IKEA U.S. Statement on recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions affecting diversity and inclusion

In light of the recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court that will affect diversity and inclusion in the U.S., IKEA U.S. continues to believe that diversity is a key to success and that an inclusive workplace is good for our co-workers, our customers, and our business. Our ambition is for each IKEA unit in the U.S. to reflect the ethnic and racial demographics of their local society at every level of leadership. 

To achieve this goal, we’re committed to improving and accelerating our internal efforts to support the upward mobility of underrepresented co-workers across ethnicity and race, gender identity, and all sexual orientations. Under the leadership of the recently established Equity Council, in 2023 we launched a tool that gives leadership at every unit access to real-time data about the ethnic, racial, and gender diversity of their co-worker populations. This will help units to develop local action plans and commitments to support increasing diversity at all levels of leadership. 

We also rolled out unconscious bias and anti-racism training to our management and will expand this training to mid-level managers next fiscal year. Further, we established the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) Ambassadors program, made up of highly engaged co-workers across the U.S who work with senior leaders to lead ED&I efforts in their units. 

Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion will take time, but IKEA U.S. is committed to building a more inclusive and representative workplace.