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IKEA's online sales now constitute approximately 30% of its total business.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, IKEA accelerated its 2.5-year plan for a global online rollout, completing it in just 6 weeks.
IKEA achieved 24% revenue growth while simultaneously reducing its absolute carbon footprint.
IKEA has reduced its absolute carbon footprint by 30% across its full value chain, including upstream and downstream activities.
Over the last two years, cost reductions from IKEA's "Climate Smart" sustainability initiatives have been the largest single contributor to its P&L.
IKEA was initially slow to adapt to e-commerce and operated as a completely analog business before a major strategic shift.
IKEA's board of directors initially viewed the proposal for major investments in digital capabilities as a problem rather than an opportunity.
IKEA's leadership believes climate change will be the most dramatic and significant challenge facing the business in the future.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, only one of IKEA's 40 markets had online sales capabilities.
Raw materials represent approximately 36% of IKEA's total cost structure.
IKEA's investments in renewable energy have resulted in significant cost savings and made the company more independent from energy market crises.
IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad advised the company's leadership to adopt a 200-year timeframe for long-term strategic thinking.