Ikea Plans to Sell Only LED Lights Worldwide to Cut Emissions

Ikea Group, the world’s biggest home-furnishings retailer, said it will sell only light-emitting diode lamps and bulbs in its stores by 2016 to help its customers save energy and cut carbon emissions.

Replacing the world’s 12 billion traditional light bulbs with LEDs would cut emissions equivalent to those of the Netherlands, IKEA Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard said today in a webcast and teleconference. The Swedish company will also convert all the lighting in its stores, factories and distribution centers to LEDs, he said.