Introduction letter | Our climate agenda | FY23 summary of progress | The IKEA climate footprint throughout the value chain | Air pollution | Appendices city level per mode of transport is converted into Product use at home Product end-of-life distance using Numbeo. Emission factors for each The climate footprint of product use at home is The climate footprint for product end-of-life is mode of transport are obtained from BEIS. WTT based on the energy consumption for the home calculated in a similar way as materials. The big emission factors have been applied to the climate model for both the customer travel and home use of IKEA lighting, home appliances and home di昀昀erence is the scope, which is the grave (end- deliveries footprints. electronics as well as the burning of candles. of-life) footprint, not the cradle-to-gate we use for Smart home products from IKEA are currently materials. The weight of material in products sold is A fuel-based approach has been used to arrive excluded from the footprint. We are developing multiplied with an end-of-life emission factor speci昀椀c at last-mile emissions. The fuel consumption was the methodology to measure the climate footprint to that material and the country's average waste estimated by using an average fuel consumption of smart home products from IKEA, and it will be handling in each IKEA market. per kilometre for diesel and an average for kWh included in the FY24 climate report. The energy Currently, no consideration in the model is taken for per km for electric vehicles. Data for certain IKEA consumption is measured in line with the GHG how the product has been designed for recycling franchisees has been estimated where unavailable. Protocol as the energy consumption through the product's lifetime. Since, in principle, all energy or the speci昀椀c waste-handling infrastructure at the As the IKEA business is driving visitation to the IKEA consumption is electricity consumption, the climate IKEA store level. customer meeting points, the methodology will be footprint is calculated by multiplying the energy The climate footprint is subject to change as the reviewed to better re昀氀ect our new way of meeting consumption with that of the national electricity accuracy for the amount of materials increases and the customer and new ways to deliver products to customers’ homes. grid for the speci昀椀c country in which the product the emission factors in ecoinvent and other LCA was sold. For candles, the climate footprint is databases are updated from one version to another. In FY23, we made the following updates to the calculated by multiplying the amount of wax (in In FY23, no changes to the methodology were methodology: terms of weight) with the speci昀椀c emission factor for conducted. • We expanded customer categorisation beyond combustion for the speci昀椀c wax (emission factors IKEA store customers to include IKEA food provided by the GHG Protocol). customers, driven by improved data availability. To calculate the share of renewable electricity, a Other The data now includes IKEA customers coming to location-based approach is used since we cannot In addition to the climate footprints above, there are the Swedish Food Market, Café and/or restaurant. track the speci昀椀c electricity contract of each This adjustment has resulted in a higher count customer. areas currently not as actively addressed. Until the in the number of IKEA customers compared to agendas of these mature and they are integrated calculations of previous years. It provides a more In FY23, no changes to the methodology was into the other climate footprints, they are kept comprehensive and accurate assessment of our conducted. under the category “Other”. This includes capital customer base and its climate impact. goods, waste generated in operations, and material for retail equipment and co-worker clothing. • Updated emission factors have been used both For transparency purposes, these footprints are from BEIS and Numbeo. calculated and disclosed. 40 - IKEA CLIMATE REPORT FY23