Johnson & Johnson
CEF Lead Executives
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PAULETTE FRANKList Item 1
CEF LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Chief Sustainability Officer
Paulette is responsible for defining J&J’s strategic direction to accelerate and amplify positive environmental impact and for identifying and supporting solutions at the intersection of human and environmental health. Paulette has been with J&J for 25 years, and before being appointed Chief Sustainability Officer she served as J&J’s Vice President, Global Environmental Health, Safety & Sustainability. She is a member of the J&J Supply Chain Leadership Team and co-chairs the J&J Enterprise Governance Council. She is also a passionate advocate for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion and co-chairs the J&J Supply Chain Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. Paulette has been working in the fields of environmental stewardship, employee health & safety and sustainability for 30 years. She was previously co-chair and continues as a member of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY) Advisory Board. Paulette earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Duke University and her Master of Environmental Studies degree from Yale University’s School of the Environment.
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JED RICHARDSONList Item 2
Senior Director Environmental Stewardship
Jed is currently the Sr. Director of Environmental Stewardship for Johnson & Johnson, responsible for the enterprise carbon, water, waste, forestry program strategies and governance. Jed owns several public sustainability goals related to greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy, and water risk. Jed also leads the Environmental Product Compliance & Sustainability organization that supports the Janssen organization. During his 20 years with J&J he has held a number of diverse engineering and operations management positions and has been responsible for developing and managing numerous infrastructure projects and transformation programs for various J&J entities throughout the world. Jed has a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and an MBA from Rider University.
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SONALI SHARMA
Senior Director, Sustainability and Engagement
Sonali has over 20 years of global sustainability, social impact, and brand-building experience in corporate and social enterprise sectors, across multiple industries, and in both developed and emerging markets. She currently leads J&J’s sustainability team focused on engaging internal and external stakeholders to advance the company’s commitment to environmental health and human rights. Previously, she led global brand management at FINCA International, where she drove brand and customer transformation efforts across 23 subsidiaries in Africa, Eurasia, the Middle East, South Asia, and Latin America. Sonali has spent several years as a brand strategy and sustainability consultant to a diverse group of CPG, health care, apparel and footwear, hospitality, and nprofit organizations. Sonali is passionate about the intersection of business, techlogy and invation to create sustainable and scalable social impact and advises many social startups. She has an MBA from NMIMS in Mumbai and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.
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JENNIFER CURLEY
Senior Director, Procurement Supplier Sustainability
Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in engineering and procurement roles at global healthcare companies. She currently leads J&J’s global supplier sustainability program and is responsible for developing & executing business strategies and solutions encompassing climate action, environmental standards, human rights and ESG compliance across our vast network of 45,000 suppliers. Previously, she served as the Global Category Leader, HR Services Procurement. In this role, Jen and her team built strong business partner relationships, refreshed the global contingent labor category strategy, implemented a learning & development aggregator, and significantly increased the Tier 1 supplier diversity spend in the HR Services category. Jen has been with Johnson & Johnson for 10 years in various Procurement roles and also held various positions of increasing responsibility at Merck & Co., Inc. in procurement and project engineering roles.
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PHILIP "PHIL" DAHLIN
Winner, CEF Leadership Program (2014)
Global Director, Sustainability
Phil leads J&J’s environmental health strategy and develops partnerships that aim to improve environmental quality and human outcomes, in support of J&J’s broader mission of improving global health. Phil also co-leads J&J’s Environmental Policy Council and oversees environmental research and emerging environmental science scanning. Throughout his career at J&J, Phil has worked in the areas of environmental science, environmental policy, end-to-end sustainability strategy development, corporate goal development and reporting, and due diligence and risk management. Phil joined J&J in 1999 and worked previously in the waste management sector, as well as serving an Environmental Science Officer in the US Army Civil Affairs Corps. Phil holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of California - Berkeley.
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SARAH CHANG
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Global Director of Environmental Sustainability, Medical Devices
Sarah works to translate the value of Johnson & Johnson’s extensive product stewardship and environmental sustainability successes to the company’s customers and stakeholders. Her focus has been on partnering with hospitals and working together towards common sustainability goals. In late 2019, she launched an Environmental Sustainability e-Learning Module for US Nurses that is worth 1 Continuing Education Unit available on Johnson & Johnson Institute. She continues to garner Johnson & Johnson enterprise assets and global initiatives to unlock further value for the company, reduce customers’ operational costs, and drive improved patient care. Sarah received a B.A. in Economics and International Relations and her M.S. in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.
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SARAH SWENSON
Climate Director
Serving as the Climate Director, Sarah has been recognized for developing and implementing global sustainability strategies and plans for manufacturers of global brands that successfully creates powerful partnerships across the supply chain to improve and drive positive impact on both business and nature. Sarah has over 12 years of experience working on three continents with multinational companies driving sustainability strategies, solutions and collaborations to deliver positive change. Sarah’s most recent positions include roles at Avery Dennison and Pou Chen leading global sustainability programs committed to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Science Based Targets Initiative towards creating a net zero carbon emissions future. Sarah earned her Bachelor Degree from the University of Minnesota in South Asian Studies and Social Science and her Masters of Science in Urban and Regional Planning with a focus on Environmental Planning from Virginia Tech.
