(Sept 28): Many companies today cite sustainability as one of their business goals — some take it even further and make sustainability their business. Needless to say, integrating sustainability in a business takes holistic planning in all aspects of the business from beginning to end — from site selection, material selection and design of the product to end-user delivery. All the principles are interrelated and complement each other towards achieving the goal of business popularity as well as being sustainable and environment-friendly. IKEA also adopts life-cycle costing for all its new project investments to maximise their long-term potential in cost and sustainability. However, she admitted that the company faces different challenges in realising its sustainability goal in different countries.

Source: The Edge Markets September 28, 2017 12:33 UTC