NETHERLANDS - The increased share of renewable electricity in production is one of the key contributors to why the total Ikea climate footprint decreased by 5% in absolute terms in FY2022, compared to FY2021.

To speed up the reduction of the climate footprint from production, Ikea has decided to include ten additional markets into the programme to support suppliers to switch to renewable electricity.

Almost two-thirds of the Ikea climate footprint is directly connected to the supply chain, including production at suppliers. To contribute to limit climate change to 1.5°C by drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a programme was introduced in June 2021 to enable suppliers to purchase renewable electricity as a complement to the financing of on-site generation of renewable energy*.

Due to the good progress, Ikea has decided to include ten additional markets in the programme: The Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Türkiye, and Vietnam. The combined electricity consumption for production in these markets stands for 0.27 million tonnes CO2 eq, or 13% of the climate footprint from production. The rollout starts during the calendar year 2023.