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600,000 people reached through programs for Education, Water and Equality
For the past three years, H&M Foundation and our partners UNICEF, WaterAid and CARE have reached and exceeded our goals within our global programs. Thousands of women have received support…
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Innovations that will transform the fashion industry awarded €1 million
From lab-grown cotton and creating fabrics from protein DNA, to tracking sustainable fibres by using blockchain technology, wastewater separation and converting carbon dioxide into sustainable polyester. These are the five…
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Making silk-like fabric from old oranges
Orange Fiber won the first Global Change Award winner in 2016 with their innovation of creating textiles out of by-products from citrus juice production. Since then, the have made collections…
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H&M Foundation donates hotel rooms to health care personnel
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and a cancelled Global Change Award ceremony, the H&M Foundation was left with hotel rooms in Stockholm, Sweden that could not be used. The…
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H&M Foundation supports GodHjälp in Sweden
In these times many vulnerable people are isolated without the possibility to go out to buy groceries and medicines. H&M Foundation has made a donation to GoodCause Foundation, who is…
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USD 500,000 to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
A first-of-its-kind COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund is initiated to raise money to support the work to prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to ensure all…
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Summit and Award Ceremony cancelled
Due to the escalation of the Corona virus (COVID-19) outbreaks and international travel restrictions we have made the difficult decision to cancel the Global Change Award Summit and the Award…
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USD 100,000 to the Philippine Red Cross
H&M Foundation is giving emergency relief to help people in the Philippines who’s been affected by several natural disasters lately.
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1.7 million people reached by H&M Foundation during 2019
H&M Foundation’s Annual Report 2019 covers the work we have done together with our 23 partners within the focus areas Education, Water, Equality and Planet, during 2019, investing USD 15…