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IKEA: sustainable cotton initiative in China

IKEA: sustainable cotton initiative in China
IKEA: sustainable cotton initiative in China

This case presents an industry leading company - IKEA's multi-tier sustainable cotton initiative in China. The case begins with the background information of IKEA, cotton production in China and cotton-textile supply chain. It then presents IKEA's sustainable cotton practice globally. This is followed by IKEA China's motivation to implement sustainable cotton initiatives, its processes and the impacts on its cotton-textile supply chain. Finally, it ends with the case summary.

1793-6772
491-518
Gong, Yu
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Jia, Fu
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Brown, Stephen
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Duan, Jiang
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Gong, Yu, Jia, Fu, Brown, Stephen and Duan, Jiang (2020) IKEA: sustainable cotton initiative in China. Asian Case Research Journal, 23 (2), 491-518. (doi:10.1142/S0218927519500202).

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This case presents an industry leading company - IKEA's multi-tier sustainable cotton initiative in China. The case begins with the background information of IKEA, cotton production in China and cotton-textile supply chain. It then presents IKEA's sustainable cotton practice globally. This is followed by IKEA China's motivation to implement sustainable cotton initiatives, its processes and the impacts on its cotton-textile supply chain. Finally, it ends with the case summary.

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Accepted/In Press date: 15 November 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 April 2020
Published date: 1 December 2020
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2019 World Scientific Publishing Co.

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Local EPrints ID: 440752
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/440752
ISSN: 1793-6772
PURE UUID: f4fe1874-c5ef-4948-94a0-65144f03a57d
ORCID for Yu Gong: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-376X

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Date deposited: 15 May 2020 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 05:33

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Author: Yu Gong ORCID iD
Author: Fu Jia
Author: Stephen Brown
Author: Jiang Duan

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