By July 2022, staff of IKEA throughout three continents will start their participation in an international carpool trial, designed to encourage staff to create sustainable habits with the help of a ridesharing app.
The custom-made Ride2Work app was designed and constructed by world carpooling expertise supplier Liftango. Liftango says it has the imaginative and prescient to take automobiles off the roads in partnership with like-minded corporations within the combat towards local weather change.
“There is still some hesitancy in catching public transport coming out of the pandemic, which is why many large companies are looking for ways to encourage safe and sustainable commuting alternatives. Allowing employees of these particular IKEA stores to carpool with verified colleagues, will give many IKEA employees peace of mind while ensuring that sustainability through ridesharing is still a core focus,” mentioned Liftango CEO Kevin Orr.
IKEA is kicking off the Ride2Work trial in shops throughout Australia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Canada. Stores in these international locations are the forerunner to step by step rolling out the service to all shops globally.
“Healthy and sustainable living is a key focus area at IKEA, with an aim to inspire and enable people to live better lives within the limits of our planet. This Ride2Work employee-carpool program will encourage thousands of IKEA coworkers to think about ways they can reduce their environmental impact, whilst having positive interactions with colleagues on the way to and from work. As well as the impact this program will have on the environment, we foresee Ride2Work having a great effect in forming strong workplace relationships, creating a strong sense of morale and positively contributing to co-worker wellbeing,” mentioned IKEA Australia Meet and Travel Leader Daniela Pichler.
Within the Ride2Work app, staff can monitor their affect by monitoring CO2 discount, kilometers or miles pushed and CO2 offsets by planting bushes. The app additionally ensures that COVID-19 security necessities are adhered to by customers, with a simple solution to help in COVID-19 contact tracing ought to the necessity come up.
After the profitable trial, not solely will rolling out this program throughout greater than 500 IKEA shops turn out to be a chance, however the group will search for revolutionary methods to make the sort of expertise accessible to clients globally.