To improve the lives of vulnerable children by enabling their families to create sustainable livelihoods, and fight and cope with climate change.
We are helping famlies
to afford a better life.
Focus
Climate
Temperatures are rising, causing changes in our climate that threaten every aspect of our lives—from the food we eat to the water we drink to the air we breathe.
Livelihood
Families living in poverty around the world face tremendous challenges. With millions of people looking to join the workforce, many find it difficult to find a job and earn a sustainable income.
Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. To achieve that better life, we have to address the systems of inequality that we operate in. We simply cannot move forward to a better future without acknowledging the many intersecting inequalities that our economies and societies create, inequalities that devastate people’s lives and opportunities, inequalities that should have no place in the future we want to create.
Learning how to do things better is at the heart of our culture. We believe there are always ways to improve, so we can increase our impact for people and the planet.
What can change when agriculture and energy are planned together? 🌱🌍
Food systems depend on more than crops and climate — they’re shaped by people, supporting services, and the systems around them.
Written last year, this article brings together insights from work and partnerships across Eastern Africa, co-written by Judith Jacobs from #SNV, and our co-workers, Ahmed Sameh and Nico Janssen.
Today, nearly 20% of the world’s energy use goes into food systems, yet many farmers still lack the power, infrastructure, and services they need to adapt and thrive.
These five reasons explain why bringing regenerative agriculture and renewable energy together can help make food production — and rural livelihoods — more resilient.
🔗 Read the full article, link in bio.
The Power for Food Partnership works across Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Rwanda to bring these connections into practice — linking renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, and cross-sector collaboration to support farmers and build more resilient, sustainable food systems.
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Did you know that methane emissions affect both the health of people and our planet?
And here’s the fact we can’t forget: methane is 86x more potent than CO₂.But it’s also faster to remove from the atmosphere than CO₂ — meaning that reducing methane can deliver impact sooner.
The good news? Solutions already exist, and with support from the IKEA Foundation, the #GlobalMethaneHub is helping scale effective ways to reduce emissions worldwide.
🔗 Spend a day with Henrique to learn more, link in bio.
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In a world full of noise and misinformation, credible voices matter more than ever.
That’s why nearly 800 @IKEA co-workers applied to join the 2025 IKEA Foundation Ambassador Programme — a journey that connects them with the people and partners the foundation supports as they tackle real-world challenges every day.
Ambassadors listen, ask questions, and learn from those closest to the issues — building understanding they bring back to their teams and communities, where awareness grows and perspectives begin to shift.
In 2025, the programme:
🌎 reached five hubs across four continents
🇰🇪 launched the first-ever Super Hub in Nairobi
🌟 welcomed 169 new ambassadors
🌱 grew a global learning community of 550+ people in 30+ countries
These numbers reflect a growing curiosity — a desire to understand how change really happens and to hear directly from those working closest to the world’s toughest challenges.
None of this learning happens without the insight and generosity of our partners. Their leadership continues to inspire and inform us.
With our strategy now in motion, we’re doubling down on #ClimateAwareness at a moment when it matters most — and supporting partners creating solutions for people and planet.
For 2026, that energy is even stronger: nearly 1,000 IKEA co-workers applied, and we’re excited to welcome 161 new ambassadors, with 38 more joining our Alumni Hub.
We’re proud of what last year set in motion, and looking forward to what comes next.
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This year reminded us that progress on climate action isn’t a straight line and that the way we move forward matters.
🌍 As climate extremes intensified and uncertainty grew, we saw the importance of working together — with trust, openness and shared purpose.
For the IKEA Foundation, being on the way in 2025 has meant moving forward together:
🤝 With our partners, who are doing the work — working alongside communities, testing new approaches, learning what works and pushing for change where it’s needed most. Their leadership, commitment and courage are what turn ambition into action.
👥 With our team, learning, adapting and shaping a new strategic direction — focused on enabling impact, strengthening partnerships and keeping people at the heart of climate action.
🌱 With our ambassadors and changemakers, who share trusted knowledge, challenge misinformation and help people make sense of complexity with clarity and hope.
As we look ahead — deepening partnerships and scaling impact — we carry our founder’s reminder with us: happiness, and real change, are found in the journey.
#IKEAfoundation
We develop long-term, strategic partnerships with both large and small organisations. We work with our partners to find innovative solutions, influence governments and bring about substantial changes in children’s lives.
