Inter IKEA Group

The EU Circular Economy Act represents a vital opportunity to shift Europe's economy toward a model that prevents waste, reduces emissions, and enables a market for secondary raw material. The IKEA business is committed to advancing the circular economy and a well-crafted Circular Economy Act can accelerate the green transition, contribute to climate goals, and deliver environmental, social, and economic benefits…

Reliable and factual environmental claims are key for both consumers who have the right to receive accurate and truthful information and businesses wanting to communicate their product traits or organisational efforts. We recognize the challenges to making, substantiating, and comparing certain environmental performance claims as the rules today are not always clear.

The IKEA Group welcomes the European Commissions upcoming legislative initiative to accelerate the uptake of zero-emission vehicles in corporate fleets. A well-implemented legislative proposal setting binding zero-emission targets for corporate fleets, coupled with supporting policies and incentives, will boost the transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs).

The IKEA business welcomes the proposed implementing decision on the calculation verification and reporting of data on recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles (Directive (EU) 2019/904) issued on 08 July 2025. In IKEA, we use plastic and chemicals in packaging and products across different applications.

Inter IKEA Group welcomes the European Commissions initiative to establish EU-wide end-of-waste (EoW) criteria for plastic waste. A harmonised, fact, and risk-based framework is essential to strengthen the internal market for plastic recyclates, reducing administrative burdens, and providing legal certainty for recyclers operating across borders.

The IKEA product range includes over 9,500 products sold in 63 markets, and we actively participate in over 100 standardisation committees. Drawing on decades of experience, we welcome the European Commissions ambition in Omnibus IV to modernise EU product legislation and reduce compliance burdens.

The ongoing trend of declining net carbon sinks in EU forests indicates that the current LULUCF targets may be unrealistic. The regulation's methodology for total target allocation is based on the percentage of managed land relative to the total area under management in the EU. This overlooks several critical factors: 1. The productivity of land use systems varies across MS and regions.

IKEA welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Commissions call for evidence on the revision of the Textiles Labelling Regulation. We believe that the update to the legislation is overdue, both from a perspective to increase clarity, flexibility and simplification of use, as well as to maintain consistency with ongoing and upcoming legislations.

The IKEA product range includes over 9,500 products sold in 63 markets, and we actively participate in over 100 standardisation committees. Drawing on decades of experience, we welcome the European Commissions ambition in Omnibus IV to modernise EU product legislation and reduce compliance burdens.

IKEA, represented by Inter IKEA Group and Ingka Group, welcome the publication of the draft Implementing Act under the ESPR. We acknowledge the Commissions efforts to establish a workable framework that enables the collection of comparable data, which is essential to support effective measures against the unjustified destruction of goods.

As a multinational company with a global supply chain and significant trade flows across the EU and third countries, Inter IKEA Group welcomes the European Commissions initiative to evaluate and modernize the EUs Rules of Origin (RoO).