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Social enterprises driving global change on World Food Day

Every year on 16 October, World Food Day highlights important topics such as food waste, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and the challenges faced by fishing communities — all in an effort to combat climate change. This year's theme is "Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future”. It's the perfect opportunity for us to shine a spotlight on the incredible efforts of social entrepreneurs, who are making everyday life better for so many people and how they're creating a more sustainable and inclusive world.

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Social Innovation in Paris


Early in 2020, with our partner Yunus Social Business (YSB) we began a social innovation process involving key business stakeholders across IKEA. In this, we asked ourselves, what are the main societal and business challenges that we are facing but can solve together? 

Working with Ingka Group (the largest IKEA franchisee), we identified Paris as a location to co-create and test a solution that met the global retail direction needs of IKEA (providing sustainable services to customers) and which addressed some of the pressing social challenges of Paris.
 

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Read more about this social innovation approach and if the early indications prove the pilot was a success here.