IKEA’S SUSTAINABILITY

IKEA Presents Sustainability Report 2010
March 30, 2010 (IKEA)

"IKEA, the world’s largest home furnishing retailer, has released its 2010 Sustainability Report (September 1, 2009 – August 31, 2010), which recaps and highlights its sustainable progress, accomplishments and new opportunities in the areas of social and environmental responsibility. The report describes the priorities for 2015 that influence the entire value chain from product design and development to the very end of a product’s life as outlined in the new IKEA Sustainability direction...

"Highlights [include]…the IKEA Sustainability Product Score card…[which] is a new internal tool for more sustainable product development and purchasing that will help classify the IKEA home furnishing range within 11 criteria that have an impact on the environment…"

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"…The share of certified wood increased substantially from 16.2 to 23.6 percent…The number of IKEA buildings with solar panel systems nearly doubled, taking us one step further towards the goal of operating all IKEA units on 100 percent renewable energy…

"…[The decision was] made to invest an additional 7.5 million euro in UNICEF’s water sanitation program in India. This support will help expand the scope of the program in 15 states…More than 80,000 farmers in India and Pakistan are now using more sustainable farming practices. The share of more sustainable cotton in the IKEA range more than doubled compared to last year to 13.4 percent of total IKEA use…"

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"Highlights from the IKEA US Sustainability FY 10 Report…[include] IKEA announced in June 2010, that it would start to phase out the sale of incandescent light bulbs in all US stores…[for] energy saving…CFLs… LED[s] and solar lamps.

"…IKEA US announced that the new store opening in fall 2011 in Centennial, Colorado will be constructed with geothermal technology…IKEA initiated 11 solar panel projects on 7 IKEA stores…1.5 million trees were planted across America through the IKEA Plant A Tree campaign…"