IKEA family joining hands to support refugees
With the onset of the Russian war on Ukraine earlier this year different IKEA related entities have together donated €30 million to response to the immense need for emergency relief. These funds – €10M from Interogo Holding, €10M from the Ingka group and €10M from Inter IKEA Group – have been and will be used for both immediate and long-term needs and include a combination of monetary and in-kind donations to well-established organisations such as Save the Children, UNICEF, UNHCR, Médecins Sans Frontières, Red Cross and other local organisations working in bordering countries most affected by the war.
Read more about the ‘
Together for all refugees’ campaign which aims to break down biases and misconceptions and demonstrates how businesses like ours can help. IKEA will also be supporting Ingka Group with a goal of raising €20 million for UNHCR to close the funding gap, and support refugee humanitarian emergencies.
Businesses can make meaningful contributions to local neighbourhoods, and to society, by working toward refugee integration and open pathways to decent work for refugees. Ingka Group have developed
a toolkit to share their experience and lessons learned so far. We hope this toolkit inspires other businesses to act too.
IKEA co-workers design ‘Blue Dot’ safe spaces for refugees with UNHCR and UNICEF.