Working Towards a Healthy Future
The Johnson & Johnson Responsibility Site reflects our ongoing goal for increased transparency in communicating our sustainability efforts in areas such as climate change, human rights and our Healthy Future 2015 goals.
At Johnson & Johnson, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been incorporated into our business strategy for decades. In 1943, our late Chairman Robert Wood Johnson established Our Credo, a set of guiding principles for Johnson & Johnson. Since then, Johnson & Johnson has been committed to serving each of our stakeholders, including our customers, employees, communities and shareholders. As part of this commitment, since 1987, we have set environmental goals aimed at reducing emissions and lessening our impact on the environment. In 2010, we completed our Healthy Planet 2010 Goals. Set in 2006, these goals focused on carbon reduction, water use, paper and packaging, waste reduction, compliance, and external manufacturing, among others.
We are now announcing the launch of Healthy Future 2015, a new set of broader and bolder goals to reduce our environmental footprint. With Healthy Future 2015, it’s about more than just environmental stewardship; it’s about improving people’s health, increasing corporate transparency and encouraging collaborative partnerships.
Our Healthy Future 2015 Goals are made up of seven strategic priorities, all aimed at helping to measure our progress. The seven strategic priorities of Healthy Future 2015 are:
- Advancing community wellness by launching health initiatives to help people gain access to timely, easy-to-understand, health-related information;
- Enhancing outcome measurement in philanthropy by working with philanthropic partners to measure health outcomes and raise the standard of health outcome measurement;
- Fostering the most engaged, health-conscious and safe employees in the world by improving upon the company’s global culture of health and safety and making Johnson & Johnson a place where its employees are proud and inspired to work;
- Building on the company’s legacy in safeguarding the planet by reducing the environmental impacts of the operations of Johnson & Johnson and increasing the sustainable design of the company’s products;
- Partnering with suppliers who embrace sustainability by joining with suppliers who demonstrate a similar commitment to that of Johnson and Johnson;
- Advancing global health through research and development for neglected diseases and affordable access to the company’s medicines by working to identify new ways to address these issues, and by partnering with like-minded organizations to help expand the impact of Johnson & Johnson; and
- Committing to enhanced transparency and accessing the power of external collaboration by providing transparency about the company’s business practices and products, and collaborating with partners.
“I look forward to seeing where the next five years takes us as we continue to look for innovative ways to reduce our environmental impact and strengthen our corporate citizenship.,” says Patrick McCrummen, Senior Director, Corporate Citizenship, Johnson & Johnson. “Our newly launched Responsibility website will help us remain committed and transparent as we work toward achieving our Healthy Future 2015 Goals.
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Healthy Future 2015 Goals