Sustainability Goals
Outstanding Goals
- 60 million women and children will have received support and tools to enable a healthy future (85% of goal (50.9 million) achieved as of 2020)
2025 Goals
- 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable via design, partnerships, and investments
- Source 100% of electricity needs from renewables
2028 Goals
- 80% of suppliers by emissions covering purchased goods and services and upstream transportation and distribution will have science-based targets
2030 Goals
- Achieve carbon neutrality
- Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 44% compared to 2021 base year
- Reduce absolute upstream scope 3 emissions by 20% compared to 2016 levels
2045 Goals
- Reach net zero emissions across the value chain
2050 Goals
- Reduce absolute carbon emissions 80%
- Aspire to power all facilities with renewable energy
Past Goals Achieved
- Reduce absolute carbon emissions 20% (achieved 45% reduction globally by 2019)
- Produce/procure 35% of electricity from renewable sources (achieved 54% of electricity from renewable sources by early 2020)
- Conduct a comprehensive water risk assessment at 100% of manufacturing/R&D locations and implement resource protection plans at the high-risk sites (all plans completed and/or budgeted by 2021)
- Achieve EARTHWARDS recognition for new and existing products representing 20% of company revenue (achieved by 25% of the products in 2019)
- Increase the recyclability of our consumer product packaging to 90+% (on a weight basis) via design and partnerships in five key markets where mature recycling infrastructure exists (goal met in 2020)
- Activate signature partnerships/initiatives for five of our largest consumer brands to promote the health and well-being of people in need around the world (goal met in 2020)
- 650,000 health workers will have received training to better deliver quality health care (902,000 health care providers received training, 139% of original goal by 2020)
- 50 million people will have had access to safe, essential, and timely surgical care (achieved 74.9 million people, 150% of original goal in 2020)
- 175 million individuals will have benefited from J&J solutions that prevent, control and eliminate global diseases (goal met in 2018)
- 60 million citizens living across 30 cities will have benefited from
climate and air quality actions that have the potential to positively
impact public health (achieved 74 million citizens by 2020)
Latest Sustainability Reporting
Highlights
- Secured 100% renewable electricity for operations in Brazil starting in 2023.
- Supported 1.3 million nurses, midwives, and community health workers with skills, tools and growth through the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation.
- Has spent $52 million on programs focused on closing the racial health disparity gap through investments in community health centers, community health workers, health literacy education and community engagement.
- In 2022, achieved $3 billion procurement spend with Tier 1 diverse suppliers globally for the first time.
- Achieved 36% ethnic/racial diversity in management positions within the U.S., achieving its 2025 goal.
- In 2022, achieved gender parity in 50% of its regions, and 41% of the company’s vice presidents globally are women.
- Listed on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for the 20th consecutive year and received recognition as a Forbes’ Best Employer for Diversity in 2022.
- Fifth consecutive year as “Trendsetter” in the CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability
Recent News
2023
International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety (ICCS) — Launched by more than 35 cosmetics manufacturers and suppliers, industry associations and animal protection organizations, ICCS will support animal-free cosmetics and personal care product and ingredient innovation by funding rigorous, scientific evaluation of new animal-free safety assessment approaches. It will share the results of these evaluation activities with cosmetic and chemical regulators and fund education and training activities to help build confidence in animal-free safety assessment approaches. CEF members include BASF, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever. (Feb 2023)
2022
EcoBeautyScore Consortium — 36 cosmetics and personal care companies, and business associations joined the collaboration “to develop an industry-wide environmental impact assessment and scoring system for cosmetics products.” They are inviting other companies to join the effort, with a prototype targeted for year-end 2022. New signatories include Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (of CEF member Johnson & Johnson) and Procter & Gamble. (March 2022)
2021
The Energize program — 10 global pharmaceutical companies, including CEF member Johnson & Johnson, created a new, first-of-its-kind program to pre-competitively engage suppliers in decarbonizing the pharmaceutical value chain. The program, to be designed and delivered by CEF member Schneider Electric, will help suppliers “address their own operational Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions through green power procurement, which in turn will reduce the participating companies’ Scope 3 emissions.” (Dec 2021)
Signed a PPA with Ørsted to construct a new solar installation in Texas. The installation will allow J&J to source the equivalent of 100% of its electricity in the U.S. and Canada from solar and wind power by 2023. (Dec 2021)
The Department of Energy (DOE) released a
progress update on its
Better Plants program,
which aims to decarbonize the industrial sector. Over 250
manufacturers and water utilities
have participated in the program and
cumulatively saved $9.3 billion in energy costs and over 1.9 quadrillion BTUs of energy—more energy than Wisconsin uses annually. Program partners include CEF members
3M, Dow, Ford, General Electric, General Motors, International Paper, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble,
and Schneider Electric.
(Oct 2021)
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The Recycling Partnership
will open for public comment its “Pathway to Circularity Recyclability Framework” from August 19 to September 17,
“a first of its kind opportunity for the entire recycling value chain and other stakeholders to shape the future of recyclability.”
