How much wood from New Zealand 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 vigin wood used roundwood equivalent (RWE): 100,675 m3
Contribution to total IKEA virgin wood used for home furnishing products: 0.7%
Approximate proportion of New Zealand’s total harvest used by IKEA suppliers: 0.3%
Approximate proportion of New Zealand’s forests that are FSC-certified: 13%
Years in IKEA supply chain: 15+
Regions and types of forests
In FY22, virgin wood of New Zealand origin used in IKEA products came from FSC-certified plantation forests in the northern and southern regions.
Wood species
In New Zealand, 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 New Zealand for solid wood applications was pine.