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Deforestation policy: responsible fiber & palm sourcing

SC Johnson is committed to deforestation- and conversion-free sourcing across fiber and palm materials. The company remains committed to sourcing pulp, paper and packaging from FSC/SFI/PEFC certifications or recycled content, sets supplier expectations (including upholding Indigenous Peoples’ rights, avoiding High Conservation Value forests, and complying with laws), and uses audits to verify progress. For palm, SC Johnson commits to 100% sustainable sources and to reducing overall use, engaging suppliers and suspending those tied to deforestation.

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Our key actions

Saving forests starts with a commitment to a deforestation- and conversion-free supply chain, meaning avoiding goods from land that has been deforested or converted from its natural state for other uses. Here are key SC Johnson actions in support of this commitment.

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Remain committed to sourcing all pulp, paper and packaging from FSC, SFI or PEFC certified sources or from recycled material.

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Remain committed to sourcing all palm and palm derived materials from sustainable sources.

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Optimize our packaging in order to minimize the impact of our paperboard packaging.

Human well-being depends on healthy forests for clean water, food security, carbon capture and other benefits. It's critical that governments, NGOs, companies and citizens keep fighting to protect them.

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Protecting forests with our pulp, paper and packaging practices

SC Johnson will:

  • Remain committed to sourcing all of our pulp, paper and packaging from FSC, SFI or PEFC certified sources or from recycled material.

  • Eliminate pulp and paper products containing fiber from controversial sources, such as fiber from High Conservation Value Areas and conflict wood (wood that was traded in a way that drives violent armed conflict or threatens national or region stability).

  • Optimize our packaging in order to minimize the impact of our paperboard packaging.

  • Consider the full life cycle impacts and impacts to biodiversity related to fiber choices.

  • Verify suppliers sourcing virgin fiber from high-risk regions or countries require verification from predominate regional or global forestry certification schemes.

  • Work with our suppliers to achieve progressive improvement and will measure progress, using a supplier self-assessment method verified through regular, independent audits.

Protecting the Caatinga in Brazil

For more than 20 years, SC Johnson has partnered with Associação Caatinga to help protect the Caatinga biome in Brazil, which is home to a diverse array of plants and wildlife. Among other support, we’ve helped preserve and catalog more than 2,240 plants and animal species, and contributed to the protection of two Caatinga regions.

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Our commitment extends to our partners.

SC Johnson will purchase pulp, paper and packaging products from suppliers who:

  • Adhere to the SC Johnson Supplier Code of Conduct.

  • Employ sustainable forest management practices that are economically viable, environmentally responsible and socially beneficial.

  • Identify and uphold Indigenous Peoples’ legal and customary rights of ownership, use and management of land, territories and resources affected by management activities.

  • Avoid obtaining fiber from High Conservation Value forests.

  • Legally harvest and trade raw materials in compliance with relevant national and international laws and treaties.

  • Engage in a two-way dialogue with us to assist in promoting continuous improvement in their processes.

Our Supplier Code of Conduct

We require all of our suppliers to comply with the requirements outlined in our Supplier Code of Conduct. The Code also shares aspirations for our longer-term suppliers to be working towards with us.

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Limiting palm oil deforestation: palm oil, palm kernel oil or oil derivatives

At SC Johnson, we use relatively small amounts of palm oil, palm kernel oil or palm derivatives, but we recognize the impact that non-sustainable palm oil production has on the planet and on forest conservation for future generations.

To support forest protection, we are committed to sourcing 100% of palm and palm derived materials from sustainable sources. We are also working to reduce the amount of these materials we use in our products, doing our part to reduce global demand.

To achieve this, we will:

  • Engage suppliers in discussions and review of their palm oil, palm kernel oil or derivatives production and sourcing practices.

  • Suspend or eliminate palm oil purchases from any supplier that it is intentionally contributing to deforestation or the negative environmental or social issues or impacts created by the production of palm oil.

  • Continually review and revise policies and practices to increase supply chain sustainability.

Partnering for forest preservation

Beyond our current work with Conservation International on plastics, SC Johnson has also partnered with CI to help safeguard forests. Among these efforts, in 2017 we sponsored Under the Canopy, an immersive virtual reality film to help viewers experience the wonders of the Amazon. At the same time, an SC Johnson acre-for-acre match campaign helped CI preserve 10,000 acres of rainforest in the Amazon region.

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