Ikea, Greenpeace Agree on Forests
11/24/99
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Title: Ikea, Greenpeace Agree on Forests
Source: The Associated Press
Status: Copyright 1999, contact source for permission to reprint
Date: November 24, 1999
BRUSSELS, Brussels -- Greenpeace announced an agreement with Sweden's
Ikea Group today that the furnishings retailer will stop buying wood
products from ancient forests.
"Our long term goal is to ensure that all wooden products come from
well-managed forests," said Suzanne Pulverer Bergstrand,
environmental manager of the Ikea Group. The company aims to phase
out the use of wood products from endangered ancient forests by
September.
Greenpeace said Ikea's commitment was "a crucial signal to all
competitors in the furniture retail business." The environmental
group announced the deal in a joint statement with Ikea released at
Greenpeace's European office in Brussels.
"Now it's time for governments around the world to wake up and
protect the last remaining ancient forests," said Greenpeace forest
campaigner, Christoph Thies.