IKEA announced it is switching from fossil-based to bio-based glues to reduce the climate footprint of board production. Today, 5% of the climate footprint of the total IKEA value chain is connected to the use of glue in board materials. With this change, the company’s goal is to reduce fossil-based glue use by 40% and greenhouse gas emissions from glue by 30% by 2030. Finding new glue solutions is one of the main approaches to reducing the IKEA climate footprint, and most glue consumption is used in board production.

“This is a big and important movement for IKEA, which we have been working to enable for more than 10 years,” said Venla Hemmilä, material and technology engineer at IKEA of Sweden. “This confirms the need for more glues with much lower climate footprints, and that small changes can have big impacts. We hope this will inspire others to follow.”