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If we want change at scale, doing good is not enough. We believe communication plays an important role to inspire action and make change happen. Browse among our news, inspirational stories and learnings to find out more about our work.
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Meet the winners of the Global Change Award 2026
The ten winners of Global Change Award 2026 are here, and they are tackling key pressure points across the textile industry: from materials to production to end of use. Different…
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From reaction to prevention: using remittances to act before climate crises hit
A new initiative by the H&M Foundation and Mercy Corps and co-funded by global financial technology platform, Adyen, is testing how early-warning systems can trigger remittances before climate disasters strike.…
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What shaped our thinking at Global Fashion Summit – and what we brought back
At this year’s Global Fashion Summit, much of the conversation centred on how to decarbonise a complex global industry. But beneath the technical discussions sits a more fundamental question: who…
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Shaping industry conversations
When key actors are missing from industry conversations, solutions risk being unrealistic, ineffective, or unjust. Our work to ensure that critical perspectives shape decisions is not a question of representation,…
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How a perception shift helped redesign a circular system in Bengaluru
In Bengaluru, a six-year perception change campaign did more than change attitudes, it helped redesign an inclusive circular system. The approach combined behavioural insights, storytelling, social experiments and specific actions…
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GCA Impact story: How Ponda is restoring ecosystems at scale
When Ponda won the Global Change Award in 2022, they set out to prove that a supply chain could restore ecosystems rather than exhaust them. Three years on, they’ve raised…
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Practical toolkit to drive coordinated climate action launched
An open-access workshop toolkit enables brands, suppliers, policymakers and investors across the textile industry to apply the System Map in their own work, identifying leverage points to halve emissions and…
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Three insights reshaping climate communication
Research shows that awareness of climate change has never been higher, yet engagement remains fragile. To bridge that gap, the H&M Foundation partnered with New Zero World to explore how…
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Why fashion is less circular than ever – and what it’ll take to change course
Over the last decade, circularity has been one of the loudest conversations in the textile industry. Today, resale platforms are growing, innovative solutions are gaining traction and circular business models…