Introduction | Becoming People & Planet Positive | Stakeholder engagement | Sustainability governance | SDG index Healthy & sustainable living - Our circularity agenda - Our climate agenda - Regenerating resources - Fair & equal - IWAY Strengthening rights of migrant workers Addressing concerns through a grievance Inclusion of young workers in the IKEA De昀椀ning the IKEA approach to a just The responsible recruitment of migrant mechanism supply chain transition workers continues to be a particularly In FY23, Inter IKEA Group continued work to We continue to work with a project We have committed to take action to critical area of focus. During FY23, the establish a grievance mechanism encompassing launched in 2021 that aims to further strengthen the resilience of people in our IKEA business collaborated with the the IKEA value chain so that workers and other strengthen the inclusion of young workers value chain and in the communities where International Organization for Migration stakeholders have an avenue to reach out to us in the IKEA supply chain, including providing we operate, focusing on those who are (IOM) on a project concerning Migrant- and raise a concern (page 58). decent work and learning opportunities. most vulnerable. This includes supporting Centered Human Rights Due Diligence A pilot programme, expected to start in FY24 Last year, 16 factories located in East people as society transitions to net- Assessment. The aim was to gain deeper across three markets, will study how to best Asia, Southeast Asia and South America zero industries and a circular economy, insights into the risks linked to both communicate and operate the grievance participated in the project. Together with through upskilling and reskilling to meet cross-border and in-country recruitment of mechanism. our suppliers, we focused on capacity- future demands and ensure no one is left migrant workers. building, gap assessments and system behind. Training was provided 388 IKEA co-workers improvements. We are currently working to de昀椀ne and 1050 workers from our suppliers based We held training sessions on the what a just transition means for the around the world. The training sessions recruitment process for young workers, IKEA business, applying a rights-based will continue in FY24. Results from the such as each country's legal requirements lens, re昀氀ecting on the impacts of our project showed a need for industry-wide and obligations. Topics included: environmental commitments and targets collaboration and collective action on the appropriate work for young workers by on people, as well as connecting with and topic of responsible recruitment of migrant industry, systems for recruitment and involving those most vulnerable. workers. To better protect migrant workers employment, and communication and in supply chains and prevent challenges dialogue with young workers. and risks associated with the labour We also performed gap assessments on migration process, both in country of origin responsible recruitment mechanisms, and country of destination, businesses including reviewing policies to promote need to focus e昀昀orts on three areas: decent work opportunities, written reviewing auditing systems, providing processes for recruitment and employment, training to ensure a good understanding training and job rotation plans for young of the labour migration process and ability workers. to identify risks in the context of local In FY24, we will continue to promote migration, and ensuring access to e昀昀ective inclusion of young workers and the youth grievance mechanisms and remediation processes. development programme to our business partners in other regions, for example, in South Asia. 51 - IKEA SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY23