The IKEA experience in moving towards a better cotton supply chain : making sustainability work : case study
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Abstract:
Managing their supply chains so they are socially and environmentally responsible is a challenge for many companies that produce and sell products made of cotton. This booklet tells the story of how IKEA has been tackling this challenge since 2005. Cotton is the second-most important raw material at IKEA, after timber. This commodity has serious sustainability issues, such as the excessive use of water and pesticides, bad labor circumstances, and farmers’ indebtedness and poverty. IKEA, along with like-minded retailers, civil society organizations and financial institutions, decided to create a global platform, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), which would make cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in, and better for the sector’s future.
Note:
Cooperators: P. Singh, L. Pappelenbos
Authors:
Rai, K.J.
Series Title:
Case Study Series
Category:
General
Editor:
Mundy, P.
Keywords:
enterprises
,
markets
,
sustainable development
Language:
eng
Organization:
IDH – the sustainable trade initiative
PAGE:
38
Place:
Utrecht
Publisher:
IDH
Year:
2010
Right:
© 2010 IDH
Subject:
Economic Development and Trade
Title:
The IKEA experience in moving towards a better cotton supply chain : making sustainability work : case study