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Climate coalition calls for Ikea to ‘abandon dirty ships’ by 2030

October 8, 2021

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Climate and health coalition Ship It Zero is calling on Ikea to transition to zero-emissions shipping by 2030. The coalition delivered a petition signed by nearly 20,000 shoppers to the company’s Delft, Netherlands, headquarters Thursday, urging Ikea to “abandon dirty ships.”

Ship It Zero is led by environmental organizations Pacific Environment and Stand.earth. It also targeted Walmart, Amazon and Target for their contributions to climate change and air pollution through shipping.

Ship It Zero has three main goals, according to Dawny’all Heydari, campaign lead:

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