Page 14 - Vegan Life - Issue 59 (February 2020)

IKEA to become climate positive
45% International home furnishings store, IKEA, is investing $221 million on
sustainable infrastructure, in eforts to become ‘climate positive’. The money
will be used for green energy (including for fuel and heating), forest protection
and reforestation, to help to lessen the company’s carbon footprint. In 2018,
IKEA’s sustainability report found that the company’s carbon footprint was
26.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, an increase of 2.8 per cent
of meat- since 2016.
Inter IKEA Group CEO, Torbjörn Lööf, says: “Our ambition is to reduce
more greenhouse gas emissions in absolute terms by 2030 than the entire
eaters plan IKEA value chain emits, while growing the IKEA business. To reach this goal,
we will continue to invest in areas that create impact. This investment will
to reduce speed up the transition to using renewable energy across our supply chain
and remove carbon from the atmosphere through reforestation
and better forest management practices.”
their meat all single-use plastic from
Last year, IKEA prohibited
consumption its stores, replacing them
with wooden utensils, and
in the future, all their paper
over the will be FSC-certified. The
company also introduced a
next year myriad of vegan options into
their restaurants, and have
reported that 50 per cent of
all their hot meals served are
(mozzarisella.co.uk) meat-free.

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Vegan events for your diary The

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Saturday 1 — Sunday 2 February vegan
Plant Powered EXPO
Olympia London
Tickets from £10
plantpoweredexpo.co.uk
Jerome Flynn
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Wednesday 12 February
Distinguished actor and animal advocate, Jerome Flynn, is well known for his roles
Vegan Speed Dating
in popular TV dramas such as Game of Thrones, Ripper Street and Soldier Soldier.
The Frog Hoxton, London
With a deep concern for farm animal welfare, Jerome is supporting Compassion
Tickets £22.15
in World Farming’s End the Cage Age campaign (ciwf.org). Jerome signed up to
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become a ‘Cagefighter’ for the End the Cage Age, European Citizens’ Initiative,
boosting signatures for the organisation’s biggest petition ever.
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Saturday 22 February With a genuine interest in Compassion’s work, he shares their message across
Brighton Vegan Festival his social media channels, helping build a strong army of support to help end
Hilton Brighton Metropole factory farming.
Tickets from £5, under 16s free Jerome commented: “As Bronn in Game of Thrones, I played a guy who I really
eventbrite.co.uk wanted to be a hero but, likeable as he was, he didn't really turn up to save the
world. Now, I have a chance in real life, where it counts, to stand up and do the right
thing for our beloved farm animals.”
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