Introduction letter | Our climate agenda | FY23 summary of progress | The IKEA climate footprint throughout the value chain | Air pollution | Appendices Air pollution Clean air is essential for a healthy and impacts of air pollution while making the correct more sustainable life. We are committed renewable energy choices. to actively reducing air pollutants from Precursors to PM2.5 our operations and in customers’ homes. Movements that will contribute to reducing air pollution Includes black include: Primary carbon, organic NH3 SO2 PM2.5 PM2.5 carbon, mineral dust, and particles Last year, we published what was among the 昀椀rst made up of ever outdoor air pollution inventory of a business • Aiming towards only having electric and other zero- sulphate, nitrate across its value chain. The purpose of doing this is emission home deliveries by FY25 – reducing air and ammonium. to be transparent about the impact on air pollution pollution generated in populated areas (see page 28). NMVOC NOx caused by our business. We also want to raise • Using only zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles by awareness about the importance of disclosing calendar year 2040 at the latest (see page 22). and addressing air pollution in hopes that other • Purchasing only zero-emission ocean shipping by Ground-level businesses and organisations do the same and take calendar year 2040 (see page 22). CH4 CO ozone measures to address this very important topic. • Phasing out coal- and fossil oil-based fuels used in IIn FY23, we continued to build on our air pollution the production of IKEA products, where feasible, by Precursors to ground-level ozone agenda. Through the digitalisation of the climate FY25 at the latest (see page 21). • Investing in new, cleaner technology to generate footprint reporting, we hope to have the 昀椀nal activity data available to also disclose the air pollution electricity and heat on-site from wood waste with footprint from materials and food ingredients in the very limited emission of air pollutants, such as the 1 IKEA Climate Report FY24. technology by MEVA Energy. • Increasing the number of plant-based options in our NH3 Ammonia We have also been developing mitigation scenarios food range and agricultural management practices SO2 Sulphur dioxide for air pollution across our value chain. As we NMVOC Non-methane volatile organic compounds used (e.g., from livestock and fertilisers), reducing air NOx Nitrogen oxides outlined in the IKEA Climate Report FY22, we see that pollution generated by agriculture. PM2.5 Particulate matter of size 2.5 μm or less our decarbonisation agenda has ancillary bene昀椀ts • Consuming only 100% renewable electricity in IKEA CH4 Methane with our air pollution agenda. Working on the root retail markets and the top 10 supplier markets by CO Carbon monoxide causes of emissions will help mitigate negative FY25 (see page 25). Overview of the air pollutants with the largest adverse e昀昀ect on health Based on the impact on health, Inter IKEA Group, in alignment with the Alliance for Clean Air, has decided to track the following 昀椀ve air pollutants over time: NH3, SO2, NMVOC, NO 1 x, and PM2.5. Methane (CH4) is also important to track but is currently not possible to In FY21, IKEA Industry signed an agreement for renewable electricity production with Meva Energy AB. The Meva Energy technology generates both electricity and extract from the current greenhouse gas emissions reporting. This will be addressed in the future. heating from wood waste that's currently not possible to recycle and is incinerated. 33 - IKEA CLIMATE REPORT FY23