PEOPLE & PLANET POSITIVE
“Living up to stakeholder expectations”
Nov 20th 2015
INTRODUCTIONS
Steve Howard
Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA
steve.howard@ikea.com
Chris Coulter
CEO, GlobeScan Inc.
chris.coulter@GlobeScan.com
AGENDA
1. Introductions
2. Context: Leadership, Trust and Engagement
3. IKEA's Approach: People & Planet Positive
4. Q&A
STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE
Business
Integration –
To create a
better everyday
life for the
many people
OUR VISION & BUSINESS IDEA
To create a better everyday life for the many people.
To offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home
furnishing products at price so low that as many people
as possible will be able to afford them.
VOICE
“I am proud of the way IKEA works with
sustainability”
FY14: 84%
(FY11: 78%)
Source: Retail VOICE FY14
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CHANGE DRIVERS
Inspire and enable millions of customers to
live a more sustainable life at home
Strive for resource and energy
independence
Take the lead in creating a better life for
people and communities
MORE SUSTAINABLE LIFE @ HOME
• 4033 co-workers and 256 customers in FR & CH reached
through engagement activities
• Focus on healthier living
LED – GOING ALL IN
Our entire lighting range is
now LED or compatible with
LED bulbs, using 85% less
energy.
RESIDENTIAL SOLAR
Offering turnkey PV
systems with in-store advice
service, enabling our
customers to save up to 50%
on their energy bills.
Rolled out in UK, NL and CH
as pilot. Further roll out
planned.
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
224 wind turbines active
700,000 installed solar panels
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Focus on:
- New and existing
stores & buildings
- Home furnishing
suppliers
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DEMOCRATIC
DESIGN
IKEA BUSINESS PLAN NOW - FY19
3
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focus areas:
Design for circularity
Resource chain
Prolong product life
IKEA BUSINESS PLAN NOW - FY19
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CIRCULAR IKEA
100% Cotton and
50% wood from
More Sustainable sources
IKEA BUSINESS PLAN NOW - FY19
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MORE SUSTAINABLE SOURCES
Veggie ball launch and
100% certified seafood
IKEA BUSINESS PLAN NOW - FY19
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HEALTHY & SUSTAINABLE FOOD
Creating transparency &
traceability of the value
chains.
IKEA BUSINESS PLAN NOW - FY19
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ANIMAL WELFARE
Our minimum requirements for:
- Home furnishing suppliers
- Transport & Services Suppliers
- Food suppliers
- IKEA indirect materials and services
- Retail suppliers
- IKEA Catalogue suppliers
IKEA BUSINESS PLAN NOW - FY19
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EQUALITY AND
JOBS
IWAY
– DECENT
SUPPLIER
CODE OF CONDUCT
Ongoing pilots to secure ethical
recruitment of migrant workers
and living wage assessments in
own operations and at suppliers.
IKEA BUSINESS PLAN NOW - FY19
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EQUALITY AND DECENT JOBS
So far 6 partnerships established
in India, Thailand, Indonesia, Sweden
and Denmark.
Focus on:
• Work with handicrafts
• Contribution to social change,
poverty reduction and women’s
IKEA
BUSINESS PLAN NOW - FY19
empowerment
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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
IKEA FOUNDATION
- Development of “Better Shelter”
unit together with UNHCR
- Good Cause Campaigns: Brighter
Lives for Refugees and Soft toys
for Education
CLIMATE – COMMITMENTS,
ADVOCACY & COALITION
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THANK YOU! QUESTIONS?
Q&A
Steve Howard
Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA
steve.howard@ikea.com
Chris Coulter
CEO, GlobeScan
chris.coulter@GlobeScan.com