Ikea Transport will take the next step in embedding sustainability deeper into the Ikea Transport Supply Chain by introducing minimum standards for transport sub-suppliers engaged in outsourced transportation through a new Sub-Contracting Chain Management Programme (SCCM).
SCCM involves minimum requirements based on the existing IWAY standard and compliance with EU transport legislation for sub-contracted transport of Ikea goods. This programme started the 1st September 2017 with a number of European transport service providers who outsource large proportions of Ikea international transport within the European Union. The SCCM programme will be launched with the rest of the European transport service providers during 2018.
IKEA Transport knows that solving challenges in the transport industry requires cooperation from several parties and stakeholders and therefore they are seeking dialogue with various stakeholders of the transport industry, such as law makers, experts, transport service providers, contractors and the International Transport Federation (ITF).
On Friday, 1st September 2017, Klas Ekman, Global Transport Manager; Elisabeth Munck, Sustainability Manager, Global Transport and Alenka Rosenqvist, Co-worker Relations Manager Inter Ikea Group, met with ITF members to continue the dialogue on how to work together to improve working conditions for drivers in the transport industry as a whole. Even though the drivers who transport the Ikea goods are not employed by Ikea Transport, it is very important for the company that they enjoy good and fair working conditions.
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