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North American Sustainability Leader, Climate & Nature

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  • Burlington, Ontario, Canada
  • Sustainability

Job Description

  • Job ID: 373676

  • Date posted: 23/10/2026

    • Why we will love you

    You are motivated by helping IKEA reduce its environmental footprint and become a positive force for the planet. You bring deep expertise in climate, waste, resource efficiency, renewable energy, logistics, zero-emission transition, nature and biodiversity, and you know how to translate technical sustainability topics into business priorities, investments and operational decisions.

    You are a credible and forward-looking leader who can shape strategy, influence performance and drive implementation across multiple functions and markets. You are comfortable working with, and simplifying, complexity and know how to turn ambitious goals into clear priorities, business cases and measurable follow-up. You build trust quickly, lead through partnership and are energized by creating long-term impact at scale.

    What you'll need to have:

    • Extensive experience in climate, environmental sustainability, operations, supply chain, facilities, energy, waste, nature or related fields.
    • Strong understanding of emissions reduction, resource efficiency, renewable solutions, zero-emission transport or environmental performance management.
    • Proven experience connecting sustainability priorities to operational resilience, long-term business investment and performance management.
    • Experience leading strategic initiatives across countries, functions or large matrix organizations.
    • Strong analytical skills and ability to use data, KPIs and risk-based insights to guide decisions and track impact.
    • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and create alignment across business, operational and sustainability teams.
    • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to act as a clear and trusted spokesperson on complex topics.
    • Strong commitment to IKEA values and a collaborative, fact-based way of working.

    A day in your life with us

    As Climate & Nature Business Partner, North America, you will lead this strategic agenda across the United States and Canada and help integrate climate, waste and nature priorities into operational performance, resilience and long-term business planning. You will work across country teams and functions to build alignment, strengthen accountability and enable better decisions that reduce environmental impact while supporting the business.

    You will help the organization move forward on key topics such as emissions reduction, zero waste operations, resource efficiency, renewable investments, zero-emission deliveries and biodiversity. You will bring strategic perspective and practical leadership to ensure these priorities are embedded into how the business plans, invests and performs.

    What you'll be doing day to day:
    • Lead the Climate, Zero-waste & Nature agenda across North America, ensuring alignment between sustainability ambition, operational priorities and local market execution.
    • Partner with business leaders and country teams to integrate climate, waste and nature priorities into business plans, governance, performance follow-up and investment decisions.
    • Drive initiatives that support emissions reduction across operations and value chain activities, in line with business and sustainability goals.
    • Support the transition toward zero waste operations and stronger resource efficiency across stores, facilities and broader operations.
    • Contribute to the development of plans related to renewable energy and heating and cooling solutions, zero-emission deliveries and more sustainable customer and co-worker travel.
    • Strengthen the integration of nature and biodiversity considerations into business practices and long-term planning.
    • Use fact-based analysis, KPIs and risk-based insights to prioritize actions, track progress and support transparent decision-making.
    • Influence and collaborate with global stakeholders across Ingka and Inter IKEA to help shape agendas and accelerate implementation.
    • Build capability and understanding across the business through communication, training and cross-functional partnership.
    • Act as a spokesperson and subject matter expert for Climate & Nature in internal and external forums across North America.
    • Contribute to the totality of the sustainability agenda, including topics such as retail topic reviews, competence building and integrated business planning.

    About this work area

    Climate & Nature is a core part of IKEA’s ambition to create a better everyday life for the many people with a significantly lower environmental footprint. In North America, this means reducing emissions, improving efficiency, strengthening resilience and becoming a more active force for nature across our business and value chain.

    This role is central to turning that ambition into business action. By connecting environmental priorities to operational performance and long-term investment choices, you will help strengthen both sustainability impact and business resilience across the region.





    Why you will love us

    Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:
    • Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
    • Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
    • RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
    • Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
    • Flexible spending account
    • Life insurance
    • Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
    • Parental leave
    • Bereavement leave
    • Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

    In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Sustainability Business Partner
    The starting rate/ salary for this position ranges from 75,303 CAD to 103,542 CAD and will be based on relevant work experience.
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