How much wood from Latvia 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): 382,015 m3
Contribution to total IKEA virgin wood used for home furnishing products: 3%
Approximate proportion of Latvia’s total harvest used by IKEA suppliers: 3%
Approximate proportion of Latvia’s forests that are FSC-certified: 35%
Years in IKEA supply chain: 30+
Regions and types of forests
In FY22, virgin wood of Latvian origin used in IKEA products mainly came from actively managed temperate forests and boreal forests across the entire market.
Wood species
In Latvia, 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 Latvia for solid wood applications were pine and birch.