Johnson Controls Sets Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Goal

Johnson Controls this week announced a pledged to reduce its total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity per dollar of revenue by 30 percent from 2002 to 2012. The company has committed to the reduction goal as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Climate Leaders program, which Johnson Controls joined in 2003.

MILWAUKEE — Johnson Controls this week announced a pledged to reduce its total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity per dollar of revenue by 30 percent from 2002 to 2012. The company has committed to the reduction goal as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Climate Leaders program, which Johnson Controls joined in 2003.

Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate change strategies. Partner companies commit to reducing their impact on the global environment by completing a corporate-wide inventory of their greenhouse gas emissions based on a quality management system, setting aggressive reduction goals and annually reporting their progress to the EPA. Through program participation, companies create credible records of their accomplishments and receive EPA recognition as corporate environmental leaders.

Johnson Controls plans to achieve this reduction goal through a comprehensive action plan that institutes energy efficiency solutions in the company’s U.S. plants and facilities, processes and fleet. Through the EPA audit process, Johnson Controls has verified that it has already made good progress towards achieving this aggressive GHG reduction goal by 2012.

The company is active in other environmental stewardship programs in addition to the Climate Leaders program. These include the Clinton Climate Initiative, the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, the U.S. Green Building Council, the Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments, the Alliance to Save Energy, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, the Supplier Partnership for the Environment, Energy Smart Schools, the Academy of Energy Education, Energy Star, the Energy Efficiency Forum and the Igniting Creative Energy Challenge.

For more information about Johnson Controls sustainability commitment, visit: http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/publish/us/en/sustainability.html.

For more information about Climate Leaders, visit: http://www.epa.gov/climateleaders.