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IKEA furniture destroys some of Europe's last remaining ancient forests
Furniture manufacturers producing for IKEA are sourcing wood from some of Europe’s last remaining old-growth forests in the Romanian Carpathians, including in Natura 2000 protected areas, new report finds.
Bucharest, Romania – Furniture manufacturers producing for IKEA are sourcing wood from some of Europe’s last remaining old-growth forests in the Romanian Carpathians, including in Natura 2000 protected areas, new report finds. A Greenpeace investigation published today reveals that seven manufacturers producing IKEA’s all-time favourite products, like INGOLF chairs or SNIGLAR baby cribs and beds for children, are linked to the destruction of high-conservation value forests. Investigation teams followed the supply chain from analysing permits and satellite imagery of logging sites in the forests in Romania to wood depots and furniture manufacturers, to where those products end up: on the shelves of IKEA stores.
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