LEED Buildings

Instituted in 2009, our Policy on Sustainable Design and Construction establishes guidelines for incorporating sustainability into the design and construction of new buildings and major renovations. The policy establishes a sustainability baseline using the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ and applies to all new construction and renovations costing at least $5 million and all new facilities owned or leased by Johnson & Johnson companies worldwide.

The policy expands our strategic goals to construct buildings that minimize our impacts on communities and the environment while creating comfortable and safe workplaces for employees. It also seeks to achieve cost savings over the lifecycle of the building with minimal added up-front construction costs.

Outside of the U.S., buildings must meet "equivalent" standards, such as the Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) in the United Kingdom or the European Union's Green Building Programme (GBP).

In 2004, our first effort to achieve LEED certification was implemented in Titusville, NJ, at an office complex serving several of our pharmaceutical companies. Since then, eight other projects, including a state-of-the-art research and development facility in Spring House, Pa., have been completed. Our newest LEED certified buildings are in Geel, Belgium and Suzchou, China. The facility in Geel is the first LEED certified building in Belgium and the first chemical manufacturing facility in Europe to achieve LEED certification. The facility in Suzchou is the first Johnson & Johnson LEED certified building in China.