Greener Boxes, Bottles and Buildings


	Johnson & Johnson and its operating companies are using clean energy around the world, reducing harmful carbon dioxide emissions and making environmentally friendlier packaging. “Climate change is already impacting human health,” says Dennis Canavan, Senior Director, Global Energy and Worldwide Environment, Health & Safety. “We need to do this for our children.” A Greener Box When Renato Wakimoto reads to his 4-year-old daughter before bed, they like to point to pictures of her favorite birds in the rainforest. “We shouldn’t destroy the forest,” he tells Natalia. As Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies packaging director for Latin America, Wakimoto puts his beliefs to work. Starting in 2007, the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages box is made with materials certified by the international Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), assuring that the trees used come from responsibly managed forests. “Some people think paper products in Brazil come from the Amazon. We are not using old-growth trees,” he says of the box, which began to carry the FSC logo in 2008. From producing better boxes and bottles to generating solar energy, and using 1,200 hybrid vehicles, working in buildings powered with clean energy, Johnson & Johnson companies are taking steps to reduce their environmental impact. In 2007, the company: Won the Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partnership Award for the sixth year. Was named the largest corporate user of on-site solar power in the United States by World Resources Institute. Clean Energy In 2007, Johnson & Johnson cut the ribbon on its ninth and largest solar facility, in Vacaville, California. More than 5,700 ground-mounted solar panels span six and a half acres. With the sun shining, the solar field provides up to a third of the electrical power needed to run the site, and will reduce CO₂ emissions for the manufacturing facility by five percent. In all: Our companies reduced CO₂ emissions by 16.8 percent from 1990 to 2006, surpassing its goal of a 7 percent absolute reduction by 2010. In the same period, sales grew 369 percent. Green power accounted for 39 percent of our companies’ electricity use in 2006. Our companies’ fleet of hybrid vehicles was the third largest in the United States; and among our pharmaceutical companies, the largest in the industry. Reducing Waste Johnson & Johnson is also improving its packaging. One of the biggest achievements in 2007 was eliminating PVC, polyvinyl chloride, from most consumer packaging. Also in 2007, the AVEENO® POSITIVELY AGELESS™ and JOHNSON’S® SOOTHING NATURALS™ lines added 30 percent post-consumer recycled material to their high-density polyethylene bottles. “Sustainability is a process,” says Michael Maggio, Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies, Global Strategic Design Operations. “We start with small steps and then improve as we go.” These steps circle back to Brazil, where 77 percent of material from the 17-building manufacturing facility in São José dos Campos gets recycled. The recycling center sorts almost 9,000 tons of material a year and sells it to companies that turn unapproved shampoo bottles into toys and diapers into car brakes. “Every one of these steps contributes to a healthier planet,” Wakimoto says. Our Healthy Planet 2010 Goals 2007 Sustainability Report Forest Stewardship Council EPA Green Power Partners The Climate Group: Johnson & Johnson case study

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Greener Boxes, Bottles and Buildings

