IKEA Group

IKEA Group

1. Sustainability strategy

   • People and Planet Positive
     • Resource Plans
       • Consumption of resources reduction
     • Energy independence plans
       • Waste reduction
         • Recycle and renewable materials implementation
       • Resource plans
     • Sustainability driven design
       • Design strategy
         • Democratic design
           • Product
             • Consumer expectations of quality
             • Consumer expectations of low price
               • Pricing
             • Consumer expectations of funcionality
               • Function
               • Form
             • Practice on product design
               • Form
               • Function
               • Quality
               • Pricing
     • Innovative processes
       • Lower prices
       • Environmentally friendly
       • Environmentally friendly stores
   • Sustainability and supply chain processes
     • Initiative to reduce 90% store waste
       • Environmentally friendly stores
     • Building stores in close proximity to stations
       • Strategy-eliminating the middleman
         • Factory to stores transportation cost reduction
         • Middleman strategy meets IKEA's sustainability practices
           • Responsible
             • Focus on basic needs
             • Focus on social equity
             • Focus on environmental justice
             • Redefine protocols
           • Synergistic
             • Generates positive feedbacks
           • Contextual
             • Evolves design to social trends
           • Restorative
             • Improving peoples well-being
             • Improving nature's health and well-being
           • Eco-efficient
             • Input material reduction
             • Energy input reduction
             • Pollution output reduction
             • Waste output reduction
           • Creative
             • New paradigm created
           • Visionary
             • Centered on future outcomes and methodologies

2. IWAY code of conduct

   • Requirements for suppliers regarding products and services
     • Environment: Air, noise, water and ground
     • Wages, benefits and working hours
     • Child labor
     • Hazardous and non-hazardous

3. Raw materials

   • Wood sourced by IKEA managed forest
   • Linen extracted from naturally grow flax plants
   • Cotton produced with fewer chemicals and less water
   • Recycled PET plastic