How much wood from Belarus did IKEA use?
We have stopped global wood purchasing from Belarus following Inter IKEA Group's decision to scale down business in the market and the Forest Stewardship Council’s termination of accreditation scope.
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): 700,814 m3
Contribution to total IKEA virgin wood used for home furnishing products: 5%
Approximate proportion of Belarus’s total harvest used by IKEA suppliers: 3%
Approximate proportion of Belarus’s forests that were FSC-certified: 100% (Prior to 8 April)
Years in IKEA supply chain: 30+
Regions and types of forests
In FY22, virgin wood of Belarusian origin used in IKEA products mainly came from actively managed boreal forests in the central and southern regions.
Wood species
When we allowed our suppliers to purchase wood from Belarus, 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 Belarus for solid wood applications were pine and birch. IKEA no longer allows suppliers to purchase wood from Belarus.