Developed in collaboration with 35 influential companies—including CEF members
Waste Management, Johnson & Johnson, and
PepsiCo—the Framework defines 5 criteria for transforming packaging recyclability. (Aug 2021)
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RE100
— The RE100 companies, which are committed to 100% renewable electricity, now have an electricity demand greater than that of the U.K. or Italy and are on track to save CO2 emissions equal to burning over 118 million tons of coal per year. RE100 members include
CEF Members:
3M, Apple, Bank of America, Bloomberg, Dell Technologies, Ecolab, Facebook, General Motors, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc., Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mastercard, McKinsey & Co., Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens AG, TD Bank Group, Trane Technologies, Unilever,
and Visa.
(July 2021)
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Committed to sourcing 100% of electricity from renewables by 2025 and lowering Scope 3 emissions 20% (2016 baseline) to deliver almost 2.5 times the footprint reduction than its operations. (June 2021)
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Hundreds of executives, nonprofits, and companies—including Amazon, Apple, Bank of America, BlackRock, Cisco, Dell Technologies, Facebook, Ford, General Motors, Google, JetBlue, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, and McKinsey & Co.—signed a public statement opposing “any discriminatory legislation.” The statement, titled “We Stand for Democracy,” was featured in advertisements in the New York Times and The Washington Post. (April 2021)
More than 300 businesses representing over $3 trillion in annual revenue and employing nearly 6 million US workers signed an open letter calling upon President Biden to adopt a GHG emissions reduction target of at least 50% by 2030 (2005 baseline). Organized by the We Mean Business coalition and Ceres, signatories of the letter included: Apple, Dell Technologies, Facebook, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Siemens, Trane Technologies, Unilever, and VF Corporation. (April 2021)
The Renewable Energy Buyers Association (REBA) issued a statement signed by 36 companies — including Amazon, Clorox, Facebook, GM, Google, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald’s, Microsoft, PepsiCo, and Unilever — proposing federal policy priorities to help accelerate the adoption of a customer-centric clean energy transition. Priorities include: 1) expanding and enhancing wholesale energy markets; 2) harmonizing clean-energy procurement and standards; 3) supporting the innovation and commercialization of energy R&D. (January 2021)
The World Economic Forum
launched Partnering for Racial Justice in Business Initiative, a new coalition to build more equitable and just workplaces. Three steps required to join the initiative include: 1)
Racial and ethnic equity must be placed
on the board’s agenda; 2) Companies must
make at least one commitment towards racial and ethnic justice in their organizations; 3) Companies must put a
long-term strategy in place towards
becoming an anti-racist organization. Founding members include
Bank of America, BlackRock, Bloomberg, Cisco Systems, Facebook, Google, HP, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Mastercard, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Unilever,
and UPS.
(January 2021)
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2020
Johnson & Johnson announced $100 million in commitments and collaborations over the next five years to invest in and promote health equity solutions for Black people and other communities of color in the United States. (November 2020)
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health
announced plans to invest $800 million through 2030 to “improve the health of people and the planet.”
As part of the initiative, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health brands will aim to provide full transparency on all of the ingredients used in their products, use 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable plastic packaging
and certified/post-consumer recycled paper- and pulp-based packaging, and address complex preventable health issues
through internal and external collaborations. (September 2020)
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J&J announced that through its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies (Janssen) it has accelerated the initiation of the Phase 1/2a first-in-human clinical trial of its investigational SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Initially scheduled to begin in September, the trial is now expected to commence in the second half of July. (June 2020)
J&J's CEO Alex Gorsky joined others on the Board of Directors of the Business Roundtable to create a special committee to advance racial equity and justice solutions. (June 2020)
A group of international organizations — including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Johnson & Johnson — launched the Pandemic Action Network to “advocate for policy changes and increased support and resources to ensure countries are better prepared to prevent, detect and respond to pandemic threats.” (May 2020)
A group of 40 global organizations and charities — including Johnson & Johnson, Salesforce.org, and the World Economic Forum — have joined the COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs, an initiative to collectively support more than 15,000 social entrepreneurs who help vulnerable populations across 190 countries. (May 2020)
Johnson & Johnson announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate and expects to initiate human clinical studies by September 2020 at the latest. The company also partnered with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to provide more than $1 billion to co-fund vaccine research, development, and clinical testing. (April 2020)
Included on CDP “A List” for demonstrating leadership on water security in 2019. (Feb 2020)
Included on CDP “Climate Change A List,” which recognizes companies for demonstrating leadership on climate risk management in 2019. (Jan 2020)
2019
Winner of EPA 2019 ENERGY STAR Awards, which recognize organizations for developing energy efficient products and services that help customers save money and energy. (April 2019)
Recognized among 120 companies (out of over 5,500 companies analyzed) on CDP’s Supplier Engagement leaderboard (Global Supply Chain Report 2019) for leading-edge work with suppliers to reduce emissions and lower environmental risks in the supply chain. (Feb 2019)