@ikea
•
81%
Climate Love
Climate Review Score ranking:
walter lungayi
3 w
•
The Greenpeace investigation revealed that IKEA's furniture production is contributing to the destruction of some of Europe's last ancient forests, particularly in the Romanian Carpathians. These forests are home to diverse wildlife and plant species, yet they are being compromised due to wood sourcing for popular IKEA products. The report emphasizes the urgent need for stricter protection measures and calls on IKEA to uphold its sustainability commitments by addressing the impact of its supply chain on old-growth forests. The destruction of these vital ecosystems is a concerning issue that calls for urgent attention and action. It's important for companies like IKEA and authorities to prioritize the preservation of these forests and biodiversity while also considering sustainable practices in their operations. This situation underscores the need for collective efforts to address environmental challenges and protect our planet's natural heritage for future generations. https://youtu.be/ynA8XGm5fMU?si=9NBEa0ZoeUjmglOs https://www.brusselstimes.com/1000082/europes-last-ancient-forests-being-cut-down-for-ikea-furniture-report-shows https://www.greenpeace.org/international/publication/66321/nature-crime-files-romania/?_gl=1*1d8jsj5*_up*MQ..*_ga*NjM0NTk1MDg5LjE3MTMwMjY3MTM.*_ga_94MRTN8HG4*MTcxMzAyNjcxMy4xLjAuMTcxMzAyNjcxMy4wLjAuMTcwODE5Nzg1MQ..*_ga_0CCB1GTVV6*MTcxMzAyNjcxMy4xLjAuMTcxMzAyNjcxMy4wLjAuMA..*_ga_99CSX66YC1*MTcxMzAyNjcxMy4xLjAuMTcxMzAyNjcxMy4wLjAuMA..
14 more agrees trigger social media ads
Kevin
4 w
•
Kenya is among emerging markets set to benefit from a Sh13 billion drive electric campaign. The IKEA Foundation has announced an investment of Sh13 billion ($100 million) to support a four-year initiative seeking to supercharge zero-emission road transportation across Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. In March 2023, the Ministry of Roads and Transport launched Kenya's first Electric Mobility (e-mobility) Draft Policy to reduce emissions, lower operating costs, decrease reliance on imported fuels, and to create green jobs. Roads and Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen said the policy will guide the development of electric mobility in all transportation modes—road, rail, air and maritime—by providing a transition framework from the use of conventional internal combustion engine vehicles. According to the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, there were 2,079 electric vehicles in Kenya as of June 2023. 1,500 were motorcycles, 181 station wagons, 176 tuk tuks and 20 electric buses. Currently, there are about five million fossil-fuel vehicles using Kenyan roads. Drive Electric Programme Director Rebecca Fisher said the next several years present an opportunity for emerging markets to ‘leapfrog’ over dirty combustion vehicles to sustainable, zero-emission transportation. “More work is needed to support an equitable global shift, and we see potential for the next wave of clean transportation frontrunners in Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, and South Africa. These countries have a robust mix of commitments to a clean energy transition, political will for climate-smart development policies, and favourable underlying economic and industrial development conditions,” she said. https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/realtime/2024-04-05-kenya-to-benefit-from-sh13bn-electric-vehicles-campaign/
108 more agrees trigger scaled up advertising
Grace Njeri
14 w
•
IKEA to cut emissions by 50 per cent by its 2030 financial year, up from its previous target of 15 per cent which it already exceeded in 2023. Ikea aims to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain from raw material production to customers’ use and disposal of products. https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ikea-sets-new-targets-emissions-cuts-more-factories-switch-renewable-power-2024-01-25/
107 more agrees trigger scaled up advertising
johnte ndeto
20 w
•
