ELLE & PolestarDesign Towards Zero Award

The ELLE & Polestar Design Towards Zero Award celebrates and turns the spotlight on designers and companies who work with innovative and circular materials within the fashion industry, taking a broad approach towards solutions that are scalable and applicable across industries. Submissions are open until March 24th.

The ELLE & Polestar Design Towards Zero Award celebrates and turns the spotlight on designers and companies who work with innovative and circular materials within the fashion industry, taking a broad approach towards solutions that are scalable and applicable across industries. Submissions are open until March 24th.


The transport industry and the fashion industry together account for a large share of global emissions. Recognizing the need for urgent action as stated in the Pathway report to meet the IPCC’s 1.5-degree target we encourage our own as well as other industries to work together towards becoming more sustainable.

The newly established ELLE & Polestar Design Towards Zero Award praise climate initiatives within the fashion industry and will be handed out at the ELLE Gala in Stockholm, on April 21st 2023. Together with ELLE we are seeking candidates from all over the world, submissions are open until March 24th.

Apply to the ELLE & Polestar Design Towards Zero Award

Submissions are open until March 24th 2023

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The jury

ELLE & Polestar Design Towards Zero Awards jury 

The founder and CEO of Shape Innovate, Associate Lecturer at London College Fashion, UAL and consultant working with the UN UNFCC and Climate KIC during COP27.

Director Policy & EU Affairs Orchestrator EIT Climate KIC. Founder of ThePowerHouse_Group, ElektroCouture, OFundamentO. Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech.

Founder of fashion brand GANNI.

Head of Sustainability at Polestar.

Award winning multimedia journalist, film director and environmental advocate. Harvard named Sophia as one of the top climate communicators of 2022 and she was recipient of Refinery29’s Sustainable Innovator Award.

Editor-in-Chief at ELLE Sweden.

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