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The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that suppliers "Child labour is not used at the Supplier [...] There is no forced, prison, bonded or involuntary labour [...] The Supplier respects the rights of Workers to join, form or not to join an association of their choice without fear of reprisal, interference, intimidation or harassment [...] There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that for suppliers, "There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

"Ensuring IWAY compliance Legal compliance Besides implementing transparent and reliable routines to ensure, verify and report IWAY, we work with three levels of announced and unannounced audits, performed both by ourselves and third party organizations" [...] "All applicable laws and regulations relating to environmental impacts and protection, but not covered by the points of this chapter above are complied with. This includes but is not limited to environmental classification, reporting, and inspections by authorities. Required corrective actions from such inspections are documented and completed within the set timeframe"

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that suppliers "Child labour is not used at the Supplier [...] There is no forced, prison, bonded or involuntary labour [...] The Supplier respects the rights of Workers to join, form or not to join an association of their choice without fear of reprisal, interference, intimidation or harassment [...] There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

"Smallholder farmers are a vital source ofwood, and we want to help them be includedin responsible sourcing programmes. Wework with them to scale up the productionof new materials such as bamboo, acaciaand rattan. These materials are versatile,strong and fast growing, making them agreat renewable resource. Smallholdersoften experience challenges to achievinginternationally-recognised certificationssuch as FSC, which can be expensive andcomplicated. A number of projects aimto tackle this. In Thailand, we partner with WWF toidentify ways to improve the sustainabilityof smallholder forestry practices forrubber plantations. In Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, wepartner with WWF to improve forestrypractices of acacia, bamboo and rattangrowers, and help them to share costs,responsibilities and insights to reachFSC certification [...] In Indonesia, we partner with the Rainforest Alliance to identify criteria for improving small-forest-holder practices."

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that for suppliers, "There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

"Working together with supply chain partners and organisations like WWF and FSC, we are ensuring that more wood is being sourced from well-managed forests [...] WWF and the IKEA business are working are working together to safeguard and manage precious natural resources and transform business for the benefit of people and planet. Through engagement, innovation and advocacy, the partnership is driving the development of more sustainable cotton and timber markets. The work with WWF and other partners aims to combat illegal logging, stop deforestation and degradation and promote responsible timber trade and sustainable land use. The IKEA business and WWF have worked together since 2002 to support credible forest certification. The work includes mapping and protecting high conservation value forests to secure biological and social forest values such as biodiversity and the respect for local communities and forest workers. The IKEA business and WWF have helped to improve forest management in Europe and Asia and contributed to increasing FSC certified forest areas."

"As part of IKEA’s due diligence system to check compliance with the European Union Timber Regulation(EUTR), the US Lacey Act and other similar legislation, IKEA reserves the right to perform audits at IKEA directsuppliers and at all IKEA forestry applicable sub suppliers linked to the production for IKEA, based on the riskassessment [...] This document applies to [...] paper-based materials containing wood fibres."

"Ensuring IWAY compliance Legal compliance Besides implementing transparent and reliable routines to ensure, verify and report IWAY, we work with three levels of announced and unannounced audits, performed both by ourselves and third party organizations" [...] "All applicable laws and regulations relating to environmental impacts and protection, but not covered by the points of this chapter above are complied with. This includes but is not limited to environmental classification, reporting, and inspections by authorities. Required corrective actions from such inspections are documented and completed within the set timeframe"

"In FY19, we reached 91% more sustainable sourced wood (MSS) (Forest Stewardship Council certified (FSC) and/or recycled". Ikea reports a total number of 21,000,000 m3 "The figure FY19 refers to the wood used in the home furnishing products and packaging. Packaging is included in the figure for the first time in FY19"

"IKEA suppliers regularly report the origin, volume and species of all wood used in IKEA products. This information and a risk assessment are used to select a number of wood supply chains for closer evaluation. IKEA forestry specialists audit the suppliers' and sub-suppliers´ wood supply from the factory all the way back to the forest of origin. Rainforest Alliance Smart Wood Program, a third-party auditor, complements the IKEA auditing system by conducting a limited number of wood supply chain audits." [...] "As part of IKEA’s due diligence system to check compliance with the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), the US Lacey Act and other similar legislation, IKEA reserves the right to perform audits at IKEA direct suppliers and at all IKEA forestry applicable sub suppliers linked to the production for IKEA, based on the risk assessment."

