Home

Shop at IKEA?

Choose your IKEA retail website

Shop at IKEA?

Choose your IKEA retail website

Three wooden stools and one wooden bench in long, flowering grass in front of a stand of birch trees.

Wood and forestry

We love working with wood. It’s a fantastic material: beautiful, durable and long-lasting. And it can be used in lots of different ways. On top of that, it’s renewable and recyclable and, when it comes from responsibly managed forests, can help mitigate climate change. It’s also part of our Scandinavian design heritage and has always played a central role in the IKEA range of home furnishing products. After all, IKEA was born in the forests of southern Sweden. You might even say that the IKEA story was built on a foundation made of wood.

Our forests are mankind’s greatest asset.

Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA founder
Forests are critical for life on our planet supporting the climate, biodiversity, health, water and livelihoods. They purify the air that we breathe, help maintain balance in the atmosphere and provide shelter to plants and wildlife. These vital ecosystems clean the water that we drink and provide sources of food, fuel and timber. Hundreds of millions of people living close to or in the forest depend heavily on them for their livelihoods and many millions more work within the forestry sector.

The wood we use

Two men standing beside each other in a workshop looking up at shelves full of various types and sizes of wooden planks.

The wood used in IKEA products comes from many locations around the world. Here you can learn where it grows and how much we use, as well as the types of wood our suppliers source. You can also find out how we make sure it comes from responsibly managed forests.

All about the wood used in IKEA products

Approximately 15% of our total wood use in FY22 was recycled wood.

A cross section of a furniture panel showing an outer layer of masonite, a frame of particle board and a honeycomb core.

Is wood a sustainable material?

Wood is a renewable resource that can be recycled, but that’s not enough for us to consider it a sustainable material. Here you can find out the other conditions that have to be met and how responsible forest management can play a role in mitigating climate change.

More about climate-oriented forestry and biodiversity

We use wood more than any other material in the making of our products.

The backrest and seat of FRÖSET chair in red stained oak veneer.

Design and innovation

One of the wonderful things about wood is that there are so many ways you can use it. We’re always looking for smarter, more efficient ways to make the most of the wood we use and lead development in the home furnishing industry.

How we design and innovate with wood

Going beyond our business

Two people carrying rucksacks walking through waist-high foliage whilst looking towards a misty forest.

As one of the leading wood users in the retail sector, we believe in using our size and global reach to work beyond our supply chain to positively influence, or even transform, the forestry industry.

More about our forest partnerships and Forest Positive Agenda

Read more in our stories below