Investigating TNC's activities using IKEA as a case study. 1. Log on to www.ikea.com/au/en
2. Find the 'Never Ending List'.
IKEA pride themselves on the way that they support people and the environment and are very public in regards to the way that they do this.
Your assignment requires you to be able to make a judgment on the impact that your chosen TNC has on social and physical environments. In order to understand what this means we are going to look at the impact IKEA has on these environments.
By navigating through this section of the IKEA website you are to identify 5 ways in which IKEA enhances people's circumstances (social environment) and 5 ways they protect the environment (natural environment).
You will be expected to present your finding to the class, so be prepared!
Use the table below to identify the impact and state the positives of this impact.
Social Impact Implications of the Impact
In our work of taking social and environmental
responsibility we have decided to prioritise these
areas:
⢠The IKEA Way on Purchasing Home Furnishing Products,
IWAY, including the focus areas preventing child labour and
promoting responsibly managed forests.
⢠Safe and healthy products, including food served in IKEA
restaurants.
⢠Reduction of emissions, caused by transportation of IKEA
products and people.
⢠Environmental work in IKEA units, with special focus on our
distribution centres and store
Environmental Impact Implications of the Impact
You have a very strong forestry policy and strict
requirements. How can you be sure that all the wood
you use originates from sustainable forestry?
We can never guarantee that all the wood we use comes from
sustainable forestry, but we can guarantee that we will continue
working hard to make sure this is the case. IKEA does not accept
timber, veneer, plywood or layer-glued wood from intact natural
forests or from forests with a clearly deï¬Âned high conservation
value, and by putting these demands on all the wood suppliers, we
contribute to a sustainable way of handling the forest. But tracing
such huge quantities of timber can be a complicated task in some
parts of the world, and there we still have some work to do