"Each home furnishing supplier is audited at least every second year, and more frequently in some countries based on risk assessment. IKEA auditors help with action plans when there is non-compliance, and they conduct follow-up visits to review progress. There are clear mandatory directions for how to conduct audits, what the consequences are in case of non-compliance, how to follow up, etc. Non-compliance with the IWAY start-up requirements leads to immediate stop of deliveries, while suppliers have up to 90 days to implement corrective actions in case of non-compliance with other requirements. Once non-compliance with start-up requirements is Read the requirements in the IKEA supplier code of conduct on page 15 13 Suppliers resolved, suppliers are still on probation for six months with intensified monitoring. Non-compliance data are followed up on a monthly basis. The IKEA Compliance and Monitoring group (CMG) is responsible for ensuring that the same audit judgement level and follow-up procedures are used worldwide. This is done through separate calibration activities and training as well as compliance audits to verify results." [...] "The forestry specialist also help suppliers to improve the sustainability of their sourcing by mapping availability of certified wood and advising on how to secure IKEA requirements."

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that suppliers "Child labour is not used at the Supplier [...] There is no forced, prison, bonded or involuntary labour [...] The Supplier respects the rights of Workers to join, form or not to join an association of their choice without fear of reprisal, interference, intimidation or harassment [...] There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

"During FY19, we finalised the second phase of the partnership with Rainforest Alliance in Indonesia to work on a criterion for small forest holders. The learnings from this project as included in the FSC led process called "New Approaches". The New Approaches project aims to secure inclusivity and to make sure the standard is more friendly and fully applicable for all small forest holders. The standard has now been drafted for Asia Pacific and is currently being piloted in a number of different Southeast Asian countries, including working with some external IKEA suppliers."

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that for suppliers, "There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

"Working together with supply chain partners and organisations like WWF and FSC, we are ensuring that more wood is being sourced from well-managed forests [...] WWF and the IKEA business are working are working together to safeguard and manage precious natural resources and transform business for the benefit of people and planet. Through engagement, innovation and advocacy, the partnership is driving the development of more sustainable cotton and timber markets. The work with WWF and other partners aims to combat illegal logging, stop deforestation and degradation and promote responsible timber trade and sustainable land use. The IKEA business and WWF have worked together since 2002 to support credible forest certification. The work includes mapping and protecting high conservation value forests to secure biological and social forest values such as biodiversity and the respect for local communities and forest workers. The IKEA business and WWF have helped to improve forest management in Europe and Asia and contributed to increasing FSC certified forest areas."

"IKEA suppliers regularly report the origin, volume and species of all wood used in IKEA products. This information and a risk assessment are used to select a number of wood supply chains for closer evaluation. IKEA forestry specialists audit the suppliers' and sub-suppliers´ wood supply from the factory all the way back to the forest of origin. Rainforest Alliance Smart Wood Program, a third-party auditor, complements the IKEA auditing system by conducting a limited number of wood supply chain audits."

"Ensuring IWAY compliance Legal compliance Besides implementing transparent and reliable routines to ensure, verify and report IWAY, we work with three levels of announced and unannounced audits, performed both by ourselves and third party organizations" [...] "All applicable laws and regulations relating to environmental impacts and protection, but not covered by the points of this chapter above are complied with. This includes but is not limited to environmental classification, reporting, and inspections by authorities. Required corrective actions from such inspections are documented and completed within the set timeframe"

"In FY19, we reached 91% more sustainable sourced wood (MSS) (Forest Stewardship Council certified (FSC) and/or recycled". Ikea reports a total number of 21,000,000 m3 "The figure FY19 refers to the wood used in the home furnishing products and packaging. Packaging is included in the figure for the first time in FY19"

"IKEA suppliers regularly report the origin, volume and species of all wood used in IKEA products. This information and a risk assessment are used to select a number of wood supply chains for closer evaluation. IKEA forestry specialists audit the suppliers' and sub-suppliers´ wood supply from the factory all the way back to the forest of origin. Rainforest Alliance Smart Wood Program, a third-party auditor, complements the IKEA auditing system by conducting a limited number of wood supply chain audits." [...] "As part of IKEA’s due diligence system to check compliance with the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), the US Lacey Act and other similar legislation, IKEA reserves the right to perform audits at IKEA direct suppliers and at all IKEA forestry applicable sub suppliers linked to the production for IKEA, based on the risk assessment."

"Each home furnishing supplier is audited at least every second year, and more frequently in some countries based on risk assessment. IKEA auditors help with action plans when there is non-compliance, and they conduct follow-up visits to review progress. There are clear mandatory directions for how to conduct audits, what the consequences are in case of non-compliance, how to follow up, etc. Non-compliance with the IWAY start-up requirements leads to immediate stop of deliveries, while suppliers have up to 90 days to implement corrective actions in case of non-compliance with other requirements. Once non-compliance with start-up requirements is Read the requirements in the IKEA supplier code of conduct on page 15 13 Suppliers resolved, suppliers are still on probation for six months with intensified monitoring. Non-compliance data are followed up on a monthly basis. The IKEA Compliance and Monitoring group (CMG) is responsible for ensuring that the same audit judgement level and follow-up procedures are used worldwide. This is done through separate calibration activities and training as well as compliance audits to verify results." [...] "The forestry specialist also help suppliers to improve the sustainability of their sourcing by mapping availability of certified wood and advising on how to secure IKEA requirements."

