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IKEA's Social and Environmental Responsibility Initiatives |
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ExcerptsSocial ResponsibilityIKEA undertook several projects for community development. Most of its projects were centered on children. IKEA purchased carpets from India. In August 2000, IKEA initiated the Child Rights Program in India in association with UNICEF. The project was started in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The aim of the project was to prevent child labor in 'the carpet belt' of UP, by addressing root causes such as poverty, illiteracy and ill health. The project was started in nearly 200 villages with a population of more than 400,000 people... Environmental ResponsibilityTransportation and DistributionIKEA depended heavily on transportation through trucks and trailers for the distribution of its products to its stores and also for delivering furniture from stores to its customers' homes. The company's transportation and distribution activities thus had a significant impact on the environment through emission of gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere (Refer Exhibit VII for CO2 emissions in IKEA's transport and distribution operations). One of the first initiatives IKEA took to reduce environmental impact of transportation was to introduce smart packaging. Packing more products into a single trailer was not easy...
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