Deadline: 15-Nov-24

The H&M Foundation Global Change Award is looking for changemakers who can help decarbonise fashion.

The aim is to propel the textile industry towards net-zero emissions by accelerating innovation that benefits both people and the planet. Their vision is to spark industry-wide transformation towards a socially inclusive and planet positive future.

Every year they will empower ten new changemakers – persons with the commitment, capacity, and initiative to solve problems – on their unique journeys, to transform their groundbreaking ideas into tangible, impactful innovations. Their goal is to equip them and the textile industry with knowledge, tools, connections, and a holistic mindset and spark significant, industry-wide transformation towards a net-zero future where both people and the planet can thrive.

Focus Areas

• The GCA operates within four key areas of transformation that contribute to their strategic direction in a systemic way. The below descriptions within these areas are examples but should not be taken as exhaustive.
  • Sustainable materials and processes – Low energy materials and new and recycled fibres, sustainable energy practices, alternative wet processes, treatments and finishes and new construction techniques.
  • Responsible production – Solutions within renewable energy, energy efficiency, prediction modelling, traceability, on-demand, waste management and zero-waste
  • Mindful consumption – Solutions on how to reshape demand, garment care, extending garment life cycles, recycling solutions, and circular business models
  • Wildcards – Impactful solutions and drivers they haven’t considered or been made aware of but speak to the overarching mission of the GCA.

Benefits

• Winners enter a yearlong Changemaker Programme provided by the H&M Foundation in collaboration with their strategic partners Accenture and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Funding Information

• Their winners each receive €200,000 and are celebrated and awarded at the iconic Stockholm City Hall, the home of the Nobel Prize, where they are also connected to the wider industry.

Eligibility Criteria 

• They are looking for changemakers (individuals and/or organisations) that strive to challenge the status quo and are passionate about advancing their ideas to help decarbonise the textile and fashion industry.

For more information, visit H&M Foundation.