International Business Strategy Ikea
People & Planet Positive IKEA Group Sustainability Strategy for 2020
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CONTENT PEOPLE & PLANET POSITIVE
01. The world around us 02. IKEA vision and business foundations 03. People & Planet Positive 04. Overview: People & Planet Positive 05. A more sustainable life at home 06. Resource and energy independence 07. Better life for people and communities 08. A little IKEA & sustainability directory
THERE IS A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD AROUND US
For most of human history the world was sparsely populated and resources, from forests to fisheries, seemed unlimited. We started the 20th century with 1.65 billion people in the world, a population not much greater than that of China or India today. Society used resources and generated waste with little restraint and few concerns. While this helped drive growth and improve the livelihoods of many millions of people, it was a long way from a sustainable society. The global population has now reached seven billion, resources are increasingly scarce and climate change is a reality. The world is on track to warm by four degrees Celsius by the end of this century, which will have a severe effect on weather patterns, water availability and agriculture1. We have already lost half the world’s forests and degraded an estimated 60% of the world’s ecosystems2. Today’s global economy is almost five times the size it was 50 years ago and is set to triple again by mid-century. There were just 12 cities with a population above one million people in 1900, while today there are more than four hundred and the world’s urban population swells by more than one million people every week3. Billions of people are expected to enter the consumer society in the coming decades4. This is cause for celebration, in part, as many people are coming out of poverty. However, not all will have prosperous lives, with billions remaining poor and continuing to struggle to provide for themselves and their families.
Please visit People & Planet on www.IKEA.com
CONTENT PEOPLE & PLANET POSITIVE
01. The world around us 02. IKEA vision and business foundations 03. People & Planet Positive 04. Overview: People & Planet Positive 05. A more sustainable life at home 06. Resource and energy independence 07. Better life for people and communities 08. A little IKEA & sustainability directory
THERE IS A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD AROUND US
For most of human history the world was sparsely populated and resources, from forests to fisheries, seemed unlimited. We started the 20th century with 1.65 billion people in the world, a population not much greater than that of China or India today. Society used resources and generated waste with little restraint and few concerns. While this helped drive growth and improve the livelihoods of many millions of people, it was a long way from a sustainable society. The global population has now reached seven billion, resources are increasingly scarce and climate change is a reality. The world is on track to warm by four degrees Celsius by the end of this century, which will have a severe effect on weather patterns, water availability and agriculture1. We have already lost half the world’s forests and degraded an estimated 60% of the world’s ecosystems2. Today’s global economy is almost five times the size it was 50 years ago and is set to triple again by mid-century. There were just 12 cities with a population above one million people in 1900, while today there are more than four hundred and the world’s urban population swells by more than one million people every week3. Billions of people are expected to enter the consumer society in the coming decades4. This is cause for celebration, in part, as many people are coming out of poverty. However, not all will have prosperous lives, with billions remaining poor and continuing to struggle to provide for themselves and their families.
References: 1 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emission Scenarios, 2000 “Prosperity without growth? The transition to a sustainable economy”, Sust Development Commission, 2011