Johnson & Johnson

Since 1886 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been a world-leading manufacturer of health care products, specializing in consumer products, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. J&J sells its products in more than 175 countries worldwide. It has 110,000 employees in 54 countries and a turnover of US$47 billion.

J&J has a long history of environmental stewardship, beginning in 1943 when the company’s founder General Robert Wood Johnson wrote the J&J Credo. Though J&J is not an energy intensive organization, the company has had a corporate energy program in place since 1973. This program was initially established to ensure reliable energy supply and cost for J&J companies in response to rising oil prices.

Company-wide, J&J has a goal to cut absolute emissions of greenhouse gas 7% below 1990 levels by 2010. Towards this end, the corporation has committed to investing approximately $100 million in on-site CO2 reduction projects over the next three years and established a goal to achieve a 40% increase in the fuel economy of the corporate fleet by 2010.  This is on top of the great progress already achieved. In 2004 Johnson & Johnson’s worldwide GHG emissions were 3% below 1990 levels even though revenue has increased more than 300% during the same time period.

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