Discuss the Case “Ikea’s Sustainable Cotton Supply Chain”
Read the Case “Ikea’s Sustainable Cotton Supply Chain” at the end of Chapter 17 and response to the following:
- Draw a supply chain map of IKEA’s cotton supply chain.
- What social, ethical, and environmental risks were present in IKEA’s cotton supply chain?
- What characteristics of the cotton supply chain made enforcing its code of conduct especially challenging for IKEA?
- What were the advantages and disadvantages to IKEA of working collaboratively with other companies and NGOs to improve sustainability in its cotton supply chain?
- What motivated actors throughout the complex cotton supply chain to comply with IKEA’s sustainability goals?
- What more, if anything, could IKEA do now to improve sustainability in the cotton sector?
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