Global Change Award - Laying the ground for future heroes

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Laying the ground for future heroes The Global Change Award is an innovation challenge, initi­ ated by H&M Foundation in 2015. By catalyzing early innova­ tions that can accelerate the shift from a linear to a circular fashion industry, the aim is to protect the planet and our living conditions. An international expert panel annually selects five winners, and the global public is invited to distribute the €1,000,000 grant between the five winning innovations through an online vote. The winners also get access to a one-year innovation accelerator provided by the H&M Foun­ dation, Accenture and the KTH Royal Institute of Technol­ ogy in Stockholm. The Accelerator offers the winners tailormade support and access to the fashion industry. It is de­ signed to ensure the innovations can stand on their own as quickly as possible, and to maximize their impact on the in­ dustry. The Global Change Award is one of the world’s biggest challenges for early stage innovation and the first such ini­ tiative in the fashion industry. It takes on one of the biggest challenges facing today’s fashion industry–creating fashion for a growing population, while improving its impact on the environment. H&M Foundation initiated the challenge to speed up this process for the entire fashion industry, and neither the H&M Foundation nor the company H&M take any equity or intellectual property rights in the innovations. Applications for a Global Change Award 2016 are accepted from September 1–October 31, 2016.


The award ceremony gathered 300 guests from all over the world.

Global Change Award 2015

Cutting-edge innovations awarded at the City Hall in Stockholm

Below from left: Alek Wek, ambassador for the H&M Foundation, with Diana Amini, the Foundation’s Global Manager. Jury members Amber Valletta and Ellis Rubinstein. Leonie Persson and Karl-Johan Persson, board member of H&M Foundation and CEO of H&M.

The Global Change Awards were presented by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. Following the presentation, guests were treated to a gala dinner in the Golden Hall. The vegetarian menu was created by celebrity chef Luqaz Ottosson, the 2014 EcoChef of the Year.


Karl-Johan Persson, board member of the H&M Foundation and CEO of H&M.

Celebrity sister act VAZ performing.

On February 10, 2016, the Global Change Award ceremony was held in Stockholm. 2,775 entries were submitted from 112 countries and five winning teams were selected by a jury of experts comprising of Michael Braungart, Rebecca Earley, Ma Jun, Eva Kruse, Johan Rock­ ström, Ellis Rubinstein, Franca Sozzani and Amber Valletta. The five winning teams shared the €1 million grant and are currently participating in a one-year Innovation Accelerator program offered by KTH Royal Insitute of Technology in Stockholm in Stockholm, Accenture and the H&M Foundation. “The fashion industry, as one of the world’s largest consumer sectors, plays a key role for future sustainability and I foresee the Global Change Award being an important incentive in this transformation,” said Johan Rockström, Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) and Professor in Environmental Science at Stockholm University.

The winning teams represented five different countries.

David Roberts from Singularity University, keynote speaker for the evening.

Jury members in an on-stage panel debate.


Finland: Ali Harlin, Michael Hummel, Ilkka Kilpeläinen, Pirjo Kääriäinen, Herbert Sixta and Marjaana Tanttu.

Make waste-cotton new

Conversion of waste-cotton into new textile–granted €300,000

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otton is one of our most loved textiles. But every kilo of cotton requires 100 liters of water to produce. In recent years production of this material has decreased while demand has risen. Some studies predict demand will exceed supply by 20 million tons annually by 2030. The Finnish forest industry identi­ fied this gap as an opportunity. Since demand for paper has decreased, it investigated application areas for wood­ pulp, and in 2009 initiated a major rese­ arch project in collaboration with Aalto University in Helsinki. The challenge

was to develop a solvent free from toxic chemicals that could dissolve the fragile cellulose without damaging it. Chemist Michael Hummel, joining the project from Austria, explains the long road leading to the breakthrough: “It took a year to design the spinning equip­ ment alone. Then we tested vari­ous solvents for two years without result. Nothing, nothing, nothing–and then one day we managed to spin a thread. Then we knew we were on the right track.” Their next discovery was perhaps even more revolutionary. “While developing the process, we discovered that it was very strong, and

so there was no need to use wood pulp. Instead, we could use waste materials such as paper and cardboard,” explains Michael. “And since cotton is 100% cellulose, why not recycle it?” Michael and his team can current­ ly only produce small quantities of their new, cotton-like fibers in the lab, but aim to set up a pilot factory for commercializ­ing the process. The process that Michael Hummel and his team have developed is en­tirely closed-loop, meaning the water and solvent can be recycled again and again without leaving residue or pollutants behind.


