IKEA US commits to improve, accelerate diversity efforts in light of recent Supreme Court decisions that affect diversity and inclusion in the US; company aims for each unit to reflect local ethnic, racial demographics at every level of leadership

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August 7, 2023 (press release) –

In light of the recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court that will affect diversity and inclusion in the U.S., IKEA U.S. continues to believe that diversity is a key to success and that an inclusive workplace is good for our co-workers, our customers, and our business. Our ambition is for each IKEA unit in the U.S. to reflect the ethnic and racial demographics of their local society at every level of leadership.

To achieve this goal, we’re committed to improving and accelerating our internal efforts to support the upward mobility of underrepresented co-workers across ethnicity and race, gender identity, and all sexual orientations. Under the leadership of the recently established Equity Council, in 2023 we launched a tool that gives leadership at every unit access to real-time data about the ethnic, racial, and gender diversity of their co-worker populations. This will help units to develop local action plans and commitments to support increasing diversity at all levels of leadership.

We also rolled out unconscious bias and anti-racism training to our management and will expand this training to mid-level managers next fiscal year. Further, we established the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) Ambassadors program, made up of highly engaged co-workers across the U.S who work with senior leaders to lead ED&I efforts in their units.

Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion will take time, but IKEA U.S. is commtted to building a more inclusive and representative workplace.

At IKEA, the vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people by offering well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment. Ingka Group (Ingka Holding B.V. and its controlled entities) is one of 12 different groups of companies that own and operate IKEA retail under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. Ingka Group has three business areas: IKEA Retail, Ingka Investments and Ingka Centres. Ingka Group is a strategic partner in the IKEA franchise system, operating 389 IKEA stores in 32 countries — including 52 retail locations in the U.S.

For more information on IKEA U.S., see IKEA-USA.com, @IKEAUSANews, @IKEAUSA or IKEAUSA on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Pinterest.

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