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that suppliers "Child labour is not used at the Supplier [...] There is no forced, prison, bonded or involuntary labour [...] The Supplier respects the rights of Workers to join, form or not to join an association of their choice without fear of reprisal, interference, intimidation or harassment [...] There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that for suppliers, "There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

"Ensuring IWAY compliance Legal compliance Besides implementing transparent and reliable routines to ensure, verify and report IWAY, we work with three levels of announced and unannounced audits, performed both by ourselves and third party organizations" [...] "All applicable laws and regulations relating to environmental impacts and protection, but not covered by the points of this chapter above are complied with. This includes but is not limited to environmental classification, reporting, and inspections by authorities. Required corrective actions from such inspections are documented and completed within the set timeframe"

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that suppliers "Child labour is not used at the Supplier [...] There is no forced, prison, bonded or involuntary labour [...] The Supplier respects the rights of Workers to join, form or not to join an association of their choice without fear of reprisal, interference, intimidation or harassment [...] There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

"During FY18, RSPO strengthened its criteria to reflect human rights challenges in palm oil supply chains. We welcome this update, as well as RSPO's upcoming guidelines on improving conditions for smallholders who are key to the sustainable production of palm oil. In FY19, we supported projects that focused on smallholder inclusion and human rights in addition to our ongoing ambition to eliminate deforestation."

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that for suppliers, "There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

"The IKEA goal is to source 100% certified sustainable palm oil from segregated1 sources. IKEA commits to working with our direct suppliers to ensure that the palm oil used in IKEA products is sourced according to the following additional requirements: - No deforestation [...] IKEA operates robust processes and systems to ensure that IKEA products are produced in line with our standards and requirements. If any issues are discovered, we first establish the facts, and then strive to improve and remedy the situation. Once it is clear that remedy or improvement is not possible, we will phase out the relationship."

"IKEA will work with stakeholders, including the RSPO to ensure that existing requirements, such as respect for the rights of indigenous people and workers, care for the environment and responsible development of new plantations, including the principle of Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), are enforced."

"IKEA works together with the organisation ProForest to analyse the risks in the palm oil supply chain which includes social assessment of policies (e.g. concerning migrant workers, responsible recruitment, bonded labour and smallholder policies) and to develop more efficient methods to address deforestation and peat risk."

"Ensuring IWAY compliance Legal compliance Besides implementing transparent and reliable routines to ensure, verify and report IWAY, we work with three levels of announced and unannounced audits, performed both by ourselves and third party organizations" [...] "All applicable laws and regulations relating to environmental impacts and protection, but not covered by the points of this chapter above are complied with. This includes but is not limited to environmental classification, reporting, and inspections by authorities. Required corrective actions from such inspections are documented and completed within the set timeframe"

In their 2019 ACOP, IKEA reports that it used 32,960 tons of palm oil, of which 100% was RSPO-certified.

"IKEA operates robust processes and systems to ensure that IKEA products are produced in line with our standards and requirements. If any issues are discovered, we first establish the facts, and then strive to improve and remedy the situation. Once it is clear that remedy or improvement is not possible, we will phase out the relationship."

"IKEA operates robust processes and systems to ensure that IKEA products are produced in line with our standards and requirements. If any issues are discovered, we first establish the facts, and then strive to improve and remedy the situation. Once it is clear that remedy or improvement is not possible, we will phase out the relationship."

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that suppliers "Child labour is not used at the Supplier [...] There is no forced, prison, bonded or involuntary labour [...] The Supplier respects the rights of Workers to join, form or not to join an association of their choice without fear of reprisal, interference, intimidation or harassment [...] There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

The IKEA Supplier Code of Conduct, IWAY, states that for suppliers, "There is no discrimination with regards to Workers based on race, religion, gender identity, marital or family status, age, political affiliation, nationality, physical ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or any other dimension of their identity during recruitment and employment."

"Ensuring IWAY compliance Legal compliance Besides implementing transparent and reliable routines to ensure, verify and report IWAY, we work with three levels of announced and unannounced audits, performed both by ourselves and third party organizations" [...] "All applicable laws and regulations relating to environmental impacts and protection, but not covered by the points of this chapter above are complied with. This includes but is not limited to environmental classification, reporting, and inspections by authorities. Required corrective actions from such inspections are documented and completed within the set timeframe"