Our Commitment on Carbon
We’ve reduced our greenhouse gas emissions 71% since 2000, and we’re continuing to implement innovative strategies and practices to further reduce our carbon footprint. Today, 45% of our energy consumption comes from renewable sources.
As we keep working to do our part and help take care of the environment for future generations, a key focus is continuing to reduce carbon emissions across our operations as well as understanding and addressing the environmental impact of SC Johnson’s value chain.
To do this, teams across SC Johnson are working to continue increasing our use of renewable energy and to deliver business operations efficiencies that reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. This includes tackling both Scope 1 and Scope 2 impacts.
In the last five years
Reduction in total absolute Scope 1 & 2 emissions
Increase in energy from renewable sources within our operations
Our latest emissions progress
Since 2020, we’ve reduced our total absolute emissions 38%, which is equivalent to about 11% annual reduction from 2020 to 2024.
We’ve surpassed our emission reduction goal
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Our latest renewable energy progress
Our mix of energy sources likewise continues to improve, with renewable energy use within our operations up about 10% from 2020 to 2024. Today, 45% of our energy consumption comes from renewable sources, supported by initiatives worldwide to use wind, solar and other sustainable sources.
We’re nearing our renewable energy target
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A look at our milestones
How we’re getting there
We’ve been working to add renewable sources to our energy mix since the early 2000s. For example, since 2020, we’ve expanded solar installations to five SC Johnson sites, increasing our onsite solar generation by approximately 300%. We also continue to use wind power, including onsite wind turbines and purchased wind power from nearby wind farms. Here’s a look at our innovative energy initiatives around the world.
To help reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, our manufacturing facility in Indonesia uses waste husks from rice grains as a fuel source for heating water for production.
SC Johnson employs two cogeneration systems at Waxdale, our largest global manufacturing facility. Using waste methane gas from a nearby public landfill and clean-burning natural gas, the cogeneration turbines generate about 85% of Waxdale’s energy needs.
At Waxbird Commons, our newest redesigned building on our headquarters campus, geothermal exchange is used to heat and cool our buildings. A total of 330 vertical bores are in place, providing sustainable heating and cooling thanks to the constant temperature of Earth, 55 degrees.
We have installed on-site solar at over one-third of our manufacturing facilities, including in Argentina, Egypt, Kenya, the United Kingdom and the United States. In addition, our manufacturing site in Toluca, Mexico uses solar hot water systems to reduce liquified petroleum gas (LPG) use in cafeteria and employee facilities.
Our history of using wind power stretches back to 2009, when we started up our first company-owned wind turbine in Mijdrecht, The Netherlands. That was followed by two 415-foot-tall wind turbines at Waxdale, our largest global manufacturing facility, in 2012. Several of our facilities also purchase wind power from nearby wind farms to power their operations.