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Ikea Suspended by Forest Stewardship Council

February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Ikea has reportedly had its certificate suspended by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) after the discovery that the furniture chain has been cutting 600-year-old trees in Russia. The FSC alleged that protected forests in Karelia, Russia, were not being sustainably harvested by Swedwood, Ikea’s forestry subsidiary It comes after the ... Read more »

Ikea: Aggressive Energy Goals Producing Business Boon

February 11, 2014November 11, 2019 by Leon Walker

Ikea’s commitment to renewable energy and energy efficiency is leading to long-term business benefits, reports Forbes. The furniture retailer currently owns 157 wind turbines — 96 of which are currently operational — that represent 345 MW. The company has also installed 550,000 solar panels totaling 90 MW. In short, Ikea has as ... Read more »

Sustainable Sourcing Commitments Driving ‘Major’ Market Growth

February 4, 2014February 4, 2014 by Leon Walker

Private sector sourcing commitments from companies including Ikea, Coca-Cola, The Home Depot and Unilever are driving major market growth for sustainable commodities, according to the State of Sustainability Initiatives Review 2014. Once thought of as instruments primarily tailored for niche markets, voluntary sustainability standards such as Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Organic ... Read more »

Ikea Sustainability Report: GHG Intensity Up From 2012

January 31, 2014February 6, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Ikea has published its FY13 Sustainability Report. Highlights include: GHGs The company cut carbon emissions from its FY10 baseline by 19.3 percent in 2013, relative to sales. This is a slight worsening versus FY12, when carbon intensity was 21.3 percent below the baseline. The company has a target of 50 ... Read more »

Nike’s Waterless Dye Factory Cuts Energy Use 60%

December 3, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Nike has opened its first water-free facility, which will end the use of water and process chemicals from fabric dyeing at its Taiwanese contract manufacturer Far Eastern New Century. The process, which Nike has dubbed ColorDry, reduces dyeing time by 40 percent, energy use by about 60 percent and the ... Read more »

Furniture Makers Count Up Formaldehyde Rule Costs

October 22, 2013October 22, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Federal rules on formaldehyde in composite panel could add about $28 million to Ashley Furniture‘s costs, according to CEO Todd Wanek. Speaking at an industry roundtable organized by Furniture Today, Wanek said the rules don’t add value to end consumers, the website reports. Wanek said the company already has a ... Read more »

Ikea Digs Geothermal for New Kansas City Store

September 18, 2013November 11, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Ikea plans to incorporate geothermal technology into the heating and cooling system of its future Kansas City-area store under construction in Merriam, Kansas. Related drilling and underground work should be complete by winter, with the system ultimately operational when Ikea Merriam opens Fall 2014 as the second US Ikea store ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance: Prop. 65, Ikea, Target, MSC, Laundry Standard

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The California Legislature has passed AB 227, which would give business owners receiving a notice of Proposition 65 violation a two-week grace period, during which they could avoid a lawsuit by posting the required warning signs and paying a $500 fine. The bill now heads to governor Jerry Brown, who has 30 days to ... Read more »

Ikea Buys Wind Farm to Power Two Irish Outlets

August 15, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ikea Group has agreed to buy a 7.65 megawatt wind farm currently under construction in Leitrim, Ireland to provide renewable power for its outlets in Dublin and Belfast. Mainstream Renewable Power is building the Carrickeeny wind farm, located in northwest Ireland, and will continue to operate and maintain the facility ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Ikea, LA Metro, Honda, Volvo, Boulder Electric Vehicle

July 1, 2013August 13, 2013 by Leon Walker

Ikea plans to add 24 of Ecotality’s Blink electric vehicle charging stations across eight more locations in the US. Installation should be completed this summer at seven stores in Illinois, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Texas, as well as the US corporate office. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors has approved a ... Read more »

Solar: Kyocera Wins $89M Contract with Ag Coop in Japan, Ikea Boosts Colorado’s Largest Array, Upsolar Installs 400 kW in Austria

June 19, 2013November 11, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Kyocera is building multiple solar systems in Japan — a total of 30 MW — for the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh) and Mitsubishi. Kyocera is engineering, supplying, constructing and maintaining the systems to be installed at roughly 80 of Zen-Noh’s facilities (livestock barns, distribution centers and parking ... Read more »

Solar Update: Kyocera Donates to African Schools, IKEA Helps Sandy Area, Washington Gas Energy Systems Signs PPA with NM School District

June 14, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Kyocera Corporation donated solar power generating systems to four secondary schools in Tanzania and three primary schools in Uganda. The installations are part of larger donation projects that have been ongoing since 2009, in which Kyocera has been providing solar power generating systems to schools in Tanzania and Uganda that ... Read more »

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