Following the launch of the IKEA Sustainability Report, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to release our annual review for the financial year, 2022:
Read the full review.
In FY22, we saw global crises multiply and their effects compound. The climate emergency, coronavirus pandemic, war, and inflation affected people across the world. But in times of crisis, it’s still people who live in vulnerable and marginalised communities who suffer most.
At IKEA Social Entrepreneurship we believe that social entrepreneurship plays a crucial role in improving livelihoods and addressing social and environmental challenges. So we continue the work started a decade ago, expanding our support for social entrepreneurs and deepening our social business partnerships to create positive social impact both inside and outside the IKEA value chain.
Over FY22, we supported 101 social enterprises across 26 countries and partnered with 11 social businesses in IKEA production across home furnishing and food products, creating 10 global social business products and our first global social business collection, VÅRDANDE.
To address the effects of climate change and the war in Ukraine, we launched two funds, a waste fund in India together with Yunus Social Business and the Refugee Employment Initiative with NESsT in Poland and Romania.
We’re excited to share our 4th Annual Review, where you can read more about our methods, initiatives and impact — for social entrepreneurs, IKEA customers, co-workers, and our global community.
Disclaimer: All information presented here is valid for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) with a reporting period from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022.
