We believe that to make a gain, you have to set a goal. That’s why in 2000, SC Johnson established a greenhouse gas emissions benchmark for our five largest international manufacturing plants.

In 2002, two more SC Johnson plants voluntarily joined our efforts as well. In addition, that year we joined the U.S. Climate Leaders program and set a second greenhouse gas reduction goal that covered all U.S. operations.

By 2005, we had surpassed our goals for both the United States and our seven largest plants. So in 2007, we announced aggressive new objectives for 2011. We planned to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 8% versus our 2005 baseline and cut greenhouse gas emissions from all our worldwide factories by 12% versus our 2000 baseline.

Thanks to ongoing efficiency improvements as well as renewable energy projects, by 2008 we had achieved a 27% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions. In the United States, we doubled our objective, cutting emissions 17% versus 2005.

But we’re never satisfied. Once again this year, we'll be setting goals for the future.