Johnson & Johnson Publishes 2014 Citizenship & Sustainability Report

The Johnson & Johnson 2014 Citizenship & Sustainability Report is now available and can be found here.
 
Johnson & Johnson is committed to transparency and shares information with its customers, partners and other valued stakeholders that serves to improve the health of patients and drive improved clinical outcomes. Its 2014 Citizenship & Sustainability Report presents activities and progress regarding its commitment and impacts in accordance with GRI 2013 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G4 core). For the first time in the report, performance against selected goals and some GRI indicators have been assured by ERM Certification & Verification Services.

 Select 2014 Highlights

• Johnson & Johnson leverages its expertise and capabilities in areas of great public health need: improving maternal and newborn survival and health, preventing the spread of infectious and neglected tropical diseases, and strengthening the healthcare system, including working to train healthcare workers. 
• Its innovation, commitment and ongoing work are helping to create a world where people across all economic and social circumstances have access to the treatments they need.
• Johnson & Johnson continue to strengthen its quality culture across the enterprise with the aim to consistently deliver high quality in everything it does. Continuous improvement practices help ensure proactive quality is standard. Its thought leadership is sought to influence and shape external regulations that in turn help raise the standard of care and, thereby, help people live longer, healthier, happier lives. 
• Its senior leadership establishes broad parameters for stakeholder engagement; it does not have an overarching policy for stakeholder engagement or one group that leads it. As a decentralized company, employees engage with many stakeholders on a variety of topics related to the businesses throughout the world.
• By collaborating with its partners to strengthen the social, environmental and economic performance of its supply chain, Johnson & Johnson is driving sustainability efforts beyond its four walls, and strengthening the company, as well. 
• Innovation is what ultimately makes a meaningful difference for the patients and customers it serves. It is a core component of its business success.
• Johnson & Johnson has realized a 9.6% reduction in facility CO2 emissions against its 2010 baseline, and approximately 7% of the company’s energy is currently generated by clean/renewable sources.Improving the sustainability profiles of its products and/or packaging has been an integral part of the company’s goal-setting efforts since the early 1990s. 

About Johnson & Johnson Citizenship & Sustainability
The company’s Citizenship & Sustainability approach is consistent with its framework of strategic principles and growth drivers for managing the business. Its strategic approach to Citizenship & Sustainability spans three areas – Advancing Human Health and Well-Being, Stewarding a Healthy Environment, and Leading a Dynamic & Growing Business Responsibly. This approach provides a framework for its goals and efforts on topics identified in its materiality assessment as well as those of greatest interest to both Johnson & Johnson and its stakeholders. Specifically, these reflect the company’s significant economic, environmental and social impacts, and those that could substantively influence the assessments and decisions of stakeholders.

“Our mission at Johnson & Johnson is to help people live longer, healthier and happier lives. Our Credo defines our responsibilities to: the patients and consumers we serve, our employees, the communities in which we live and work, and to our shareholders. Our citizenship and sustainability practices are an important part of those responsibilities, and we take this work very seriously.”  Alex Gorsky, CEO

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