7 - IKEA Sustainability Strategy - People & Planet Positive - © Inter IKEA Systems B.V. 2023 Challenge Unsustainable consumption By 2030, the global population rising consumption of meat and dairy, and the is expected to reach nearly 8.6 current loss or wastage of one-third of all food 2 1 This means that more produced. billion. and more people will look for a Resource scarcity and air, water and land chance for a better life. pollution are very visible due, in part, to In a world that already uses resources unsustainable consumption and wastefulness. requiring more than one planet, billions of For IKEA, unsustainable consumption is one of new consumers put even greater pressure our biggest challenges: How can we continue on the planet. In many parts of the world, to grow and enable more people to live better consumption is growing at an unsustainable everyday lives within the boundaries of the rate. And while many people are escaping planet? poverty, many also lack access to a昀昀ordable and healthy food. Today, it’s estimated that the world must produce 70% more food by 2050 due to population growth, but also due to trends in 1 https://population.un.org/wpp/ 2 FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of UN estimated that the world must produce 70% more food by 2050 due to population growth http://www.fao.org/昀椀leadmin/templates/wsfs/docs/expert_paper/How_to_Feed_the_World_in_2050.pdf Current loss or wastage of one third of all food produced. http://www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food-waste/en/