IKEA works to ensure that products and materials are environmentally adapted and are safe for our customers from a health perspective. As part of our business idea, we insist on keeping costs low and always try to use resources wisely when designing our products.
Products and materials When developing products, we first decide on the price tag the item will have when sold in IKEA stores. However, in offering low prices we must never compromise the quality or safety of IKEA products. Designers, product developers and technicians must consider a product's safety, quality and environmental aspects, from the initial design stage throughout its life cycle. Read more
Forestry and wood Wood is one of the most important raw materials for IKEA. It is an excellent material from a quality and environmental perspective, as long as it is legally produced and comes from responsibly managed forests. IKEA does not accept wood that is illegally logged or that comes from intact natural forests. Our long-term goal is to source all wood for IKEA products from forests certified as responsibly managed. Read more
Cotton Cotton is one of the most important raw materials for IKEA, and we work actively to promote better cotton growing methods. IKEA wants the cotton used in IKEA products to be produced in a sustainable manner, taking in to consideration both people and the environment. Read more
Safe food at IKEA stores IKEA strives to ensure that the food served in our restaurants and the food products sold in our stores is safe and grown with consideration to the environment and for the people that produce it. Read more
IKEA Catalogue IKEA works actively towards a sustainable production of the IKEA Catalogue. Read more