Above: In the lab, the cellulose from cotton is recov­e red to form fibers similar to cotton fibers, which can then be used in the same machinery to make new cloth. At right: Michael Hummel and Marjaana Tantu on a study trip in Shanghai during the one-year Innovation Accelerator program forming part of the award. Below: The Finnish team receives the Global Change Award.

Thread from recycled cotton.

The team will spend the next two years developing a procedure for re­ cycling cotton. “We’re currently focusing on deve­ loping the technical process–specif­ ically to recycle the special solvent we use to dissolve and spin new fiber from old cotton textiles,” says Michael. ”That allows us to reduce environmental impact. The next step is to investigate possible methods for pretreating textile waste. Our initial goal is to produce a prototype garment made of pure cotton waste by the end of 2016.” The €300,000 grant has enabled the team to expand its focus beyond wood

pulp and to include re-purposing of used cotton textiles. The grant was of course welcomed, but Michael emphasizes that the attention they have received since then has played a very important role. “When you work in a lab, you can be doing great things that no one ever sees or cares about. Winning the Global Change Award puts our work on display and raises public awareness.”


The award ceremony in Stockholm.

USA: Moby Ahmed and Akshay Sethi.

The Polyester Digester

Using microbes to recycle waste polyester textiles–granted €250,000

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hen discussing environ­ mental problems caused by plastic, few people think about clothing. “At first, we thought we were going to recycle plastic bottles, but then we learned that there is far more plastic in clothing than in packaging,” says Akshay Sethi, recalling how he and Moby Ahmed started working on a solution. Both were students at the University of California, Davis. Akshay was studying biochemistry and became obsessed with finding a procedure for breaking down and subsequently rebuilding the molecule forming the basis for both PET bottles and

polyester fiber. In recent years, polyester has sur­ passed cotton by far as the material most commonly used for clothing. More than 30 000 tons of polyester are pro­ duced annually–approximately double the amount of cotton. And each year, thousands of tons of polyester produ­ ced for the fashion industry end up in landfills. “All that crude oil used to produce polyester has already been extracted and refined. So we thought it would be cool if we could turn polyester into something of value to break this dependence on oil and introduce a new

concept: molecular recycling,” explains Akshay. He invited his roommate Moby to join him in the lab. Together they develop­ ed a micro-organism that ”digests” polyester and breaks it down into two components. These components can then be heated to restore the polyester to its original structure. This also gives the opportunity to process and recycle polyester that has been mixed with other materials–as is commonly done in the fashion industry. In February 2016, Akshay and Moby’s innovation won the Global Change Award, receiving a grant of €250,000.


They also got to travel to China to deve­ lop connections with several actors in fashion’s value chain. The biggest chal­ lenge remains: Making the technology cheap enough to be sufficiently attracti­ ve for textile producers to recycle rather than produce new polyester, which currently costs only about $1 per kilo. “We already have the technology, so now we’re talking to chemical compa­ nies about how to make it costeffective,” says Akshay. He dreams of installing the new technology in a big facility. Ever since childhood, he has been fascinated by processes. “When I was about seven years old, a family friend told me about all the stages that go into making a pencil–from ex­ tracting the graphite and the oil for the eraser to growing the trees for the wood. Now I’ve developed a process myself!” Akshay believes the fashion industry must work with oil and chemical compa­ nies to a greater extent. “Chemical companies do what fa­ shion brands dictate, and if they demand greener products because that’s what their consumers want, the chemical companies will change their processes. The difficulty lies in transforming the whole cycle.”

The lab became the two friends’ favorite place.

Terephthalate

Polyester

Polyester

Glycol

Above: How the microbe that Sethi and Ahmed discovered digests polyester molecules, breaking them down into two components. When heated, the polyester returns to its original form. At right: A cloth factory outside Shanghai that Sethi and Ahmed visited. The factory is operated by Far Eastern, one of the world’s biggest producers of polyester.


Italy: Enrica Arena, Moreno Petrulli, Adriana Santanocito and Francesco Virlinzi.

