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For more than 15 years, the
Johnson & Johnson Family of
Companies has been striving
to reduce the environmental
impact of our operations and
products. For example, from
2001 to 2005, total water
use, normalized to sales,
decreased by 45 percent.
This corresponds with a 16
percent absolute reduction of
water use. In addition, during
the same period, total waste
generation, normalized to
sales, decreased by 49 percent.
This corresponds with a 28
percent absolute reduction.
In January 2006, we
began a new set of
five-year sustainability
goals. Our Healthy Planet
2010 goals continue to
go beyond what is required
by any government. We
are still tracking common
environmental-footprint
indicators like water,
energy and waste, but
we are also going to
improve the environmental
profile of our products,
increase employee
environmental literacy
and increase the amount
of paper and packaging we
source from sustainably
managed forests. The
full set of sustainability
goals can be reviewed on
www.jnj.com.
Reducing
Carbon Dioxide
Emissions While
Growing Sales
Johnson & Johnson is taking
seriously the challenge
of global climate change,
applying sustained, long-
term actions to address this
growing threat—including
the adoption of our Climate
Friendly Energy Policy in
2003. Taking more aggressive
measures, we reduced carbon
dioxide emissions by
11.5 percent on an absolute
basis from 1990 to 2005.
During this same period, sales
increased by 351 percent.
We’re set to continue the
trend: Currently, about
30 percent of our electricity
needs comes from green
power sources: solar energy,
wind energy, biomass and
geothermal sources.
Johnson & Johnson supports
a number of nonprofit
organizations that are engaged
in restoring or preserving
fragile ecosystems. These
include The Conservation
Fund, The Trust for Public
Land, The Nature Conservancy
and The Wilderness Society.
We are particularly interested
in community health projects
that directly link a sustainably
managed environment with the
need for access to health care
in communities that live near
areas of high biodiversity.
Through our signature
partnership with the World
Wildlife Fund (WWF), we
are making the environment
healthier in sensitive
ecoregions. WWF, under its
Healthy Communities, Healthy
Ecosystems program, has
improved community health
in areas including Kenya and
Mozambique. In Kenya, a new
dispensary was constructed,
allowing greater access to
medicines, and safe drinking
water was provided. In
Mozambique, two new
fishing sanctuaries were
created, and health clinics in
the Congo Basin were staffed
and equipped.
• Comply with applicable
legal requirements.
• Behave ethically and
with integrity.
• Integrate quality into
business processes.
• Treat people with dignity
and respect.
• Promote the safety, health
and well-being of employees.
• Operate in an environmentally
responsible manner.
• Implement management
systems to ensure ongoing
performance and continual
improvement.
Earning Fifth
Consecutive
Green Power
Leadership Award
Johnson & Johnson is the only
company to earn this award
from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for five
consecutive years. Our
participation in the voluntary
Green Power Partnership
program fosters development
of the green power market.
The company ranks as the
third-largest corporate
purchaser and the fifth-largest
purchaser in the U.S.
Partnering
With Our
Supply Chain
External manufacturing
will continue to be a critical
aspect of achieving
Johnson & Johnson’s
leadership and growth
objectives, and in 2006 we
published the Standards
for Responsible External
Manufacturing. These
standards help us select
external manufacturing
partners who operate in a
manner consistent with
our values, and they help
our partners clearly under-
stand our expectations.
They were developed
in consideration of the
different legal and cultural
environments in which our
external manufacturing
partners operate and
internationally recognized
expectations for business
ethics, product quality, labor
and employment, health and
safety, and the environment.
Partnering to Protect Our Ecosystems
Is a Special Responsibility
Reducing Our
Environmental
Impact
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR EXTERNAL MANUFACTURERS
J O H N S O N & J O H N S O N 2 0 0 6 A N N U A L R E P O R T
2006 YEAR IN REVIE W:
Caring for the Environment
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