEGEA
Where some see wine, others see leather. Vegea transforms leftovers from winemaking into a vegan leather-like material that looks and feels like the real deal, without the toxins and pollution that comes with tanning and processing genuine leather.
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2022IndiaWadhwani 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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2020United StatesWerewool
Werewool designs textile fibres with the desired features — like colour, stretch and water repellence — built-in on DNA level. Successfully eliminating the need to coat, dye or process a finished fabric.
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2020SpainZER Collection
In a move to reduce textile scraps from garment manufacturing, ZER COLLECTION has turned to 3D printing. By digitally manufacturing clothing, fabric waste is eliminated and the garments can easily be melted down and used over and over again.