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Giving the public power to split 1 million euro between innovations that can reinvent the fashion industry
To speed up the shift to a circular waste-free fashion industry, H&M Foundation initiated the yearly innovation challenge Global Change Award in 2015, calling for game-changing ideas that can help…
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$3.3 million to education for refugee children
A global campaign by non-profit H&M Foundation has generated $3.3 million to support UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in its work to provide education for refugee children.
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Education for refugee children focus of new H&M Foundation campaign
Refugee children will benefit from school supplies under a global campaign launched today by non-profit H&M Foundation in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
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UNI_FORM – the first digital jacket that evolves with a child’s brain
UNICEF and the H&M Foundation launched the UNI_FORM campaign to highlight the importance of early childhood development. A digital and interactive jacket was created as a symbol for every child’s…
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A four year global collaboration to develop industrial solutions and new technologies for textile recycling
The non-profit H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) have entered into a four year partnership to develop the required technologies to recycle blend…
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€1 million grant to five innovations that can reinvent the fashion industry
Clothing made of citrus by-products, microbes that digest waste polyester, and an online marketplace for textile leftovers are some of the five disruptive ideas that shared the first €1 million…
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Noori Tales: Stories from the Indus Delta
Noori Tales: Stories from the Indus Delta was a exhibition of works by award-winning Swedish-Eritrean photographer Malin Fezehai. The exhibition was available in Kungsträdgården in Stockholm August – September 2016…
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Presenting the winners of the Global Change Award 2016
On 10 February, HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden awarded the winners of the first Global Change Award, an annual innovation challenge for circular fashion initiated by the non-profit H&M…
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Results from the Holiday Gift Card Campaign
The Gift Card Holiday campaign 2015 is now completed and thanks to our customers, the donation amounted to a total of €4,9 million. This donation from the H&M Conscious Foundation…