H&M Foundation - Global Change Award

Tereform is a company engaged in chemical engineering, manufacturing, and recycling, with a primary mission of facilitating textile-to-textile recycling to combat textile waste. The company employs a range of innovative technologies and processes to promote circularity within the fashion and textile industries, aiming to lessen their environmental impact. Tereform also focuses on developing deconstruction processes that transform waste materials into chemical building blocks. Utilizing earth-abundant metal catalysts and atmospheric oxygen, Tereform's core technology enables the chemical manufacturing sector to minimize its dependence on petroleum-based materials and adopt more sustainable practices.

SXD is a sustainable fashion company focused on transforming leftover and wasted textiles into aesthetically pleasing and functional zero-waste clothing. By leveraging innovative design technology, SXD maximizes the use of minimal resources to create versatile pieces that contribute to reducing the environmental impact of the fashion industry. The company's approach not only prioritizes beauty and comfort but also ensures affordability, offering customers high-quality designs at significantly lower costs. Through its commitment to sustainability, SXD aims to redefine fashion consumption by providing stylish solutions that generate no fabric waste.

Founded in 2018, KBCols Sciences is a Pune-based company that specializes in extracting natural colors from agro-industrial waste. It produces a range of colors including blue, violet, pink, red, orange, yellow, and white, serving applications in cosmetics, textiles, paints, food, pharmaceuticals, and plastics.

DyeRecycle, established in 2020 and based in London, specializes in sustainable textile dyeing. It has developed a pioneering technology that extracts and recycles dye from discarded fabric, transferring the color onto new materials. This process reduces the textile industry's reliance on virgin materials and promotes a greener, more circular economy.

ALT TEX is a biotechnology company that produces carbon-neutral fabric derived from post-industrial waste. It converts landfill-destined food waste into biodegradable bioplastic fibers, offering an eco-friendly alternative to synthetic fabrics for the fashion industry.

Refiberd employs AI and hyperspectral imaging systems to enhance textile-to-textile recycling. Its technology accurately identifies fiber types and contaminants in textile waste, aiming to divert up to 70% of such waste to high-value recyclers. This empowers the fashion industry by improving the recycling process and transforming discarded textiles into new materials.

Nanoloom develops sustainable fabrics using graphene-based technology. It produces BioHastalexTM, a biodegradable nanocomposite copolymer derived from functionalized graphene oxide, offering waterproofing capabilities and serving as an eco-friendly alternative to conventional textiles.

MuddleArt specializes in managing textile waste responsibly and transparently. It connects various stakeholders in the textile industry - consumers, producers, recyclers, manufacturers - to facilitate recycling and upcycling of waste materials.

Resortecs is a pioneering company in the fashion industry focused on promoting circularity through its innovative Design for Disassembly approach. The company develops heat-dissolvable stitching threads and thermal disassembly systems that simplify the recycling process for brands, sorters, and recyclers. Its flagship product, Smart Stitch™, features stitching threads with varying melting points that allow for the transformation of garments into recyclable pieces right from the manufacturing stage. Complementing this is Smart Disassembly™, a thermal disassembly system capable of processing up to 4 million garments annually, while maintaining low emissions and preserving material quality. This approach enables the recycling of up to 90% of original fabric material, addressing environmental challenges without compromising the creativity and quality of fashion products. Resortecs aims to facilitate a sustainable future for the textile industry by making garment recycling efficient and accessible.

GALY is a United States–based biomaterials company that grows cotton from cells in a laboratory rather than from field crops. Using a proprietary method, it produces cellular cotton to supply textile materials, including yarns, for clothing brands and textile manufacturers. The process eliminates farmland requirements, minimizes water use, and avoids pesticides and insecticides, offering a sustainable, traceable, and ethical raw material with a lower environmental impact.

Reverse Resources operates an online tracking and trading platform for textile waste. It connects garment factories, cloth mills, retailers, and recycling firms to facilitate transparent waste management and reduce sourcing costs.