Swedish furniture brand IKEA is switching to a new glue to help meet its climate goals, underscoring how small changes can make a measurable impact. Inter IKEA—which owns the IKEA brand, develops its products and manages its supply chain—said around 5% of its value chain’s carbon footprint comes from fossil-based glue in its particle-and-fiber boards, used in products such as cupboards, wardrobes and shelves. It said Wednesday that it is aiming to eliminate 40% of its fossil-based glue in the boards by fiscal 2030, which could cut its greenhouse-gas emissions by 1.5 percentage points, depending on future business growth. A factory in Kazlu Ruda, Lithuania will be the first to use a biobased glue made from corn in industrial plants rather than the food chain. IKEA is also trialing other biobased glues. The changes are part of IKEA’s efforts to meet its goal to use only renewable or recycled materials by fiscal 2030. It’s not an easy transformation. We are talking about the industry using the same glues for 60 years and that glue has been optimized for performance and cost for 60 years,” said Venla Hemmilä, material and technology engineer at IKEA of Sweden. IKEA began searching for alternatives to fossil-based glue more than a decade ago, but found lower carbon, biobased options were too expensive and the industry wasn’t well prepared to supply them. Today, there is still a premium for biobased glues but it isn’t expected to be passed onto shoppers and should come down as production scales up. The company expects biomaterials to become more cost competitive with fossil-based materials in the coming years. IKEA hopes its manufacturing footprint will accelerate that cost reduction of greener alternatives and that other companies will follow its lead. It declined to provide the names of the green glue suppliers for competitive reasons. Glue became a focus for the group after 2016. That year IKEA examined how its climate goals aligned with the Paris Agreement and charted how they could expand the business while cutting their emissions, said Andreas Rangel Ahrens, head of climate at Inter IKEA Group. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ikeas-latest-climate-target-glue-fec7f216
150 more agrees trigger scaled up advertising
Patrick Kiash
30 w
•
•
In a groundbreaking move, IKEA is transforming the future of home delivery. For years, IKEA retailers have introduced electric trucks for delivery services, but now, they're taking sustainability and innovation to the next level with solar-powered cargo bikes! Imagine an eco-friendly, accessible, and cost-effective solution that redefines last-mile delivery. The journey began in Delft, The Netherlands, where IKEA conducted a successful pilot program using solar-powered cargo bikes to deliver products within the city center. The results were astounding, and now, the worldwide IKEA franchisor, Inter IKEA Systems B.V., is expanding this incredible initiative to all IKEA retailers worldwide. "This Sunrider bike can transport nearly 90% of IKEA's product range while emitting a staggering 98% less CO2 compared to modern diesel vans. We are committed to enhancing our customer service in a more sustainable, affordable, and accessible manner. The solar-powered cargo bike accomplishes all these goals," enthuses Helene Davidsson, Sustainability Manager at Inter IKEA Systems B.V. At the core of IKEA's global franchisor are three key priorities: sustainability, affordability, and accessibility. The solar-powered cargo bike addresses all of these. It's not just a game-changer for urban environments and the growing e-commerce landscape; it's a green, environment-friendly, and efficient solution that transcends the traditional delivery model. "We aim to reach more people, and many of our future customers will reside in cities with limited transportation options. This challenge is an opportunity for us to revolutionize product accessibility. The solar-powered cargo bike offers a quiet, emission-free alternative that can effortlessly navigate through traffic congestion," Davidsson adds. IKEA has set an ambitious goal to become climate positive by 2030. This means reducing more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire IKEA value chain emits while expanding the business. The solar-powered cargo bike is a tangible step toward this lofty objective, aligning with the 1.5°C target, with emissions to be halved by 2030 and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. With solar-powered cargo bikes, IKEA is not just delivering furniture; they're delivering a sustainable and accessible future for all! https://www.ikea.com/global/en/newsroom/sustainability/solar-powered-cargo-bikes-to-reduce-the-home-delivery-climate-footprint-221205/
Solar-powered cargo bikes deliver lower climate footprint - IKEA Global
Keeping last-mile services sustainable and cost-effective while meeting customers’ expectations is challenging. Now, the IKEA franchisor adds an alternative home delivery transport solution: Solar-powered cargo bikes.
