Ingka (IKEA) Postpones Zero-Carbon Home Delivery Goal

Ingka, the parent company of IKEA, recently updated one of its climate-related goals, replacing achieving 100 % zero-emission home deliveries by 2025 with a goal of achieving more than 90% of home deliveries by zero-emission vehicles by 2028. This change is due to several factors, including the rapid increase in online orders and the limited availability of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.

Home deliveries account for around 14% of Ingka’s mobility emissions , and the targets are part of a broader plan to reduce overall mobility emissions by 40% by 2030, reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by 50% by 2030, and reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Ingka had initially set a target of zero-emission deliveries by 2028 and highlighted the progress made so far, such as achieving more than 41% of retail home deliveries with zero-emission vehicles in 2024, compared to less than 25% in 2023. In addition, the company has already achieved 100% zero-emission deliveries in 20 cities.

The new target is part of Ingka’s recently published net zero transition plan, which provides detailed guidance for the decarbonisation of the company’s value chain

Key initiatives planned to reduce emissions from deliveries include working with truck manufacturers to develop electric vehicles, supporting external delivery partners to increase the use of electric and alternative fuel vehicles, optimising routes to reduce the distance vehicles travel, insourcing some deliveries using the company’s zero-emission vehicles, and other local plans.

Karen Pflug , Chief Sustainability Officer at Ingka, said the company has appointed a dedicated project manager for zero-emissions delivery management in each country where it operates, to address the specific challenges of each market.

In addition, Ingka is promoting policy changes to facilitate the zero-emissions transition, such as setting a 2035 target date for the elimination of internal combustion engine vehicles, incentivizing the use of alternative fuels such as green hydrogen and sustainable biofuels for long-distance transport, increasing the availability of charging infrastructure, and supporting research and development of biofuels and zero-emissions technologies.

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