Recognition for Onsite Power Generation

In 2011, SC Johnson was recognized as number eight on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Top 20 On-Site Generation List. This recognizes the fact that we generate our own electricity using landfill gas and wind power.

SC Johnson is a member of EPA’s voluntary Green Power Partnership and qualifies for EPA’s Green Power Leadership Club, which distinguishes members that purchase 10 times the program’s minimum requirement.

In November 2011, SC Johnson received a 2011 Green Power Leadership Award from the EPA. The annual award recognizes leading green power users for their commitment and contribution to the advancement of the U.S.'s voluntary green power market.

SmartWay Transport Partnership

Getting there green is half the fun. That’s why in 2007, SC Johnson joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a voluntary, collaborative partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  

SmartWay strives to reduce greenhouse gases and other air pollutants and improve fuel efficiency. SmartWay partners – including freight carriers as well as shippers such as SC Johnson – commit to improve the environmental performance of their freight delivery operations. In return, we get access to tools and strategies from the EPA to improve fuel-efficiency and reduce the environmental footprint of our freight operations, such as intermodal shipping, warehouse improvements and less idling.

In 2009, SC Johnson worked to implement legislation in Wisconsin that provides a special permit for heavier truckloads. With the permit, we can safely increase the weight of shipments to our local warehouses to 98,000 pounds from the normal 80,000-pound loads. The heavier loads result in 72,000 fewer shipping miles traveled yearly and 15.7 tons of carbon dioxide eliminated. In addition, 100 percent of 2009 outbound SC Johnson shipments were handled by carriers participating in the SmartWay Transport Partnership, up from 78% in 2008. 

Climate Leaders

In 2002, SC Johnson became the first consumer packaged goods company to join the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Leaders initiative, the largest greenhouse gas goal-setting program in the U.S.

Climate Leader companies commit to reduce their environmental impact by analyzing their greenhouse gas emissions, setting aggressive reduction goals and reporting progress to the EPA annually.

As a charter member, we pledged to reduce our U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 8% from 2000 to 2005. However, by the end of 2005 we had reduced our U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 17%, which doubled the 8% absolute reduction target. We were one of only five participants to reach our Climate Leaders goal.

Our 2011 objective was to cut our U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by another 8% versus the 2005 baseline. We achieved a 27% absolute reduction, greatly exceeding our goal.

While the Climate Leaders program has now been discontinued by EPA, SC Johnson's work to cut our greenhouse gas emissions continues, including a new goal for 2016 to reduce our emissions another 6%.