What does being climate positive mean for IKEA?

Our ambition is to become climate positive by 2030, we will do this by:

Drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in absolute terms from all parts of the IKEA value chain

• Enable sustainable consumption and transform into a circular business by inspiring and enabling people to live better lives within the limits of the planet.
• Striving towards 100% renewable energy and a phase-out of fossil fuels.
• Improving energy efficiency in the IKEA business operations, the supply chain, and towards IKEA customers through the products and services we offer.
• Using more sustainable materials and food ingredients, e.g. with ambition to only use renewable or recycled materials in our products by 2030 and continuing to source raw materials for both home furnishing and food products, from more sustainable sources, certified by third parties such as Forest Stewardship Council^® (FSC^®).

Storing carbon in land, plants and products

• Exploring and improving ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in forests, agriculture and products.
• Ensuring that carbon remains stored in IKEA products longer through the circular economy.
• Exploring and improving ways to store carbon through even better forest management and agricultural practices.

Going beyond the IKEA value chain

• Addressing a footprint larger than the IKEA value chain. For example, by collaborating with our customers, suppliers and partners to reduce their total GHG emissions.
• Enabling our customers to generate renewable energy at home through solar panels and other renewable energy services.
• Supporting and partnering with our almost 1000 direct home furnishing suppliers to reduce the total footprint of their factories, not just the manufacturing for the IKEA business.

This will enable us to address a footprint around four times larger than that from the production of IKEA products.

The IKEA climate footprint in FY19 is estimated to be 24.9 million tonnes CO2 eq – accounting for 0.1% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We’ve broken it down to different stages of the value chain, and identified key initiatives that will make us reach our goals.