H&M Foundation annual report 2018

Through partnerships with organisations around the globe, the H&M Foundation aims to act as a catalyst for change and accelerate the progress needed to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, focusing on four areas; Education, Water, Equality and Planet. The report covers the work of H&M Foundation from January 1 to December 31, 2018. 

A few highlights

• USD 22 million (SEK 200 million) was donated to the H&M Foundation by the Stefan Persson family in 2018.
• 2.3 million people in 46 countries were reached by H&M Foundation initiatives in 2018, supporting worldwide access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene, bringing quality education and care to children globally and empowering marginalized people in the the pursuit of equal societies.
• 6.640 innovators from 182 countries entered Global Change Award, the H&M Foundation’s annual innovation challenge, to help reinvent the fashion industry and protect the planet.
• A revolutionary textile recycling facility opened in Hong Kong, as a result of a partnership between H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel.
• In addition to catalyzing positive change within its focus areas, the H&M Foundation made emergency relief donationsof $500.000 (SEK 4.3 million) to the Philippines, Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, and Indonesia.
• The H&M Foundation supported UNHCR in arranging TEDx Talk in a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya — the first ever of its kind.
• At the 2018 UN High Level Political Forum in New York, WaterAid, Water.org, and the H&M Foundation presented the exhibition The Water Effect, on how access to water transforms lives.
• With the campaign “Babytalk for dads”, the H&M Foundation and UNICEF encouraged fathers to engage in communication that is vital for the development of their babies’ brains.

Read the full report online or visit hmfoundation.com for more information.