Ingka and IKEA - a full value chain approach to sustainability Alongside representing 90 % of the sales within the IKEA system , the Ingka Group also includes Ingka Shopping Centres , and an investment arm called Ingka Investments , which forms a core component of its sustainability agenda .
Pflug outlines how , in order to attain and evolve its sustainability targets , IKEA and the Ingka Group collaborate extremely closely .
“ Although Ingka IKEA Systems , which is the franchisor , develops and designs the
range and works directly with our suppliers , we absolutely have to work together , and our efforts go hand in hand ,” Pflug explains . “ This is a full value chain approach to sustainability - they ' re our biggest supplier as well as being our franchisor , so of course we need to work together , whether that ' s on the whole creation of the range , or the services that we offer for our customers , and so we have established a really holistic value chain approach .”
To this aim , the two companies plan their sustainability policy almost entirely in tandem .
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