Social, ethical and environmental responsibility

We’re committed to taking responsibility throughout our entire value chain. Together with our partners, we work to create long term positive change, focusing on root-causes. We want to make responsible sourcing the norm across our businesses and beyond.

 

Our Responsible Sourcing of Raw Materials Framework

This framework helps ensure that IKEA agricultural raw materials are produced in a way that results in healthy soils. This includes practices that improve soil organic carbon, prevent soil erosion and nutrient run-off, employ low or no tillage, and that include beneficial grazing practices.

Sustainable animal agriculture

Improving animal welfare and enabling a shift towards more sustainable animal agriculture is a part of our sustainability ambitions and central to the IKEA Food business direction. We will do this through the IKEA Food Better Programmes.

 

Animal welfare and environmental management at the farm level

Our ambition is that all sourcing of eggs, chicken, pork, beef, dairy and salmon will be fully compliant with the Better Programmes by the end of 2025. These programmes are evidence-based, applying the latest science, and developed in consultation with suppliers, NGOs and agricultural consultants.
 

Making the world better, one coffee break at a time

PÅTÅR coffee is organic to EU standards and UTZ/Rainforest Alliance Certified, a combination that takes care of both coffee growers and the environment. The coffee served in our Swedish Restaurants, Cafés and Bistros meets these requirements too. UTZ is now part of the Rainforest Alliance.
 

Your chocolate choice matters

When cocoa farmers join the UTZ/Rainforest Alliance program, they are trained to implement farming methods that decrease the use of harmful chemicals and manage water-use and soil in better, more sustainable ways. This increases yields, while decreasing cocoa plantation deforestation.

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Rainforest Alliance

We want all cocoa and coffee sold and served in our stores to be grown and produced responsibly. To ensure that we live up to this goal, we’ve chosen to work with the Rainforest Alliance certification to preserve local ecosystems and create better economic and living conditions for farmers. Care and responsibility all the way from the plantations to your table! 

Find out more at www.ra.org

An ocean full of flavour

SJÖRAPPORT series offers a wide range of seafood products. All farming, fishing and harvesting of our seafood takes great care not to disturb the sensitive marine ecosystems.

 

Nutritious, sustainable salmon and cod balls

Salmon and cod balls are a tasty meal that can be enjoyed at home or in IKEA restaurants. Typically Scandinavian, they not only add important nutrients to your diet, they’re also a more sustainable choice as they’re made from off-cuts from salmon fillet production.

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Committed to only serving certified seafood

All wild-caught fish and shrimp served and sold at IKEA come from fisheries which are independently certified to Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standards, supporting sustainable fishing and protecting seafood supplies for generations to come.

All IKEA salmon comes from farms that are certified to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) global standard for responsibly farmed seafood.