How much wood from Bulgaria 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): 40,818 m3
Contribution to total IKEA virgin wood used for home furnishing products: 0.3%
Approximate proportion of Bulgaria’s total harvest used by IKEA suppliers: 1%
Approximate proportion of Bulgaria’s forests that are FSC-certified: 60%
Years in IKEA supply chain: 30+
Regions and types of forests
In FY22, virgin wood of Bulgarian origin used in IKEA products mainly came from actively managed temperate forests in the southwest, south central and northwest regions.
Wood species
In Bulgaria, a mix of different wood species was sourced by sub-suppliers to produce engineered composite wood-based material for IKEA home furnishing products. In FY22, the top species sourced from Bulgaria for solid wood applications were beech and pine.
Recent developments/actions
For several decades we have worked alongside different partners in Bulgaria to improve forest management. One example is our partnership with WWF. Within the partnership, we are working together to help protect high conservation value forests with a particular focus on old growth forests and promoted responsible forest management and transparency in trade. Read more about our work with WWF in Bulgaria.