100 percent citrus

Creating new textiles from citrus byproducts–granted €150,000

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ne single juice factory in Sicily can squeeze up to 60,000 tons of fresh oranges annually. Half the production becomes juice and the other half consisting of pith and peel is discarded. A total up to 700,000 tons of citrus waste are discar­ ded in Italy each year. This amounts to 2–7% of global production. Ever since she saw a picture of a pile of waste fruit from her home region, Adriana Santanocito has harbored a dream of trying to make it into fabric. That was in 2012, when she was in the middle of writing her thesis on product development, leading to a degree from

the AFOL Moda fashion school in Milan. Adriana contacted a lab at the Polytech­ nico di Milano, where she was able to demonstrate that the idea was feasible: You start by extracting cellulose from citrus waste and then spin it into a silk-li­ ke fiber. It can then be used in various ways, from making dresses to shirts and scarves–and is biodegradable. “The same material has been used to line coffins which are of course made to decompose,” says Enrica Arena. She had previously studied communications and was invited into the project by Adriana to help promote the idea. Before she started full time with Orange Fiber, as

their company is called, she had worked in PR for the United Nations in Egypt. “When I returned from Egypt, I deci­ ded to try to save the world. So I studied political science, focusing on communi­ ty development corporations while rai­ sing money for charitable organizations. But at some point I realized that more money often goes to the charity itself rather than those you want to help. And that there were other ways to achieve change.” Enrica and Adriana submitted their innovation for a Global Change Award, and their entry received a grant of €150,000.


Above: This process recycles citrus waste into silky smooth fabric. Adriana Santanocito studied Product Development at the AFOL Moda fashion school in Milan. She came up with the idea without having formally studied chemistry.

Thanks to the Global Change Award, Enrica (above) and Adriana have been able to employ more team members to speed up product development.

Adriana Santanocito.

”Thanks to the Global Change Award we’ve expanded our team and employed key people to help us develop the pro­ cess and our product,” continues Enrica. ”We’ve travelled around the world and made valuable contacts with busi­nesses, building a network outside Italy. We have the technology and we have our fabric. Now we hope to find an industrial part­ ner to scale up our project towards the end of this year.” Adriana and Enrica hope to inspire others to summon the courage to invest in innovative ideas and alternative paths in life. “None of us knew anything about the

biology or technical processes in textile manufacturing, and we had no idea whether this would work.” She goes on to say that there are more opportunities than ever to rese­ arch and find your own solutions. ”All you need is an idea. Then explore it, step by step. There’s no need to look too far ahead. Why not start in your own backy­ ard?” suggests Enrica. ”In Italy, we already have spinning mills and a textile industry, but we need to find new avenues for doing things. We can’t just continue with business as usual.”


Estonia: Aili Aamisepp, Dea Oja, Urmas Pappel, Neeme Praks and Ann Runnel.

An online market for textile leftovers

A marketplace for upcycling production spill–granted €150,000

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actories that stitch clothing for fashion brands produce up to 100 tons of textile leftovers every month, and the reasons go beyond simple planning errors. “Clothing manufacturers want to keep their customers happy. They deliberately plan for overproduction so they can quickly sew new garments to replace any defective ones,” says Ann Runnel, founder of Reverse Resources. ”Or the fabric itself might be defective. Roll after roll with the same defects have to be discarded. And occasionally or­ ders are cancelled mid-production after the fabric has already been sold.”

She is developing an online market­ place where leftover fabrics are display­ ed by quality and application areas. She wants to put manufacturers in touch with brands and designers who want to use their leftovers. But coordinating all this is a big challenge. “In many factories, there is no func­ tional inventory system, so we have to create software to assist the manufactu­ rers. And then we have to convince them that it’s worth doing, although that’s not their main focus,” says Ann. Her commitment to sustainability was developed while on parental leave with her first child.

“I accompanied my husband to a conference on sustainability and got curious. I wondered why environmental concerns were never mentioned during my six years of university studies in eco­ nomics. I started going to the library.” She sifted through all the various theo­ ries–from sharing and circular econo­ mies to eco-innovation and slow fashion. It became clear they were all connected. On a volunteering trip, she made contact with a clothing factory in Bangladesh, and from that meeting emerged the idea of an online market for textile leftovers.


