Each winner receives a €200,000 grant and joins the year long GCA Changemaker Programme, delivered by H&M Foundation with strategic partners Accenture and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The programme supports winners with innovation coaching, systems thinking tools and leadership development to help bring their ideas closer to real-world impact.

“On Earth Day, we reflect not only on the environmental challenges we face but also on the innovative ways the textile industry is rising to meet them. The textile sector, historically associated with high levels of resource consumption and waste, is undergoing a digital transformation. At the heart of this change? Digital textile printing, automation, and agile manufacturing practices. But how is the intersection of technology and sustainability shaping the future of the textile industry? We asked our peers and industry collaborators for their insights” Debbie McKeegan | CEO | Texintel

“Kathryn Sanders, the founder of Western Sensibility, based in Montana, USA - From crafting one-of-a-kind bespoke textiles to innovating sustainable printing techniques, her work embodies the marriage of “Art and Technology”. Her mission to create a world where design is not limited by traditional constraints that disrupts the Interior Industries status Quo – and in doing so moves to democratise design.” Debbie McKeegan | CEO | Texintel