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Dec 2018 •Read in 1 min

Reaching positive change through photo exhibition

Education should be available to everyone. Regardless of who you are, we’re you’re from and if you have a disability or not. As part of our project with Save the Children, the photo project “Building Dreams” was created.

Nov 2018 •Read in 1 min

Breakthrough for early childhood development in Vietnam

Since 2014, the H&M Foundation has worked globally with UNICEF to provide early childhood education and care. In November 2018, a milestone was reached when the Vietnamese government signed a National Strategic Plan on Integrated Early Childhood Development, encompassing all of the country’s 64 provinces.

Nov 2018 •Read in 2 mins

Investment needed to support refugee children

Four million refugee children do not attend school, a new H&M Foundation funded report from UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has found. This is an increase of half a million of out-of-school refugee children in just one year.

Nov 2018 •Read in 2 mins

Making your innovation fly

Apart from the €1 million grant the winners of Global Change Award also get access to an accelerator program. But what is this program all about?

Oct 2018 •Read in 2 mins

Brain boosting baby talk for dads

During the first years of a baby’s life, their brain forms new connections at the amazing rate of 1,000 per second. Research shows that when we speak slower, more melodically and make exaggerated sounds it makes it easier for babies to learn new words and develop cognitive abilities. However, research has also shown that many fathers don’t interact with their babies in the same way as mothers do. In a global campaign with UNICEF, we urged fathers to speak baby talk to boost their babies brains. The initiative encouraged dads to interact more with their babies at an early age.

Oct 2018 •Read in 1 min

USD 100,000 to support tsunami victims in Indonesia

On 28 September 2018, a major earthquake with a 7.4 magnitude, struck Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, generating a tsunami that hit coastal areas. As a result, less than a week later more than 1,400 people were killed, 2,500 injured and 70,000 were displaced. In response to this, the H&M Foundation donates USD 100,000 to The Red Cross.

Sep 2018 •Read in 3 mins

Recycling facilities takes fashion industry one step closer to circularity

Today, the H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) open two first of its kind textile recycling facilities in Hong Kong. The award-winning hydrothermal recycling technology is for the first time put into practice at scale. In addition, a miniaturized Garment-To-Garment Recycling System is opened for the public.

Aug 2018 •Read in 1 min

USD 100,000 to Save the Children in response to floodings in India

The southern Indian state of Kerala is reeling under one of the worst natural disasters in nearly a century. Heavy monsoon rains have left the state devastated, with landslides and flash floods killing over 370 people the last one month. In response to this, the H&M Foundation is donating 100,000 USD to Save the Children.

Aug 2018 •Read in 2 mins

H&M Foundation puts €1 million and coaching program on the table for ideas reinventing the entire fashion industry

Today, the non-profit H&M Foundation opens the fourth round of its annual innovation challenge Global Change Award at globalchangeaward.com. With over 8,000 entries from 151 countries since 2015, it’s the go-to competition for circular innovation and has been named the Nobel Prize of fashion. It provides powerful funding and yearlong coaching to innovators who come up with solutions to spark the shift towards a circular fashion industry, protecting the planet and our living conditions. This year there’s an extra eye on ideas within digitalization. The applications period is open until 17 October.

Aug 2018 •Read in 3 mins

1 million euro and coaching program on the table for ideas reinventing fashion

Today, the non-profit H&M Foundation opens the fourth round of its annual innovation challenge Global Change Award at globalchangeaward.com. With over 8,000 entries from 151 countries since 2015, it´s the go-to competition for circular innovation and has been named the Nobel Prize of fashion. It provides powerful funding and yearlong coaching to innovators who come up with solutions to spark the shift towards a circular fashion industry, protecting the planet and our living conditions. This year there´s an extra eye on ideas within digitalization. The applications period is open until 17 October.