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Ikea actually plans to become "forest positive": https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/ikea-sustainability-forest-positive-karelia https://www.thegua
by dbrgn 9y ago
Ikea actually plans to become "forest positive": https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/ikea-sustainability-forest-positive-karelia https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/ikea-sustai... The article is from 2012, not sure how far they progressed (true sustainability is difficult). I doubt they use any tropical wood though. Most of their wood supplies are already FSC certified.
- matthewmacleod 9y agoAlso worth pointing out that in the UK, the company now sends nothing to landfill itself (http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38636272/ikea-sustainability-report-reveals-the-firm-sent-zero-waste-to-landfill-in-2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38636272/ikea-sustaina...). And in France, they will accept old Ikea furniture and resell it at low cost (https://www.climatesolutionsplatform.org/solution/giving-furniture-a-second-life-with-ikea/ https://www.climatesolutionsplatform.org/solution/giving-fur...) There are a few things to attack the company on; I’m not sure sustainability is one of their weak points.
- nicoburns 9y agoArguably they are one of the leading large companies with regard to sustainability. Most of their wood is fast growing pine, and they switched their entire lighting range over to LEDs way back in 2011 http://www.ikea.com/us/en/about_ikea/newsitem/IKEA_pulls_the_plug_on_incandescent_light_bulbs_press_release http://www.ikea.com/us/en/about_ikea/newsitem/IKEA_pulls_the...
- kalleboo 9y agoCompared to the BBC article saying that in 2012 they failed to reach their goal of 35% "preferred sources" (undefined), they currently claim to source 50% of their wood from "sustainable sources" (defined as either recycled or FSC-certified)