https://www.ikea.com/global/en/newsroom/sustainability/solar-powered-cargo-bikes-to-reduce-the-home-delivery-climate-footprint-221205/
29 more agrees trigger social media ads
Petter Körnemark
37 w
Almost one year ago I send Climate warning to IKEA regarding their hot dogs, but now it is time to give the Climate love for their hot dogs - or to be more precise - for their new plant dog! I actually don't know what it tastes like yet, neither the price, but the clams to have done something new to this plant based hot dog that should also mimic the 'snap' when biting it. https://about.ikea.com/en/newsroom/2023/06/30/ikea-announces-a-plant-based-evolution-of-the-ikea-hot-dog https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/37c8751d-e069-414c-8409-4a5492b37005
34 more agrees trigger social media ads
Jules
43 w
And There's health benefits ! https://time.com/5196724/ikea-developing-bug-food-meatballs/ More digest, interspecies variability in nutrients, less food income to grow them compare to cows, etc. https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2015149 Insect nutritional composition showed high diversity between species. According to the Ofcom model, no insects were significantly ‘healthier’ than meat products. The NVS assigned crickets, palm weevil larvae and mealworm a significantly healthier score than beef (P<0.001) and chicken (P<0.001). No insects were statistically less healthy than meat.
Ikea Developing Bug Burgers and Mealworm Meatballs for Menu
Is this the fast food of the future?
https://time.com/5196724/ikea-developing-bug-food-meatballs/
24 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
IKEA
44 w
•
As a company that relies on production, IKEA can never reach its climate goals without working with suppliers. That is why they deployed a program to transition their supply chain to 100% renewable energy. Since launching this program in June 2021, IKEA has doubled its share of renewable energy used for production in a year in one of the company’s biggest markets. They are now expanding the program to enable even more of their suppliers to switch away from fossil fuels. At IKEA, the goal is to be a climate-positive company by 2030. This means helping reduce emissions by more than the whole IKEA value chain emits, every year. IKEA products affect everyone’s lives, so this is very possible, but only if they work with their suppliers to reduce emissions enough. To do this, IKEA has launched two programs. In December 2019, the company announced that it is dedicating €100 million to be used by their suppliers to produce renewable energy on-site. All of the heating demand and up to 15% of the energy demand can be covered this way, but IKEA realized that the remaining energy needs to be bought from the grid. That is why IKEA, in June 2021, announced a program where they can help negotiate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for suppliers to receive renewable energy at competitive prices from the grid. These agreements are better for the climate, and often also financially beneficial, and all the supplier needs to do is sign the new electricity contract to get started. Making it easy and good to switch to renewable energy is the best way to enable suppliers to be a part of the renewable energy transition. In 2021 IKEA launched this program in China, India, and Poland — the three markets that contributed the most to the company’s carbon footprint. The program has shown great success in these markets so far — in China alone, the share of renewable energy used for production has doubled from 32% to 64%! Following this success, IKEA is expanding this program to 10 new markets: The Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Türkiye, and Vietnam. The combined electricity consumption for these markets emits 0.27 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents or 13% of the climate footprint from IKEA’s production. Moving forward, IKEA sees this as a way to make sure that their suppliers are aligned with the company’s ambitions. 100% renewable energy may be a mandate for all suppliers in the future, and this program aims to make sure that IKEA gives all current suppliers the opportunity to meet these standards. If there is a will, there is a way, and this program paves it. Read more on our website.
