With our reach, expertise and convening power, we are taking action to positively impact planetary health and support the resilience of our business for generations to come. Johnson & Johnson has been setting and achieving carbon reduction goals for more than two decades. Our current climate goals are:
• Source 100% of our electricity needs from renewable sources by 20251
• Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 44% by 2030 from a 2021 base year1
• 80% of J&J suppliers by emissions covering purchased goods and services and upstream transportation and distribution will have science-based targets by 2028
These goals have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
In addition to our Health for Humanity climate goals, we have an ambition to achieve net zero emissions across our value chain by 2045.
At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we are aligned to these goals, and we are working across our operations to improve our environmental footprint. Today, around 87% of Johnson & Johnson’s global electricity needs comes from renewable sources. This includes 100% of our electricity needs for our operations1 in Europe2, the United States3 and Canada.
Johnson & Johnson has built more than 40 on-site renewable energy systems on properties in 20 countries and have executed 15 contracts for off-site renewable electricity procurement.
Our operations:
Through energy efficiency projects, renewable electricity and the deployment of new technologies, we are improving the environmental footprint of our operations. We are also advancing innovations in our facilities and our supply chain to conserve and protect water and to rethink waste as a catalyst for innovation.
For example:
Our Cork, Ireland, facility is home to one of four wind turbines at Johnson & Johnson locations in Ireland. In 2022, the site was also recognized by the World Economic Forum with a Sustainability Lighthouse designation, a community of world-leading manufacturing facilities and supply chains using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to increase operational performance and environmental sustainability.
At our campus in Beerse, Belgium, multiple geothermal wells, each approximately 1.6 miles deep, provide renewably sourced hot water to significantly reduce the site’s emissions.
Several of our facilities are LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) including facilities in Mumbai, India, Leiden, Netherlands, and Xi’an, China.