IKEA sets sights on assembling 'next level' sustainability

Michael Holder
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Hege Sæbjørnsen, sustainability manager for IKEA UK & Ireland, talks to BusinessGreen about her new role and what the future holds for retail in a sustainable, lower carbon future

IKEA and BusinessGreen share a few things in common. Sure, there's all that sustainable business, renewable energy and climate change stuff of course, but as it happens both are also currently celebrating...

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