IKEA
49 w
•
A key target for IKEA to contribute to the climate transition is 100% renewable energy in the entire value chain. IKEA has to not only change their own energy use but also that of their suppliers. This is a challenge, but through their support program for suppliers, they have started to help them transition to renewable energy faster successfully. On April 20, 2023, IKEA participated in the first-ever Stockholm Climate Week. Peder Weibull Hartman, Program Leader, Renewable Electricity for Supply Partners of Inter IKEA Group joined the live broadcast from SPACE Arena in Stockholm, participating in a panel along with representatives from Apple and Ørsted to present their Renewable Electricity for Supply Partners program. One of the key actions to reduce value chain emissions is to consume 100% renewable energy in the whole value chain — both in own operations and within supply partners’ operations. Many of the IKEA suppliers find this challenging to reach on their own, so IKEA started thinking about how we can help them accelerate the transition to renewable energy. That is where the program was born. “At IKEA, we came together and said ‘How can we support our suppliers in the best way to accelerate the movement and reach the goals together?’ We made the decision to launch a program to support them in doing exactly this,” explained Peder, and added that the program is based on a number of assumptions. IKEA based the program on the assumption that “our suppliers have more bargaining power if we go to the market together”. They can also utilize economies of scale and share learnings across the supply chain to increase overall competence. With this, IKEA launched the program in 2021 in the top three emitting countries: Poland, China, and India, and they looked at how they can support them directly in increasing the percentage of renewable energy they use. In the program, IKEA supports the suppliers in three ways. The top priority action is on-site investments, where IKEA lends money to suppliers to install e.g. solar panels, wind power, or other renewable energy solutions near or on-site so that they can produce their own renewable energy. The second solution is off-site solutions, which means direct ownership of off-site energy production or Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), which are long-term agreements between a seller and a buyer to off-take a certain amount of energy at a pre-defined price over e.g. 10-15 years. The third solution is guiding suppliers to ensure that the energy they consume from the grid is replaced with renewable energy, through buying certificates from the provider. This solution is the last option because while the energy is credibly renewable, it is not always additional, something that the first two options provide, Peder explains: “The top two steps secure the additionality aspect. When you work with these steps, you are directly driving new investments in renewable energy, which is what we need.” This program has shown great success in the first three markets where it was launched, so IKEA is now expanding it to include 10 more markets, which you will be able to read about in our next article. https://youtu.be/vOskr-dtwz4?t=17574 Rewatch Stockholm Climate Week anytime on We Don’t Have Time Play.
Kihm Francis
61 w
•
To reduce the climate footprint of board production, IKEA is switching from fossil-based to bio-based glues. Today, 5% of the climate footprint of the total IKEA value chain is connected to the use of glue in board materials. With this change, the goal is to reduce fossil-based glue use by 40% and greenhouse gas emissions from glue by 30% by FY30. Finding new glue solutions is one of the main approaches to reducing the IKEA climate footprint, and most glue consumption is used in board production. As a result of innovation and several years of trials, IKEA is now switching to bio-based alternatives to reduce fossil-based glue usage by 40% and the climate footprint from glue by 30%. “This is a big and important movement for IKEA, which we have been working to enable for more than 10 years. This confirms the need for more glues with much lower climate footprints and that small changes can have big impacts. We hope this will inspire others to follow”, says Venla Hemmilä, Material and Technology Engineer at IKEA of Sweden. Read more; https://about.ikea.com/en/newsroom/2023/03/01/ikea-to-use-bio-based-glue-for-reduced-climate-footprint
148 more agrees trigger scaled up advertising
Peter Karanga
62 w
IKEA has announced plans to “remove or replace” dairy in its stores to reduce its carbon footprint. The Swedish retailer, which has stores in around 59 countries, recently published its 2022 Sustainability Report. The aim of the report was to look at ways in which it can become a climate positive business by 2030. It looked at five key areas: energy, air, water, food, and waste. The food section discussed the environmental impact of animal products. It stated that its introduction of planet-friendly plant-based food options – such as vegan meatballs and hotdogs – had been a success with customers. https://plantbasednews.org/news/economics/ikea-remove-dairy-climate-goals/
IKEA Looks To Remove Dairy To Meet Climate Goals
IKEA, which already has vegan menu items like ice cream and meatballs, has announced plans to “remove or replace” dairy in its stores
https://plantbasednews.org/news/economics/ikea-remove-dairy-climate-goals/
22 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Sven Nilson
63 w
•
By 2024, Ikea will have 700 charging points for electric cars at its department stores. First up is the department store in Borlänge, where 32 charging points - half of which are super fast chargers - will be put into operation in about two weeks.
