How much wood from Austria did IKEA use?
We require that suppliers use Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified or recycled wood in our home furnishing products. All information presented here is valid for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) with a reporting period from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022 and, unless otherwise specified, applies to virgin wood used in IKEA home furnishing products (excluding paper).
Amount of virgin wood used roundwood equivalent (RWE): 17,670 m3
Contribution to total IKEA virgin wood used for home furnishing products: 0.1%
Approximate proportion of Austria’s total harvest used by IKEA suppliers: 0.1%
Approximate proportion of Austria’s forests that are FSC-certified: <1%
Years in IKEA supply chain: 20+
Regions and types of forests
In FY22, virgin wood of Austrian origin used in IKEA products mainly came from actively managed temperate forests across the entire market.
Wood species
In Austria, a mix of different wood species was sourced by sub-suppliers to mainly produce engineered composite wood-based material for IKEA home furnishing products. In FY22, the top species sourced from Austria for solid wood applications was ash.