The IKEA LUKTJASMIN duvet cover is made from sustainable cotton.
IKEA wants to in 2030 all its products are made of recycled or recyclable materials. Designing #AlwaysSomethingNew is one of its priority objectives, but another of them is that This design, in addition to being democratic, is also sustainable. Being able to lead a healthier life must be an easy option and within everyone's reach and the same thing happens with our houses: furniture, lamps, rugs and other objects for the home They must be products that respect the environment and our own body.
East movement for a better and more sustainable daily life undertaken by the Swedish firm aims to inspire and encourage as many people as they can – from customers to suppliers and even other companies – as unsustainable consumption and climate change remain some of the great challenges of humanity. For now, to create this sustainable future reality, IKEA has started with some big changes and some smaller ones, but just as important.
Almost all bamboo used by IKEA is FSC certified.
A CIRCULAR AND INTELLIGENT CHANGE
A 100% circular business, This is how IKEA wants to be in the near future, which is why it is completely transforming the way it works. Thus manufactures the products so that they are reusable and can be repaired, resold and recycled (and thus less waste is generated). Last year alone, 47 million products got a second life (having been repaired and repackaged) and, thanks to your second-hand furniture sales service (implemented in Spain in November, replacing Black Friday with Green Friday), they found a new home for what their customers no longer wanted or needed.
are already more than 3,700 sustainable solutions –which help reduce the environmental footprint– which IKEA has for sale. It should be remembered that since 2015 its entire lighting range is LED and its kitchen and bathroom faucets reduce water consumption by up to 30% and 40%, respectively. In addition, **in October 2021 they will withdraw the entire assortment of non-rechargeable batteries. **
And what is yet to come will be even more significant, since this spring they will put on sale in Spain their solar energy solution for the home called Home Solar, that includes solar panels for installation on the roof and a simple control system that supervises production. In this way, each person You can generate your own power reduce carbon emissions and save money at the same time.
Since 2015, the entire IKEA lighting range is LED.
CHOICE OF MATERIALS
More than 60% of the Ikea assortment is based on renewable materials, such as wood (certified by the Forest Stewardship Council), wool and cotton, and more than 10% contains recycled materials, because the choice of materials implies making responsible decisions. The company wants to change the way the industry works, from production and transportation to the people involved in the manufacturing process.
To give a few examples, in the MUSSELBLOMMA collection, IKEA collaborates with Seaqual and more than a thousand Spanish fishermen on the Mediterranean coast to make sustainable textiles with plastics collected from the sea. And the handcrafted pieces of the limited edition FÖRÄNDRING are made by Indian artisans with rice straw, a waste that is usually burned and that greatly pollutes the atmosphere.
others of the innovative and sustainable materials used by IKEA to create its products are bamboo (FSC certified since 2016), vegetable fibers such as seagrass or jute, composites (cheaper, stronger and lighter) and leftover waste from other production (which are turned into sophisticated kitchens such as KUNGSBACKA model).
The IKEA Social Entrepreneurs initiative aims to reduce poverty, empower women and address social and environmental challenges in their communities.
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
The IKEA Social Entrepreneurs initiative aims to reduce poverty, empower artisans (mostly women) and address social and environmental challenges in their communities. In this way, in addition to offering unique products made by hand, **the Swedish company helps to employ refugees and vulnerable groups. **
The TILLTALANDE collection arose from the urgent need to provide work and integrate refugee women into society, most from Syria, in collaboration with Jordanian women and the non-profit organization Jordan River Foundation and, In Spain, IKEA collaborates with the social business project Ellas Lo Bordan (a social workshop for women at risk of social exclusion) and another very similar one called El Costurerico.