50 more agrees trigger social media ads
Kate Rushton
80 w
Ikea has partnered with Flow Loop to design a shower attachment that enables them to reuse water. This attachment could help households reduce their water consumption by up to 80%, and energy usage by as much as 70%, compared to a regular shower. https://designtaxi.com/news/420815/IKEA-To-Launch-An-Innovative-Shower-Solution-That-Recycles-Water/
148 more agrees trigger social media ads
Kate Rushton
80 w
The current model of giving people points for purchasing products so they can purchase more is not sustainable. Why not give people rewards only for sustainable actions e.g. repurposing, learning about the environment, using eco-friendly delivery options, etc? These points can only be used for sustainable goods and services.
44 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Petter Körnemark
85 w
This could have been a love story. I actually gave IKEA a climate love a few days ago when they said they would lower the price on veggie hotdogs and raise the price of the meat hotdog. They said they wanted to do this because environmental choices should be cheaper. But, people reacted and now they said that their meat hotdog will not become more expensive. The will still lower the price of the veggie one so they will be priced the same. That indeed could have given them climate love from me - but they are cowards who didnt dare to do what they first told us!
66 more agrees trigger social media ads
Petter Körnemark
85 w
In Sweden, IKEA now raises the price from 5 to 7 SEK for meat based hot dog, while lowering the proce from 10 to 5 SEK for their veggie hot dog. They say they do this because the veggie alternatives, due to environmental reasons, should be the cheapest. Bravo! This is subsidies way better than fossil fuel subsidies! :)
74 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Petter Körnemark
88 w
They are investing around 60M € in the company OX2 to produce 38 TWh (rough 1/4 of what Sweden used in 2021) in offshore wind power.
45 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Wil Sillen
90 w
•
By: Karol Gobczynski 2nd degree connection2nd Head of Climate and Energy, Ingka Group | IKEA l Net-zero business transformation I Energy strategy I TCFD Congrats to colleagues from #IKEA China for reaching a next milestone to reduce the climate footprint and showing new business as usual for retail sector with Tianjin #IKEA store: ✅ generating more #renewableelectricity ☀️⚡️than consums ✅ only renewable heating💨 & cooling🌬 #heatpumps, ✅ 100% #zeroemissions last mile deliveries🚛, ✅ #EV charging stations for customers & co-workers 🚘 ✅ walking distance from metro 🚇 station, ✅ 60% water reclaiming system💧, ✅ offering only #LEDs 💡with almost 50% higher efficiency than in 2016, ✅ offering #plantbasedfood alternatives. Plantball 🧆 with 96% lower climate footprint 👣 of food ingredients than meat alternative, veggie dogs 🌭, … and more to come. Check IKEA climate report https://lnkd.in/gddUAqRc
149 more agrees trigger social media ads
Julien
95 w
Despite their many claims to be environmentally friendly, IKEA is the main engine behind the destruction of one of the last old growth forest in Europe which it leads through funding and supporting of both legal and illegal logging. The article below explaining how they go about it only highlights the destruction of the century-old forests in Romania, but IKEA also sources much of its wood through illegal destruction of forest in Ukraine and Russia for example, which we can imagine are suffering from worse damage due to less regulation since they're not in the European Union. Read more in this feature from New Republic from a few months ago: https://newrepublic.com/article/165245/ikea-romania-europe-old-growth-forest
37 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Aude Boulord
103 w
IKEA (Denmark) and WWF have teamed up to produce a bug-friendly version of their iconic meatball to create more biodiversity in Denmark and to raise awareness of the lack of wild habitats for insects. The project is initially launched in support of Denmark’s Wild Gardens 🌺 to encourage garden owners to make Danish nature more wild in an effort to circulate awareness of the various endangered species within Denmark (though it could be replicate in any country)! 🌱 The “Swedish seedball” is a little nutrient-rich plant pod that is perfect for bugs. The recipe calls for soil, compost, clay and wildflower seeds. It allow all ages to join in and get an understanding of a quite complex issue, making it a great campaign for kids as well! https://hypebeast.com/2022/4/wwf-ikea-swedish-seedballs-insect-meatballs-release-info https://ikeahackers.net/2022/05/ikea-seedball-for-insects.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ikea-seedball-for-insects
21 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Anne Therese Gennari
108 w
I've been following IKEA for a while now in their work for the planet and humanity and this new announcement that they will be investing EUR 340 million into nine solar PV park projects in Europe I think shows signs of true leadership toward a renewable world!
