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Follow on Google News | ![]() H&M innovation competition transforms fashion industryBy: Agorize "The Global Change Award has become a force to support early innovation and accelerate the transformation of our industry. It attracts some of the most disruptive and creative people I have ever met, and following their development is really impressive. I am excited to see what game-changing innovations the seventh round generates." - Karl-Johan Persson, board member of H&M Foundation and Chairman of H&M Group. For GCA 2023, the H&M Foundation is updating the scope to cover more ground, raise the bar on innovation, and help shift the industry into a planet-positive one. The winning innovations or solutions should fall into one of three categories:
A panel of experts will select five winners who get to share a 1 million € grant and get access to the one-year-long GCA Impact Accelerator program, which includes invaluable coaching and support from the H&M Foundation and their partners Accenture, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and The Mills Fabrica. The application period runs from 20 October 2022 to 8 December 2022 and the winners will be announced in June 2023. "We are particularly proud to be operating this innovation competition launched by H&M Foundation. This essential transformation process is done with the contribution of everyone, the group relying on collective intelligence to generate a greater impact." - Christophe Pingard, Agorize CEO Visit the challenge platform on https://www.agorize.com/ About H&M Foundation H&M Foundation is a non-profit foundation, initiated to co-create, fund, and share solutions for the world's most urgent challenges. About Agorize Founded in 2011, Agorize helps global enterprise companies accelerate the innovation process from concept to full-scale implementation. Agorize's 300 clients uncover value-creating ideas and talent using the most comprehensive innovation management platform, connected to a community of innovators and supported by a team of experts. More on https://get.agorize.com/ End
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