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Donating $100,000 to the recurring drought crisis in Ethiopia
Following the worst drought in decades, a major food security emergency is ongoing in southern Ethiopia. The H&M Foundation now makes their third donation to Save the Children – totaling…
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Five innovators awarded for ideas that help create a circular fashion industry
The public have cast their votes. On April 5, at a ceremony in Stockholm City Hall, the five winners of H&M Foundation’s innovation challenge Global Change Award were awarded. The…
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H&M Foundation Impact Report – a report about hope and positive change
The H&M Foundation’s first Impact Report covers the work we have achieved together with our experienced partners within our focus areas Education, Water, Equality and Planet, during 2013 – 2016.
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500,000 people reached through our global programs
During our first years, the H&M Foundation and our partners UNICEF, WaterAid and CARE achieved remarkably ambitious goals, reaching hundreds of thousands across the world with quality education, clean water…
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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…