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o take it further, Ann assem­ bled a team of friends with various skillsets: Urmas Pappel, who has worked with China and Asia; Dea Oja is an IT entrepreneur; Aili Aamisepp has a background in technical pattern design, and Neeme Praks has experience with software development and systems integration. Since winning the Global Change Award, they have validated the concept with many suppliers and brands. They developed a prototype to present to yet more suppliers, and in August 2016 laun­ ched a pilot with suppliers in China. Ann does not have a five-year plan for the project but says the team believes in

Ann Runnel and her colleagues receive their Global Change Award from Crown Princess Victoria in Stockholm in February 2016.

Above: Drafts of the online marketplace for textile leftovers connecting designers and fashion brands with manufacturers. At right: The Estonian team during the Innovation Accelerator programs in Stockholm and Shanghai.

the process. She is confident that socie­ ty is moving towards a more sustainable future. “There was a time when I simply didn’t buy clothes and tried to minimize packaging when shopping. I gradually realized I could achieve greater change by investing my time in creating a new system. By supporting this kind of syste­ mic change, we can make the zero waste mindset a reality.”


The Netherlands: Tjeerd Veenhoven.

Growing textile fiber under water

Using algae to make renewable textiles–granted €150,000

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hen Tjeerd Veenhoven got his Industrial Design degree 15 years ago, sustainability wasn’t on anyone’s agenda. “I always had a soft spot for mate­ rial development. But in the world of design, it was all about becoming a star designer and doing spectacular stuff and gallery exhibitions,” explains Tjeerd. ”If I’d presented my ideas back then, people would have viewed me as a crazy activist.” But in recent years, Tjeerd, who runs a design studio in the Netherlands, has seen a shift in focus.

His own awakening occurred in 2010 while in India and being confronted with poverty in its crudest forms. This awareness, coupled with a desi­ re to experiment, had already resulted in the development of a vegan leather made from palm leaves. Tjeerd’s next idea emerged while visiting his parents in France where he noted algal buildup along the coast. “Algae is a big problem in France. It stinks and pollutes beaches. There’s so much of it you can pick it up by the handful.” Just like with the palm leaves, Tjeerd saw gold where others saw waste. In

fact, algae cell walls contain 70% cellu­ lose while eucalyptus, commonly used to make textiles, contains only 25%. Tjeerd’s technology extracts cellulose from the cell walls and immerses it in a liquid that enables the fibers to stick together in straight lines. “I already knew quite a lot about starch, so in the back of my mind I saw a way of making fibers bind together,” he says. ”One really cool thing about this technology is that it eliminates the need to spin and weave. Now we can create a whole new fabric that desig­ ners can add to their repertoire.” Another advantage of algae is that


At right: Tjeerd Veenhoven receives his Global Change Award from Crown Princess Victoria in Stockholm. Below: His own experiments resulted in a method for converting algae cellulose into a new fabric. Bottom: Workshops during the Innovation Accelerator program.

no land is required to grow it, and it obviously doesn’t need to be watered with fresh water. Tjeerd’s breakthrough was awarded €150,000 in 2015. “Without the grant, it would have taken me many more years to transform the idea into reality,” he says. ”Culti­ vation is now in full swing, with two harvests completed, and in July 2016 we were able to convert the algae to cellulose.” Collaboration has been discussed with the Chinese government, which is considering continuing the project in Nanjing in 2017. The aim is to produce a yarn by December 2016 and garments for the fashion industry in 2018. Tjeerd further explains that his stu­ dio is all about “wishful doing” rather than wishful thinking. He says his ultimate goal is to design value chains rather than just products. ”Obviously, we want this to be ’the next cotton’, and quantitatively, it has that potential. But we need to be careful with predictions. Saying it will save the world would be a bit shortsighted.”


The South Korean were named Early Birds and got to accompany the Global Change Award winners on their study trip to Shanghai.

South Korea: Yoo Jung Kim, Ik Sung Lee, Changyong Rhee.

