But as global leaders, they must do better. FSC is by far the best label of its kind.
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Ikea has a history of scandal in its operations in these countries. To supply these trees and manufacture its goods cheaply, Ikea has become highly reliant on Eastern Europe and Russia. Every year, it has to consume 1.8-2.5 million more trees than it did the year before. Powered by a relentless push for growth, Ikea’s wood consumption has doubled in the last decade.Earthsight has calculated that it currently consumes approximately one tree every second. Laid end-to-end, they would stretch seven times around the Earth. In 2019, 21 million cubic metres of logs were used to make its products. Ikea is the largest consumer of wood in the world.Earthsight’s investigation shows it is highly likely that wood on which such bribes had been paid subsequently made its way into Ikea products.
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During the reign of the notoriously corrupt President Viktor Yanukovych in 2011-14, millions of dollars in bribes were being paid into offshore accounts of his corrupt cronies by overseas companies to access timber.
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