In keeping with our commitment to sharing what we do and encouraging sustainable development action by others, this year SC Johnson has created a challenge grant related to corporate responsibility reporting.

For several years, SC Johnson has offset the carbon emissions associated with the printing and distribution of our Public Report through a contribution to Conservation International (CI). SC Johnson is a member of CI’s Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance, which works to ensure climate change solutions include measures to protect biodiversity and provide a means for local communities to support themselves economically.

This year, our offset contribution to CI, and their on-the-ground partner the Wildlife Conservation Society, will help protect over a thousand acres of tropical rain forest in one of the most pristine yet threatened areas of Madagascar. Stopping the destruction of rain forests is a key element in preventing climate change, as global deforestation accounts for 20 percent of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

And this year, we are going a step further than our contribution to CI. In addition, we are calling on other multinational corporations to take up our challenge and offset the emissions associated with the printing of their own corporate responsibility reports.

For each organization that chooses to meet our challenge, SC Johnson will make a matching contribution to CI, up to a total of $50,000. By doing so, we hope to encourage not just public reporting and transparency, but also taking responsibility for the impact that business decisions have on our planet. To participate in SC Johnson’s challenge grant with CI, please call Ben Vitale at (202) 912-1000.