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H&M Foundation launches fifth edition of its Global Change Award

The H&M foundation has opened the fifth round of its Global Change Award and is offering one million euros to five innovators with ideas to make the fashion industry more circular. The winners - who are each year selected by an international expert panel, with knowledge working within fashion, sustainability, circularity and innovation - will...

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Video: Global Change Award recipients discuss its positive impact

H&M Foundation explains the impact and importance of it's Global Change Award program through the words of past winners. These young fashion players are recognized by this award and given the tool to accelerate their careers and innovative ideas in making the industry more sustainable. Source: H&M Foundation, YouTube.

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Global Change Award 2019: The Loop Scoop wins first prize

Stockholm - "Innovation is the key to complete circularity", said the H&M Group in a recent sustainability report. Looking to find this key, the Swedish fast fashion giant created the Global Change Award five years ago. The yearly competition culminates with a prize of 1 million euro (approximately 1.1 million US dollars or 850,000 pounds),...

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Video: Global Change Award 2019 - launch

Do you see opportunities where others see problems? Do you want to join us to reimagine the future of fashion, to protect the planetary boundaries and our living conditions? Do you have an innovation which is still in its early stage, and with the right funding and coaching, could be scalable and make a real impact? Apply to the Global Change...

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Applications open for Global Change Award 2019

Do you have an innovative idea to make the fashion industry more sustainable? Applications for the Global Change Award have opened today, August 29. Established by the H&M Foundation, the prize provides funding and coaching to sustainable innovations which are still in their early stage. Last day for applications is October 17. To watch the full...

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Video: Global change Award - update of previous winners

Global change Award - update of previous winners. Source: H&M Foundation, YouTube.

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GCA 2018 Winner: Making bio-textiles from food crop harvest waste

Those involved with the H&M Foundation's annual sustainable innovation challenge, the Global Change Award, firmly believe that the competition can help accelerate the industry's shift to a new, circular and sustainable model. As one of the world's largest challenges for early-stage innovations and the first of its kind launched for the fashion...

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Public voting opens for the Global Change Award 2018

London - The third cycle of the Global Change Award, an innovation challenge initiated by the H&M Foundation in 2015, has officially opened its public voting round. An expert international panel, consisting of industry experts, sustainability specialists and circular leaders, has selected 5 winning innovations for the Global Change Award 2018,...

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Previous Key winners from the H&M Foundation's Global Change Award

London - Winning any type of grant can have a profound effect on any innovative startup. But being the winner of the H&M's annual Global Change Award, an initiative specially developed to support early-stage innovations that focus on sustainability can bring help accelerate the startup to the next level. For example, Vegea, a company which take...

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‘Grape leather’ wins H&M Foundation innovation award

A waste-free fashion industry is the goal of H&M Foundation’s Global Change Award and the second edition saw innovative vegetal leather called "Grape Leather” as the winner of the public vote to win the top prize of 300,000 euros. The initiative, launched in 2015 by non-profit arm of retail giant H&M, aims to reward technology concepts that make...

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H&M opens voting to the public for Global Change Awards 2017

London - In its efforts to encourage textile innovation and led the way towards a circular economy within the fashion industry the H&M Foundation has launched the second cycle of its annual Global Change Awards. Now the second round of 5 winners have been selected and H&M has opened up its voting up to the public to decide how the 1 million euro...

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H&M Foundation launches second cycle of Global Change Award 2016

London - The H&M Foundation has announced the launch of the second cycle of its annual competition the Global Change Award. The challenge, which was first initiated in 2015 by the non-profit organisation run by the Swedish fast-fashion retailer, spilt a 1 million euro grant (800,000 pounds) between five disruptive innovations which aimed to help...