The IKEA Australia Podcast Series

In this episode, we speak to Jon Dee, social entrepreneur and issues campaigner about the role that businesses, like IKEA, can play in influencing government policy around sustainability and climate change. Jon is the Australian representative for RE100, a global initiative that brings together the world’s most influential businesses committed to 100% renewable energy. Find out more about IKEA Australia’s sustainability commitments and initiatives in the Leap Year Of Sustainability Report.  

Join Kent from IKEA as we explore the kid's toys and the wonderful Swedish language.

Join Kent from IKEA as we explore the pantry and the wonderful Swedish language.

Join Kent from IKEA as we explore the bathroom and the wonderful Swedish language.

At IKEA we want to create a better everyday life for as many people as possible – including the millions who are vulnerable and marginalised – enabling a more equal and inclusive society where a decent job is a natural right. IKEA Social Entrepreneurship is one way of making this a reality. By backing and working with social entrepreneurs, whose business ideas are based on making societies and people thrive, IKEA contributes to creating jobs and better everyday lives around the world. In this episode we speak to Partner Development Leader Ann-Sofie Gunnarsson who works with artisans from some of the most remote parts of the planet to give IKEA customers the chance to purchase unique homewares with a greater purpose. We talk to Ann-Sofie about the IKEA Social Entrepreneurship programme, the importance of ensuring consistent and sustainable jobs and how the programme is still thriving during times of change and uncertainty.  

Avoiding waste and using resources efficiently, is part of the IKEA way of working. With the ambition to find methods to create more sustainable interior design, one of our product development teams asked themselves a question: “Would it be possible to use recycled waste instead of new materials, in our kitchen range? The answer was yes and IKEA created KUNGSBACKA, kitchen fronts made from recycled wood and recycled PET bottles.Sara Åberg and Anna Granath talk about both the challenges faced, as well as the opportunities yet to come from using sustainable materials in IKEA kitchens.