IKEA collaborates to reduce CO2 emissions
The much anticipated first IKEA store in Auckland is due to open in early 2025 - finally !
Steel framing for exterior and interior walls of New Zealand’s first Ikea store is rising, as construction workers make progress on the store to be the size of four rugby fields, near Sylvia Park in Mount Wellington.
With regards to IKEA’s environmental footprint, the IKEA goal is to reduce the relative GHG emissions from their product transportation by 70% by 2030 and to only use zero emission heavy duty vehicles and ocean vessels by 2040.
The shipping line Hapag-Lloyd has entered a cooperation with IKEA Supply Chain Operations to decarbonise the Hapag-Lloyd container shipments originating from Asia.
For the period March 2024 to February 2025, both companies have agreed to use Hapag-Lloyd’s “Ship Green 100”, which relies on waste- and residue-based biofuel instead of conventional marine fuel oil. The expected result for IKEA during this period is a CO2 emission reduction of around 100,000 tonnes.
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