April 11, 2007—As part of its ongoing partnership with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) voluntary Climate Leaders program, SC Johnson has announced its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its US operations by 8 percent from 2005 by the end of 2010.
By the end of 2010, the company has also pledged to reduce GHG emissions by 12 percent from worldwide manufacturing operations (2000 baseline year); reduce solid waste, air and water emissions by 50 percent (2000 baseline); and source 40 percent of its global electricity from green energy.
Since 2000, SC Johnson has reduced its GHG emissions from the company’s top factories by 42 percent, largely through the construction of two green energy cogeneration turbines which power SC Johnson’s largest global manufacturing plant in Racine, WI. Since 2005, the 2.2 million-square-foot facility has been powered by waste methane and natural gas, generating the daily base load of electricity and generating between half and all the steam needed for the plants operations. Through this process, SC Johnson has reduced the company’s reliance on coal-fired electricity and is reportedly removing 52,000 tons of greenhouse gases annually.
The 121-year-old company’s environmental commitment is evident in other areas of operation, including the patented raw material rating system, Greenlist, it devised in 2001 to transform the way the company measures, tracks, and advances its products. For more information visit SC Johnson’s “Do What’s Right” page.
