Large or easily scalable businesses such as Saitex have a big social and environmental impact because of their size. Saitex is known worldwide for being revolutionary in its holistic business approach where social and environmental work is seamlessly integrated throughout every aspect of the business. For example, recapturing heat to use for drying rather than relying on industrial dryers and water recycling. But also hiring more women and integrating people with disabilities and other vulnerable backgrounds into the workplace. For this, a special socially and environmentally focused division named Rekut was initiated, 

 

Since 2019, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship has supported social entrepreneurs and businesses worldwide through our development programmes and partnerships to upscale their impact and find new possibilities to create lasting change. 

 

Collaborating with large-scale scalable social businesses allows social business partners to manage large production volumes and involve local communities. Adding Saitex as a supplier to IKEA’s range, will diversify the range in materials and techniques and allow for faster upscaling with both single products and collections.

 

Through this partnership, we will be offering an even more sustainable industrial setup in textiles, jute and other locally sourced materials to the many people in stores around the world. The first collection VÅRDANDE will be launched in June 2022.