Does IKEA use Palm Oil in products?
IKEA uses relatively small quantities of palm oil, mainly in candles but also as a food ingredient. We are committed to ensuring that the palm oil we use is grown and processed in a responsible way.
Producing palm oil is often associated with environmental damage such as deforestation and biodiversity loss, and social concerns including poor labour rights and dangerous working conditions. But we believe that palm oil has the potential to be a sustainable raw material. It is one of the most productive vegetable oils and can have a positive impact on livelihoods when grown responsibly.
We're an active member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), whose mission is to make sustainable palm oil the norm. IKEA sources approximately 98.5% RSPO certified sustainable palm oil from segregated sources. Our goal is 100%.
We also go beyond RSPO requirements and have now mapped all mills connected to our candle suppliers and have confirmation from producers, that the palm oil used in IKEA products does not contribute to destruction of high value forests. Therefore no palm oil used in IKEA candles, has come from plantations that have been newly developed on peat, since peat wetlands are important carbon stores with high biodiversity value.
We're always working together with an external partner evaluating our supply chain and visiting selected mills and plantations to verify compliance.
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