To deliver a sustainable future, we all need to work together

Ingka Group, the largest IKEA franchisee, is transitioning to 100% zero-emission home deliveries by 2025 across all markets, having already achieved this goal in Shanghai ahead of schedule. The company emphasizes that the electrification of transport is essential for business continuity as cities implement zero-emission zones and argues that collaboration between governments, businesses, and NGOs is necessary to overcome barriers to climate action.

• Ingka Group has committed to achieving 100% zero-emission home deliveries across all its markets by 2025. As part of an accelerated plan for five major cities—Amsterdam, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Shanghai—the goal was to reach 100% zero-emission home deliveries by 2020.
• The goal of zero-emission home delivery in inner city Shanghai has been achieved a full year ahead of the 2020 target, with all such deliveries now performed by electric vehicles (EV). This transition has also accelerated digital transformation for IKEA Retail China, resulting in lower costs, shorter lead times, and improved precision.
• The transition to electric vehicles is framed as a business necessity because the expansion of zero-emission zones in cities will eventually prevent polluting vehicles from accessing city centres, leading to a loss of customers and turnover.
• While nearly 90% of people are willing to change their behaviour to fight climate change, the primary barriers are a lack of knowledge on what to do and a perception that other actors, including businesses and governments, are not contributing their part.
• Ingka Group is a founding member of The Climate Group’s EV100 initiative, which aims to coordinate businesses across different sectors and geographies to create a strong market demand signal for electric cars.

APA

Brodin, J. (2019). To deliver a sustainable future, we all need to work together. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/climate-action/to-deliver-a-sustainable-future-we-all-need-to-work-together/

Chicago

Brodin, Jesper. To deliver a sustainable future, we all need to work together. World Economic Forum, 2019. https://www.weforum.org/stories/climate-action/to-deliver-a-sustainable-future-we-all-need-to-work-together/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{brodin2019deliver, author = {Brodin, Jesper}, title = {{To deliver a sustainable future, we all need to work together}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2019}, month = jan, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/climate-action/to-deliver-a-sustainable-future-we-all-need-to-work-together/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }