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Three insights reshaping climate communication
Research shows that awareness of climate change has never been higher, yet engagement remains fragile. To bridge that gap, the H&M Foundation partnered with New Zero World to explore how…
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Why fashion is less circular than ever – and what it’ll take to change course
Over the last decade, circularity has been one of the loudest conversations in the textile industry. Today, resale platforms are growing, innovative solutions are gaining traction and circular business models…
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Reverse Resources: A decade of mapping, tracing and trading textile waste
GCA 2016 winner Reverse Resources started from an idea that was invisible to the textile industry. Because before you can recycle textile waste at scale, you need to know what…
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Here are the Top 20 finalists for the GCA 2026
Carbon-capturing dyes. Enzyme-powered recycling. Fungi breaking down textile waste. AI reducing factory energy before a single garment is made. These – and many more – are the pioneering innovations that…
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What I learned in Vietnam: Reflections from Changemaker Week 3
Week 3 marks the final chapter of the GCA Changemaker Programme and is a week of industry immersion: stepping inside production sites, meeting manufacturers and connecting innovation to real-world implementation.…
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Meet the experts shaping GCA 2026
With Global Change Award 2026 underway, we’re introducing this year’s Expert Panel: a group of industry leaders and thinkers bringing experience from across the textile system. Their combined insight will…
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What the data tells us about climate progress in the textile industry
After years of research, roadmaps and pilots, the textile and fashion industry knows where its biggest emissions sit. The harder question is why progress still struggles to scale. Drawing on…
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Three shifts shaping sustainable fashion in 2026
We asked Anna Gedda, CEO of the H&M Foundation, to reflect on what she predicts for the textile industry in 2026. Based on close collaboration across the value chain, Anna…