96 more agrees trigger social media ads
Markus Lutteman
109 w
•
•
Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores worldwide, has bought nine solar photovoltaic (PV) park projects in Germany and Spain for a total of 340 million euros ($373 million) as part of its goal to generate more renewable energy than it consumes. The expected energy capacity of the solar PV parks equals 300 megawatts in Germany across four solar PV development projects and 140 megawatts in Spain across five solar PV development projects. “We are delighted to be announcing this important initiative to enable renewable electricity consumption in Germany and Spain, which is another step in accelerating our energy production in Europe and North America. With our own solar parks and wind farms, we want to make renewable energy available throughout the IKEA value chain and beyond” says Krister Mattsson, Managing Director, Ingka Investments in a press statement. The projects are at early stages and are expected to become ready for construction at the end of 2022, continuing into 2023. The construction itself will take roughly six months.
49 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Haga Initiative
111 w
•
IKEA actively works with circularity. By 2030, IKEA aims to have all of their products being made from renewable or recycled materials, designed to be reused, resold, or recycled. In 2019, IKEA gave a second life to 47 million products that were being sold via bargain corners, while more than 9 million products were repackaged and returned to their shelves. Since the summer of 2020, IKEA has been buying back and reselling used IKEA furniture in their Circular Store. All furniture sold in the Circular Store is given a new chance instead of being unnecessarily thrown away. The furniture which can be found at the Circular Store either comes from expired collections or from customers who are reselling unwanted furniture back to IKEA. In the spring of 2021, IKEA introduced the Circular Store to all their department stores throughout Sweden, and the plan for the following years is to introduce it to all IKEA department stores throughout the world. If you want to read other good examples of circular economy, go to https://www.hagainitiativet.se/en/100-examples-for-circular-economy Have a great day! ************************************************* **** This is part of the Haga Initiative's campaign 100 Good Examples of Circular Economy. We want sustainable examples of circular economy from large and small companies. Email your suggestions and a picture to info@hagainitiativet.se
40 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Christina Carlmark
111 w
24.000 Swedish consumers, in the ages 16-75, have rated sustainable brands - regarding environment as well as social sustainability- and the over all winner is IKEA. Well deserved - and still lots to do. Congratulations! Full report for the Swedish market, from SB Insight, found here: https://www.sb-index.com/sweden
76 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Sarah Chabane
125 w
•
In July 2020 the NGO Earthsights came out with the report "Flatpacked Forests" uncovering IKEA's involvement with illegal timber in the Ukrainian Carpathians a region home to endangered lynx and bears. (https://www.earthsight.org.uk/flatpackedforests-en) The illegal wood has been used to make a number of well-known IKEA products such as chairs, being sold at Ikea stores across the globe each year, including in the US, UK and Germany. Illegal harvesting is being enabled by the corrupt state-owned forestry enterprises which run most of Ukraine’s forests. The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet has been investigating deeper on this issue and has come up with a photo report and a podcast episode on the topic that I would recommend you to read and listen to. Aftonbladet journalists show that there was a much bigger and more widespread problem, a scam that makes it possible to harvest large amounts of wood illegally. And that Ikea's subcontractors were once again involved with the illegal cutting of healthy trees used to make chairs for IKEA in Romania that the journalists followed until IKEA stores in Stockholm. In its sustainability report, Ikea assures that it has zero tolerance for illegal wood and has denied the issue but the journalists are questioning their statements. Read the investigation: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/bGjr8d/unik-naturskog-skovlas--for-att-bli-ikea-mobler
232 more agrees trigger scaled up advertising
Write or agree to climate reviews to make businesses and world leaders act. It’s easy and it works.
Certified accounts actively looking for your opinion on their climate impact.
One tree is planted for every climate review written to an organization that is Open for Climate Dialogue™.