H&M Foundation and Accenture launched an insights report, "From Signals to Systems Change", urging the fashion industry to rethink its role in transformation. The report maps key signals of change seen in the textile industry and unveils the Reimagined System Map, a pioneering open-source framework that visualises how early-stage innovation could drive a just and net-zero textile future.
The H&M Foundation is committing SEK 53 million (approx. EUR 5 million) towards Future Forward Factories to address fashion’s most polluting stage: tier 2 textile processing. By absorbing risk early on, philanthropy gives brands, suppliers, and investors the confidence to step in at scale. The H&M Foundation is calling on others to join in accelerating this systemic transformation.
Nominations for the Global Change Award 2026 are open until October 6, seeking innovative, early-stage ideas to support the textile industry in halving its greenhouse gas emissions every decade until 2050, in line with the Carbon Law.
The H&M Foundation commits €9 million to phase two of the Oporajita collective impact initiative, enhancing just climate transition in Bangladesh's textile sector. This phase focuses on empowering women workers, decarbonisation and resilience, advocating for social equity within fashion's climate agenda.
A textile recycling project in Bengaluru, India, has expanded from a pilot to 12 cities, addressing textile waste and supporting waste pickers. Promoting inclusive circularity and climate resilience, it reached 55% of its diversion target ahead of schedule. The initiative is part of Saamuhika Shakti and is developed by Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF) and implemented by Hasiru Dala.
The H&M Foundation has joined the Schwab Foundation’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship, aiming to foster collaboration on sustainable innovations in the textile industry. The initiative supports social equity and resilient models to address the climate crisis through collective action.
The H&M Foundation has announced the ten winners of the Global Change Award 2025 – early-stage innovations with the potential to halve fashion’s emissions every decade. Each winner receives €200K and joins a yearlong programme focused on systems thinking, personal growth and scaling impact for people and planet.
