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Article

12 Mar 2012

Author:
Steve Howard of Ikea in Guardian [UK]

Business in the best interests of children

At IKEA…[w]e want our products and stores to be safe and beneficial for children…It is precisely this sort of approach that is promoted by the Children's Rights and Business Principles…We maintain a clear ban on child labour, work with others and take an industry-wide approach to eliminating it…We sought advice from the International Labor Organization (ILO), Save the Children and UNICEF on the development of the IKEA Way of Preventing Child Labour [IWAY], which is part of our overall social and environmental standards for suppliers…Since IWAY was introduced in 2000 we have seen more than 165,000 audited improvements in environment and working conditions in supplier factories around the world…We want to help address the root causes behind child labour. This is why the IKEA Foundation supports UNICEF and Save the Children programmes that aim to improve education and healthcare…[t]he areas outlined in the Principles…will help us to go even further…