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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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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…
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Reverse Resources: A decade of mapping, tracing and trading textile waste
GCA 2016 winner Reverse Resources started from an idea that was invisible to the textile industry. Because before you can recycle textile waste at scale, you need to know what…
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Here are the Top 20 finalists for the GCA 2026
Carbon-capturing dyes. Enzyme-powered recycling. Fungi breaking down textile waste. AI reducing factory energy before a single garment is made. These – and many more – are the pioneering innovations that…
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Made in Resilience: a photobook honouring women garment workers in Bangladesh
Made in Resilience brings together powerful photography and personal stories from the garment industry. The images portray women as workers, parents, leaders and community members – balancing work and home,…
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What I learned in Vietnam: Reflections from Changemaker Week 3
Week 3 marks the final chapter of the GCA Changemaker Programme and is a week of industry immersion: stepping inside production sites, meeting manufacturers and connecting innovation to real-world implementation.…
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Meet the experts shaping GCA 2026
With Global Change Award 2026 underway, we’re introducing this year’s Expert Panel: a group of industry leaders and thinkers bringing experience from across the textile system. Their combined insight will…