Ikea comes clean regarding its air pollution

Swedish retail giant Ikea is pushing further towards being climate-positive by 2030, partly by selling renewable energy to factories and energy-efficient LED bulbs to customers. The interior design chain now wants to show its part in air pollution.

More necessary than ever

From January to August, Ikea had a climate footprint of 25.8 million tonnes of CO2, which is 5 % less than a year earlier. The emissions are already 12 % less than in 2016, when the company started the measurements. Relative to its own production volumes, the overall climate footprint has already fallen by 20 %. In Belgium, the footprint fell by 13.6 % compared to 2016 and by 6 % compared to 2021.