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 FY23 key activities Being a responsible business WAR IN UKRAINE We have set a strategic commitment to by ensuring children are not left unattended or operationalise our contribution to resilient societies join their parents at the rattan processing site. and promote and respect human rights, in line with Farm workers who are parents have received the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human additional training on children’s rights. Youth in Rights (UNGPs) and the Children's Rights and the community have received life skills such as Business Principles (CRBPs) by 2030. training on children’s rights and basic literacy skills on personal health. Restarting supplier operations in Ukraine During FY24, the Centre for Child Rights and in a stepwise approach with heightened Continuing our e昀昀orts to prevent and Business will continue the project in Indonesia human rights due diligence address children's rights risks deeper in our and in Vietnam. The IKEA business, together supply chains with our suppliers, will use the knowledge The IKEA business, together with the Centre gained to create awareness deeper in our for Child Rights and Business, is working to supply chains. When the war began in 2022, we paused our human rights due diligence and discussions, we create awareness on children’s rights and operations in Ukraine to prioritise the safety and were able to restart operations with a few direct risks, as well as to strengthen child protection security of co-workers and partners. Since then, partners in the southwestern region of Ukraine, we have been monitoring the situation, both from where the situation is most stable. We continue to e昀昀orts deeper in our supply chain. In FY22, we completed pilot projects to better a humanitarian and a business perspective. We monitor and conduct further evaluations. have remained in close dialogue with our business understand the risks and impact on children partners in Ukraine with the long-term goal to In addition to supporting our business partners restart operations. close to a昀昀ected areas, the IKEA business has also in the natural 昀椀bres supply chain, in which materials are often harvested in the wild. We been supporting organisations such as UNHCR, developed child protection guidelines and According to the UNGPs, in times of con昀氀ict, UNICEF, and Save the Children since the beginning piloted child protection training for suppliers, companies are expected to conduct heightened of the invasion, providing both monetary and in- sub-suppliers collectors and harvesters. human rights due diligence. kind donations for children and their families. During FY23, we supported the opening As we continue to evaluate the situation, we're During FY23, in close co-operation with UNHCR, of a child-friendly space in the village of using a risk-based approach and take into account the IKEA business provided over 850,000 home a sub-supplier for one of our key rattan our responsibilities under both human rights and furnishing products from Ingka Group retail (with furniture suppliers in Indonesia. Young international humanitarian law. an estimated retail value of EUR 9 million) to children of rattan workers can now access support people who have been forced to leave their After extensive evaluation, including risk homes. the facilities, where they're supervised by assessments, auditing, and conducting heightened trained caregivers. This improves child safety 48 - IKEA SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY23