Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Ukraine · date not stated
NGO investigation links FSC-certified Ukrainian beech to IKEA; claims not verified
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
An NGO investigation published in 2020 reported FSC-certified beech from Ukraine in IKEA's supply chain. The sources reviewed do not verify those claims, so the effect on Ukrainian forests is not established.
What?
No verified account was found of FSC-certified beech from Ukraine reaching IKEA.
Where?
Ukraine, as named in the unverified account.
When?
The unverified account is dated 2020. Earthsight
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Not established in the sources reviewed.
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
The only account identified is an NGO investigation from 2020, whose claims remain unverified.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the beech was FSC-certified and was illegally cut in Ukraine.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the beech was supplied to IKEA.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the volume of timber, the supplier, or any response from IKEA or the certifier.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers
Communities and civil society
- Flatpacked ForestsEarthsight · 2020
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