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Global Change Award by H&M Foundation
Accelerating innovations to decarbonise fashion
Introduction
The Global Change Award (GCA), initiated by the H&M Foundation, is an innovation challenge supporting early-stage innovation in the textile and fashion industry. Launched in 2015, the GCA seeks to accelerate the shift towards a circular, climate-positive, and inclusive textile value chain. Every year, 10 winners each receive a €200,000 grant, access to a global network, and a place in the yearlong Changemaker Programme, designed to amplify their ideas, leadership and impact.
Our Role
The Mills Fabrica has been collaborating with H&M Foundation since 2019 and is proud to serve as an Official Nominator for the Global Change Award from 2024 onwards. With a mission to accelerate sustainable innovation in the fashion and textile industries, we bring unparalleled expertise and a global network to support GCA’s changemakers who are redefining the industry. As a strategic partner to H&M Foundation, we are eager to see which changemakers will help propel the textile industry towards net-zero emissions, helping them turn bold ideas into scalable solutions. Our contributions include:
Investment Readiness
We guide innovators in refining their business models, strengthening strategies, and preparing to attract investors, ensuring their solutions are poised for growth.
Ecosystem Access
Through our extensive global network, we connect changemakers with industry leaders, investors, and collaborators to amplify their reach and impact.
Collaboration Opportunities
We unlock pathways to international partnerships, fostering initiatives that drive sustainability and systems change across the textile value chain.
H&M Foundation’s Mission
H&M Foundation is funded by the Persson family, founders and majority owners of H&M Group. Its mission is to support the textile industry in halving its greenhouse gas emissions every decade, reaching net-zero by 2050, while promoting a just transition for both people and the planet. The H&M Foundation focuses its philanthropic efforts on high-emission areas across the textile value chain where it believes it can make the greatest difference.
Ideas We Are Looking For
The Global Change Award accelerates innovation to support the textile industry, empowering innovators to turn their brilliant ideas into impactful innovations.
GCA is looking for changemakers who fall into one of four overarching areas:
Sustainable materials and processes
Solutions that reduce emissions and resource use by rethinking how textile materials and production processes are designed. This includes next-generation fibres, lower-impact dyeing, treatments and finishes.
Responsible production
Ideas that help manufacturers decarbonise while building resilient, climate-safe production. This includes clean energy, waste reduction and approaches that support worker resilience through a just transition.
Mindful consumption
Solutions that keep textiles in use for longer through circular business models, better garment care, reuse, repair, and more effective recycling and waste systems.
Wildcards
Unexpected ideas with the potential to accelerate change in ways we haven't yet imagined and that lie beyond the areas already identified.
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What You Win
Every year, 10 winners will be awarded. Winning this prestigious award grants access to three key components:
€200,000 GRANT
Each winner receives a no-strings-attached grant of 200,000 EUR to fuel their innovation.
GLOBAL RECOGNITION
The winners will be celebrated at a prestigious Award Ceremony at Stockholm City Hall, bringing them together with industry professionals and the ever-growing GCA network.
CHANGEMAKER PROGRAMME
The yearlong Changemaker Programme includes three immersive in-person weeks, expert sessions and access to an extensive network of changemakers to accelerate their development.
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Global Change Award 2027
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The Mills Fabrica is Accepting Proposals for the Global Change Award 2026
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