We drive inclusion and diversity with our global reach by creating a real sense of community across our brands, leading to positive change.
Advancing the inclusion of people
Lifting our communities
We want people to know H&M Group as an inclusive business that promotes inclusion and diversity throughout the whole value chain. Community, for us, means both external communities that are underserved, and communities within our organisation. We ensure that our presence contributes positively to the people and communities in which we live and work.
Read more about our commitment to being a fair and equal employer.
H&M Group x STEAM: Driving innovation through diversity and inclusion
To contribute to a future where all youth, regardless of background, have equal access to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) opportunities, H&M Group is leading a number of programs that provide opportunities and inspiration to pursue careers in these fields. Some of our initiatives include a two-day summit in South Africa filled with STEAM-focused activities and inspirational speakers in partnership with Scifest Africa, a Kids hack day at the Stockholm’s Epicenter with our Sweden partner Hello World, and five STEAM labs for children in the city of Bengaluru in partnership with Save the Children India.
Partnerships
We use our business to support and promote equitable access to opportunities and equal rights for people who for various reasons lack these opportunities or face greater hurdles. Our various external partnerships and projects have become essential in helping us leverage these ambitions across our whole value chain.
Our focus is on gender equality, the LGBTQIA+ community globally and people with disabilities, through local partners and initiatives.
Some of our global partnerships include:
World Economic Forum’s Partnering for Racial Justice in Business
We joined World Economic Forum’s Partnering for Racial Justice in Business initiative. As a founding member, we have a chair in the advisory group/steering committee and the working group. The partnership’s overarching aim is to implement a compliant and harmonised global data collection approach. We hope to create a common language that establishes standards and universal principles for becoming an anti-racist organisation.
World Economic Forum’s Global Parity Alliance
In 2022, H&M Group also became a Founding Member of World Economic Forum’s Global Parity Alliance, a cross-industry group of companies taking action to accelerate diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in the workplace and beyond. The Alliance seeks to promote DE&I best practices that benefit underrepresented groups and are hardwired across business processes, including creating equitable work opportunities, promoting supplier diversity and launching inclusive products and services.
Refugee Women Mentorship Initiative
H&M Group joined theRefugee Women Mentorship Initiative as well, led by Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent) and Catalyst. The initiative focuses on mentoring refugee women to enhance their opportunities to enter employment. H&M Group currently participates in this initiative through the H&M brand in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.
Our local partnerships include the United Nations Free and Equal campaign, UN Women, The Trevor Project, and The Ali Forney Center, among others.
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