SC Johnson Summary

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Brief Description of Company:

Founded in 1886, SC Johnson is a family-owned and managed business, providing products for household cleaning, home storage, personal care, air care and insect control. SC Johnson is headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin. In 2004 it reported revenues of $6.5 billion. It employs 12,000 employees and sells products in more than 110 countries. Visit SC Johnson's Web site for more information. [1]

View SC Johnson's 2005 Public Report [2]

Target:

Achieve an absolute GHG reduction of 8 percent for all U.S. operations from 2000 levels by 2005 (or reduce GHG emissions intensity by 23 percent per kilograms of product manufactured from 2000-2005).
Reduce GHG emissions from the top five factories worldwide by 5% per year from 2000 to 2005.

BELC Company Targets [3]

Chairman and CEO:

Dr. H. Fisk Johnson

Chairman and CEO's Quote Regarding Climate Change:

“When we confront the enormity and complexity of global climate change, the lesson learned should be that there’s not one problem; there’s a universe of them, and they are ever changing. And there’s not one solution; there are as many solutions as there are problems. Those of us who have tried to exercise leadership and responsibility in our stewardship of the environment don’t have all the solutions, but we have some, and we think they’re good ones. Over the next decade we can reduce greenhouse gases in real terms, not illusionary ones. As a privately held family company, I will tell you we will not abdicate our ethical responsibility to the environment.”

Energy Efficiency Initiatives

Success Stories Summary:

SC Johnson maintains a cogeneration turbine at its largest manufacturing plant in Racine, WI. This $5 million, 3.2 megawatt turbine and generator burns methane, which cuts the facility’s energy use by 50 percent, reduces natural gas consumption by 25 percent, and provides the facility with 20 percent of its process steam.

Buildings summary:

SC Johnson’s new childcare facility in Wisconsin is a LEED-certified building.

Internal Operations summary:

SC Johnson maintains a cogeneration turbine at its largest manufacturing plant in Racine, WI. This $5 million, 3.2 megawatt turbine and generator burns methane, which cuts the facility’s energy use by 50 percent, reduces natural gas consumption by 25 percent, and provides the facility with 20 percent of its process steam.
SC Johnson implemented energy efficiency practices at its Shanghai Johnson plant including lighting fixtures and curtains that reduce heat loss around doorways. This allowed that plant to meet its 2005 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 5 percent and energy use/production by 11 percent.

belcscjohnson SC Johnson [4] is a member of the Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), the largest U.S.-based association of companies dedicated to business and policy solutions to climate change. Founded in 1886, SC Johnson is a family-owned and managed business, providing products for household cleaning, home storage, personal care, air care and insect control. SC Johnson is headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin. In 2004 it reported revenues of $6.5 billion. It employs 12,000 employees and sells products in more than 110 countries.

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