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Circular Investments

Circular Investments begins when a product’s life at home ends

Materials and ‘end-of-life’ products comprise about half of Ingka’s own carbon footprint. But the technologies and capacity needed to convert products into secondary, raw materials instead of being landfilled, do not exist at scale.

At Ingka, we have a responsibility and opportunity to find new ways of doing good business.  We need smarter solutions and more infrastructure to bring circularity to our everyday life. We are investing in companies contributing to the transition to a circular economy with the focus to make a difference for plastics, mattresses, textiles, wood and food waste.

 

“To future proof our business, we have a EUR 1 billion ambition to invest in growing recycling infrastructure which is crucial to Ingka Group’s broader sustainability strategy to go beyond our own operations.”

Investment scope

We invest in companies that are developing technology or growing capacity to prevent waste or supply recycled materials to support IKEA’s circularity strategies. We focus on materials with a high carbon footprint, for which recycling infrastructure is lacking and which are relevant for our retail operations. Our aim is to grow profitable businesses that avoid millions of tonnes of CO2e and increase the availability of recycled material on the market.

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Latest news

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8 June 2026

How IKEA France, RetourMatras & Ecomaison bring your old mattress back to life

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18 September 2025

Turning meatball scraps into renewable gas – IKEA U.S. and Vanguard Renewables tackle food waste

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11 August 2025

Ingka Group makes first circular investment in China with stake in plastic recycler Re-mall

Ingka Investments Sustainability

12 June 2025

Belgium breaks ground on major new plastics recycling plant for household waste

Ingka Investments Sustainability

15 May 2025

New recycling facility in France will give 750,000 old mattresses a second life each year

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31 March 2025

Ingka Investments partners with South Korean waste management pioneer RECO to drive circular food waste

Ingka Investments Sustainability

15 January 2025

Ingka Group aims to invest EUR 1 billion to increase recycling infrastructure

Ingka Group and RetourMatras showcase the circular economy in action, advocating for its growth through value chain collaboration

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14 March 2024

Ingka Group and RetourMatras showcase the circular economy in action, advocating for its growth through value chain collaboration

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6 July 2021

RetourMatras can now recycle all mattresses in the Netherlands

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12 February 2021

IKEA value chain collaboration advances circular mattress

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17 October 2019

Ingka Group invests in AI-enabled food waste prevention

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