Global Change Award 2025

The Global Change Award 2025 is an innovation competition organized by the H&M Foundation. It seeks changemakers with ideas to decarbonise the fashion and textile industry and drive industry-wide transformation towards a socially inclusive and planet-positive future. Winners receive a substantial prize and participate in a yearlong program connected to industry partners.

€200,000 prize; participation in a yearlong Changemaker Programme; connection to industry partners.

Nominators include organisations such as universities, research institutes, governmental organisations, non-profits, brands, suppliers and GCA alumni; nominated changemakers proceed through an application process.

Nomination by organisations, followed by an invited application and evaluation by the H&M Foundation and external experts; winners are announced and invited to participate.