IKEA Buys Green Steel From the Arctic For its Warehouse Shelves

IKEA´s owner company Ingka Group buys steel from Arctic based H2 Green Steel for IKEA store shelves.

The agreement starts in 2026 when the IKEA stores will replace half of their warehouse shelves with shelves made with fossil-free steel from H2 Green Steel building a steel plant in Boden in Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.

“The innovation of companies like H2 Green Steel holds great potential for a positive business and climate impact. We are delighted to announce this agreement, as we also want to inspire other businesses to follow. Significant steel volumes from our warehouse racking business will contain green steel. Such improvements will allow us to transition from traditional steel to less carbon-intensive and can support us in reducing carbon emissions in this category by up to 95 percent”, says Karen Pflug, Chief Sustainability Officer, Ingka Group to North Sweden Business.

The replacement of warehouse furniture is part of IKEA's ambition to make its department stores climate positive by 2030.

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