Travel Vendi

A vending machine for rental clothes

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hen the Global Change Award was launched in September 2015, one of the first entries was Travel Vendi–a vending machine for renting clothes. The team behind the idea won the Early Bird award, giving them the opportunity to travel to Shanghai with the other winners, participate in workshops and visit relevant factories. “We’ve gone from brainstorming ide­ as at a university café in South Korea to being in Shanghai–it feels like a dream,” says Ik Sung Lee. He developed the idea of clothing vending machines together with friends Yoo Jung Kim and Chan­ gyong Rhee. “I’m a backpacker and like to travel

light, but I also like to work out,” says Kim. ”It would be useful not having to pack gym clothes which later have to be washed and dried,” he continues. Kim thinks these machines could also be used for renting raincoats or formal clothes for business meetings, for instance. Lee adds that in South Korea, sus­ tainability is not really on the map yet. ”It was really inspiring for us to meet the other winners and learn about their amazing innovations. We now have a bunch of new ideas to take home with us and make this change happen in South Korea,” he says.

Early Bird 2016 Entries received before Sep­ tember 30 have the chance of winning the Early Bird com­ petition, and accompanying the Global Change Award winners on a unique study trip to Shanghai in 2017. The trip gives the Early Bird winner an exclusive insight into the indus­t ry, along with an oppor­ tunity to establish contacts and learn more about circular­ ity and the fashion industry value chain.


62+38K 62% women 38% men

Global Change Award 2015 2,775 entries from 112 countries

Top 10 countries by number of entries The Netherlands 61 UK 136

Germany 47

Sweden 123

40+35+25K 40% professionals 35% students 25% others

France 40 Spain 89

Indonesia 58

USA 209 Italy 405

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India 293

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Number of articles about GCA globally (online + print media): 704 Number of potential readers reached: approx. 200 million Word of mouth was the main way the winners found out about GCA

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Online vote

Top 10 (most articles about GCA):

22,500 votes

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1. Making waste-cotton new 31,30% 2. Polyester digester 21,73% 3. Online marketplace for textile leftovers 17,95% 4. 100% citrus 14,82% 5. Growing textile under water 14,20%

USA Sweden Germany Italy Spain

Russia France Japan The Netherlands Finland

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Popular application areas

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1. Sharing Platform 9 % 2. Recovery & Recycling 46 % 3. Product as Service 10 % 4. Product-Life Extension 16 % 5. Circular supply-chain 19 %

“The response to the Global Change Award has been overwhelming. The winning innovations could be of great help on the path towards a circular fashion industry.” – Karl-Johan Persson, board member of the H&M Foundation and CEO of H&M.


Innovation Accelerator

A year of specialized support in moving these ideas to the next level

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lobal Change Award is one of the world’s biggest contests for early innovations and the first of its kind for the fashion industry. The award ceremony is the start of an eventful year for the winning teams. A very important aspect of the award is a toolbox called the Innovation Accelerator. It is provided by the H&M Foundation, Accenture and the KTH Roy­ al Institute of Technology in Stockholm. “The Innovation Accelerator enables innovations to stand on their own as

fast as possible,” says Erik Bang, Project Manager for the Global Change Award. ”The Accelerator provides industry access and coaching opportunities, and when combined with a major grant is absolutely unique.” Specialized programs take top priori­ ty. They help the winners develop their ideas by focusing on three main areas: circular economy, innovation develop­ ment, and industry access. The program is designed by Accen­ ture, a global management consulting,

technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 323,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. “The level of innovation is truly inspiring,” says Jennie Perzon, Strategy Program Lead at Accenture. ”We aim to advance the strategic business growth of the winners by guiding them through the program. This helps them further develop their ideas.”

Step 1: Innovation boot camp

Stockholm, Sweden

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o start with, KTH Innovation invites winning teams for a one-week intensive innovation bootcamp on the KTH campus in Stockholm. KTH is the largest and oldest univer­ sity of its type in Sweden. It educates one-third of Swedish students at the tertiary level of technology research and engineering. The boot camp marks the start of a one-year training and coaching pro­ gram, and focuses on determining the current status of each winning team and where they want to be at the end of the program. The boot camp also includes workshops on how to pitch concepts, protect intellectual property rights, as well as overall development.

“Those of us at KTH view our part­ nership with the Global Change Award as both a privilege and a matter of ur­ gency,” says Lisa Ericsson, head of KTH Innovation. ”We face extreme environ­ mental challenges and supporting this effort and being part of a better future is the obvious choice for our school.” The winning teams meet each other for the first time at the boot camp, star­ ting a mutual exchange of support and brainstorming–an important component in the Innovation Accelerator that is deepened and strengthened during the course of the program. Above from left to right: Introduction by Gustav Notander, business coach at KTH. The assembled winning teams. Diana Amini and Erik Bang from the H&M Foundation. Amanda Tevell from Accenture.


