IKEA Announces $48 Million Expanded Donation to UNICEF India

At the same time, despite the global economic downturn, IKEA is setting a high standard for corporate partnership — with tangible results to show that social investments yield sound returns.

“Working in the poorest countries in the world is the least expensive thing we can do to fulfil our responsibility as global citizens,” former US President Bill Clinton said in his closing remarks at yesterday’s event. “We cannot solve the problems of the 21st century, we cannot meet the Millennium Development Goals, without the involvement of governments, corporations, the private sector and civil society.