Steve Howard

IKEA Group retails furniture, home furnishings, and house wares. It is engaged in manufacturing and distribution activities through its subsidiary. The firm also sells its products through catalogues and websites. Its product’s portfolio comprises several furniture and furnishing items such as storage furniture, television solutions, small storage furniture, sofas and armchair, table and desks, chairs, lighting, home decor products, and flooring materials. The company was founded by Ingvar Feodor Kamprad in 1943 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

The Climate Group brings together networks of international businesses and governments to shift markets and policies toward the goal of under 1.5C of global warming and greater prosperity for all, without delay.

ERM established a permanent presence in Belgium in 1995 and now has offices in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent and Louvain-la-Neuve employing over 50 engineers, technicians and environmental and safety experts.The core activities of the Belgian based ERM team provide solutions and strategic advice to business and government on how best to handle both current and future environmental and natural resource issues.Its soil investigation and remediation team has the expertise to identify, manage and remediate contaminated sites, assisting its clients finding the best solutions to solve environmental problems. The auditing team has excellent expertise in both due diligence and compliance audits, to help clients estimate costs and prioritize actions, to improve regulatory compliance and performance on environment, health and safety. Its planning and permitting staff combine regulatory and technical knowledge necessary for permit applications, environmental impact assessments and external safety reports.It also regularly assists its clients with water and energy efficiency initiatives, carbon foot printing and supply chain exercises. It provides services on sustainability reporting and verification, safety culture, management systems, and risk assessments. Its international footprint combined with this local expertise puts it in a unique position to serve its clients.ERM and its employees have the necessary accreditations for performing environmental impact assessments in the Flemish, Brussels and Walloon region. It has accredited environmental coordinators and safety experts beyond its staff. ERM is also a recognized expert in soil investigations and remediation in all of the three regions.