	Johnson & Johnson and its operating companies are using clean energy around the world, reducing harmful carbon dioxide emissions and making environmentally friendlier packaging. “Climate change is already impacting human health,” says Dennis Canavan, Senior Director, Global Energy and Worldwide Environment, Health & Safety. “We need to do this for our children.” A Greener Box When Renato Wakimoto reads to his 4-year-old daughter before bed, they like to point to pictures of her favorite birds in the rainforest. “We shouldn’t destroy the forest,” he tells Natalia. As Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies packaging director for Latin America, Wakimoto puts his beliefs to work. Starting in 2007, the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages box is made with materials certified by the international Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), assuring that the trees used come from responsibly managed forests. “Some people think paper products in Brazil come from the Amazon. We are not using old-growth trees,” he says of the box, which began to carry the FSC logo in 2008. From producing better boxes and bottles to generating solar energy, and using 1,200 hybrid vehicles, working in buildings powered with clean energy, Johnson & Johnson companies are taking steps to reduce their environmental impact. In 2007, the company: Won the Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partnership Award for the sixth year. Was named the largest corporate user of on-site solar power in the United States by World Resources Institute. Clean Energy In 2007, Johnson & Johnson cut the ribbon on its ninth and largest solar facility, in Vacaville, California. More than 5,700 ground-mounted solar panels span six and a half acres. With the sun shining, the solar field provides up to a third of the electrical power needed to run the site, and will reduce CO₂ emissions for the manufacturing facility by five percent. In all: Our companies reduced CO₂ emissions by 16.8 percent from 1990 to 2006, surpassing its goal of a 7 percent absolute reduction by 2010. In the same period, sales grew 369 percent. Green power accounted for 39 percent of our companies’ electricity use in 2006. Our companies’ fleet of hybrid vehicles was the third largest in the United States; and among our pharmaceutical companies, the largest in the industry. Reducing Waste Johnson & Johnson is also improving its packaging. One of the biggest achievements in 2007 was eliminating PVC, polyvinyl chloride, from most consumer packaging. Also in 2007, the AVEENO® POSITIVELY AGELESS™ and JOHNSON’S® SOOTHING NATURALS™ lines added 30 percent post-consumer recycled material to their high-density polyethylene bottles. “Sustainability is a process,” says Michael Maggio, Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies, Global Strategic Design Operations. “We start with small steps and then improve as we go.” These steps circle back to Brazil, where 77 percent of material from the 17-building manufacturing facility in São José dos Campos gets recycled. The recycling center sorts almost 9,000 tons of material a year and sells it to companies that turn unapproved shampoo bottles into toys and diapers into car brakes. “Every one of these steps contributes to a healthier planet,” Wakimoto says. Our Healthy Planet 2010 Goals 2007 Sustainability Report Forest Stewardship Council EPA Green Power Partners The Climate Group: Johnson & Johnson case study

Johnson & Johnson and its operating companies are using clean energy around the world, reducing harmful carbon dioxide emissions and making environmentally friendlier packaging. “Climate change is already impacting human health,” says Dennis Canavan, Senior Director, Global Energy and Worldwide Environment, Health & Safety. “We need to do this for our children.”

A Greener Box
When Renato Wakimoto reads to his 4-year-old daughter before bed, they like to point to pictures of her favorite birds in the rainforest. “We shouldn’t destroy the forest,” he tells Natalia.

As Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies packaging director for Latin America, Wakimoto puts his beliefs to work. Starting in 2007, the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages box is made with materials certified by the international Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), assuring that the trees used come from responsibly managed forests.

“Some people think paper products in Brazil come from the Amazon. We are not using old-growth trees,” he says of the box, which began to carry the FSC logo in 2008.

From producing better boxes and bottles to generating solar energy, and using 1,200 hybrid vehicles, working in buildings powered with clean energy, Johnson & Johnson companies are taking steps to reduce their environmental impact. In 2007, the company:

Won the Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partnership Award for the sixth year.
Was named the largest corporate user of on-site solar power in the United States by World Resources Institute.

Clean Energy
In 2007, Johnson & Johnson cut the ribbon on its ninth and largest solar facility, in Vacaville, California. More than 5,700 ground-mounted solar panels span six and a half acres. With the sun shining, the solar field provides up to a third of the electrical power needed to run the site, and will reduce CO₂ emissions for the manufacturing facility by five percent. In all:

Our companies reduced CO₂ emissions by 16.8 percent from 1990 to 2006, surpassing its goal of a 7 percent absolute reduction by 2010. In the same period, sales grew 369 percent.
Green power accounted for 39 percent of our companies’ electricity use in 2006.
Our companies’ fleet of hybrid vehicles was the third largest in the United States; and among our pharmaceutical companies, the largest in the industry.

Reducing Waste
Johnson & Johnson is also improving its packaging. One of the biggest achievements in 2007 was eliminating PVC, polyvinyl chloride, from most consumer packaging. Also in 2007, the AVEENO® POSITIVELY AGELESS™ and JOHNSON’S® SOOTHING NATURALS™ lines added 30 percent post-consumer recycled material to their high-density polyethylene bottles.

“Sustainability is a process,” says Michael Maggio, Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies, Global Strategic Design Operations. “We start with small steps and then improve as we go.”

These steps circle back to Brazil, where 77 percent of material from the 17-building manufacturing facility in São José dos Campos gets recycled. The recycling center sorts almost 9,000 tons of material a year and sells it to companies that turn unapproved shampoo bottles into toys and diapers into car brakes.

“Every one of these steps contributes to a healthier planet,” Wakimoto says.

Our Healthy Planet 2010 Goals
2007 Sustainability Report
Forest Stewardship Council
EPA Green Power Partners
The Climate Group: Johnson & Johnson case study