Step 2: Fashion Industry Access

Shanghai, China

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he study trip to Shanghai provides winners with a unique insight into the fundamentals of the fashion industry. The week includes visits to one of H&M’s offices where winners are coached by key personnel in areas such as innovation, production, sales, marketing and PR. One entire day is spent touring factories utilized by H&M and managed by a leading industry producer. During factory tours, winners obtain a close-up

view of the manufacturing process in its entirety. They get the opportunity to discuss their innovations with factory management. ”The factory visits were invaluable,” reports Akshay Sethi from San Francis­ co, winner with the Polyester Digester. “We travelled to China and talked to some of the world’s largest textile com­ panies in the world, getting first-hand exposure to the sheer scale of textile production,” he says.

“We’ve been able to develop intimate relationships with multiple stakeholders across the value chain to further focus our product–market fit.” Included in the Shanghai schedule was a full day of Accenture workshops dealing with business development and emphasizing the value chain and busi­ ness model.

Step 3: Idea Acceleration

Milan, Italy

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ilan in northern Italy, one of the most imortant fashion cities in the world, is where the teams will have their last meeting with the Innovation Accelerator program. The teams will focus on sales and the customer experience, having completed strategy development in Stockholm and studied production in Shanghai. While in Milan, the teams will share important experiences and lessons lear­

ned in the program. The Accenture Customer Innovation Network (ACIN) in Milan offers additio­ nal coaching and insights into the future of fashion and retail. H&M Foundation will arrange visits to key people around the Italian fashion capital. The week provides an opportunity for teams to further elaborate their strate­ gies from a circular point of view. “The Innovation Accelerator comes full circle in Milan by tying retail and

customer experience to the circularity, production and business strategy we covered earlier in the year,” explains Erik Bang, Project Manager for the Global Change Award. He goes on to say that teams acquire a complete toolbox that helps them stand on their own. They get a solid boost to go out there and change the industry.


Apply for GCA 2016 Are you a future hero?

This year, we are looking for five more ideas, which can accelerate the shift from a linear to a circular fashion industry. Ideas that can reinvent the materials we use, the processes we utilize and challenge the businesses that drive today’s fashion. Five winners, selected by our expert panel, will share a €1 million grant and get access to a one-year innovation accelerator provided by the H&M Foundation, Accenture and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The global public will be invited to distribute the €1 million grant between the five innovations through an online vote. The result of the vote is revealed at a grand award ceremony in Stockholm, April 5th 2017. Applications for a Global Change Award 2016 are accepted from September 1–October 31, 2016. Apply at www.globalchangeaward.com


Global Change Award 2016 expert panel We are proud to present our expert panel. These nine advisors with extensive knowledge within the fields of fashion, sustainability, circularity and innovation will help us crown the five winners of the Global Change Award 2016.

Rebecca Earley

Johan L. Kuylenstierna

Dame Ellen MacArthur

Professor in Sustainable Textile and Fashion Design at University of the Arts London and Director of its Textile Futures Research Centre.

Executive Director for Stockholm Environment Institute.

Founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

Lewis Perkins

David Roberts

Ellis Rubinstein

President, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.

Founder of Exponential Leadership, Chairman in 1Qbit Information Technologies Inc.

President and CEO, The New York Academy of Sciences.

Franca Sozzani

Amber Valletta

Vikram Widge

Editor in Chief of Vogue Italia.

Supermodel, actress and sustainability influencer.

Head of Climate and Carbon Finance at the World Bank Group.


The H&M Foundation The H&M Foundation is a global foundation, privately funded by the Stefan Persson family, founders and main owners of H&M. Its mission is to drive long lasting positive change and improve living conditions by investing in people, communities and innovative ideas. Through partnerships with prominent organizations around the globe, the H&M Foundation drives change within four focus areas; Education – We advocate for quality education for all children. Clean water – We support worldwide access to clean water and sanitation. Strengthening women – We promote equal opportunities for women and girls globally. Protecting the planet – We ensure living conditions by protecting the planet. In addition to this, the Foundation can also provide emergency relief. Since 2013, the Stefan Persson family has donated 1.1 billion Swedish kronor (USD 154 million/EUR 123 million) to the H&M Foundation. For more information: www.hm.com/hmfoundation



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