Shaping an inclusive global economy by scaling impactful corporate DEI initiatives
Through its DEI Lighthouse Programme, the Forum surfaced cohorts of corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives for their demonstrated impact.
Driven by the IKEA vision to create a better everyday life for the many people, Ingka Group brings the IKEA brand to millions of homes. Ingka Group comprises IKEA Retail, Ingka Centres and Ingka Investments. IKEA Retail is its core business, which consists of 574 customer meeting points – 400 IKEA stores in various sizes and 174 IKEA plan and order points. Every year, it welcomes 680 million customers to stores and 3.8 billion on IKEA.com, amounting to retail sales of €39.6 billion in FY24. Yet it never stops working to improve services and become more accessible for everyone.
Through its DEI Lighthouse Programme, the Forum surfaced cohorts of corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives for their demonstrated impact.
By promoting reusable packaging, the World Economic Forum is helping reduce plastic waste.
The World Economic Forum is working to expand employment opportunities for refugees and accelerate hiring through the Refugee Employment Alliance.
The Alliance for Clean Air – an influential group of companies – has committed to measuring air pollutants from their operations and value chains.
The Forum is working to eradicate all strands of systemic racism in the workplace against professionals with underrepresented racial and ethnic identities.
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