SC Johnson Makes Significant Progress Toward 2025 Targets in Tackling Plastic Pollution, Update Revealed in Global Commitment Report from Ellen MacArthur Foundation

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RACINE, Wis., Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

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    SC Johnson, one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning

and other consumer and professional products, is making significant progress

toward its 2025 targets to tackle plastic pollution. The company's work to

create a more sustainable world is highlighted today in the publication of

Ellen MacArthur Foundation's second annual report on the New Plastics Economy

Global Commitment, a set of targets uniting more than 450 businesses,

governments and other organizations to address plastic waste and pollution.

   "SC Johnson teams are continuing to create products and packaging that give

consumers more sustainable options," said Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO of SC

Johnson. "We all have a responsibility to address this critical environmental

issue, but equally none of us can solve this challenge alone. It will take a

unified effort from business, government and civil society to create a circular

plastic economy."

    Today's report shows that although progress had been made in some areas

between 2018 and 2019, more needs to be done, and at greater speed, in order to

achieve the 2025 targets.

    The report findings and plastic waste challenge will be discussed at 2 p.m.

GMT this afternoon in a panel event hosted by Financial Times

Live[https://circulareconomy.live.ft.com/home], with participation from the

Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the UN Environment Programme, SC Johnson, Danone

and Federated Hermes.

SC Johnson Progress in Tackling Plastic Waste Crisis

    In association with the Global Commitment, SC Johnson is pursuing a series

of goals to accelerate its progress to tackle plastic waste, including:

    -Triple the amount of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic content in

packaging by 2025,

     including Mr Muscle and several other product lines. Today 14% of SC

Johnson's packaging

     is PCR, up from 6% last year.

    -Continue to remove excess plastics wherever possible. SC Johnson has

eliminated 2,575

     metric tons of unnecessary or problematic plastic packaging since 2018,

including 875

     metric tons since last year.

    -Make 100% of its plastic packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by

2025.

     Currently, more than 62% of SC Johnson products are designed for this, and

the company

     is expanding concentrated refill options and refill trials with Ecover

through Waitrose

     and Sainsbury supermarkets.

    -Continue to work with industry and other organizations to support circular

plastic

     economy models and keep plastic out of landfills and the environment. SC

Johnson's

     global partnership with Plastic Bank has collected more than 5,000 metric

tons of

     plastic, which is being incorporated into product packaging as an

alternative to virgin

     plastic. SC Johnson is also a Global Partner to the Ellen MacArthur

Foundation to help

     advance a circular economy, together with other companies such as Intesa

Sanpaolo,

     Danone, Google, H&M, Nike, Phillips, Renault, Solvay and Unilever.

    For more information on SC Johnson's commitment to addressing plastic

pollution and to learn how the company is helping to support a more circular

plastic economy, visit www.scjohnson.com/plastic[

https://www.scjohnson.com/en/Our%20Purpose/Environmental%20Responsibility%20News/Ocean%20Plastic].

    To read the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment report, visit

https://www.newplasticseconomy.org/.

    About SC Johnson

    SC Johnson is a family company dedicated to innovative, high-quality

products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the

environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the

company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning

products and products for home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care,

as well as professional products. It markets such well-known brands as

GLADE(R), KIWI(R), OFF!(R), PLEDGE(R), RAID(R), SCRUBBING BUBBLES(R), SHOUT(R),

WINDEX(R) and ZIPLOC(R) in the U.S. and beyond, with brands marketed outside

the U.S. including AUTAN(R), BAYGON(R), BRISE(R), KABIKILLER(R), KLEAR(R), MR

MUSCLE(R) and RIDSECT(R). The 134-year-old company, which generates $10 billion

in sales, employs approximately 13,000 people globally and sells products in

virtually every country around the world. www.scjohnson.com

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    Caption: SC Johnson

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    Caption: Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson, sees firsthand the

risks of plastic in the water and its impact on marine life.

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    Caption: SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson investigating firsthand

the effects of plastic pollution.

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    Caption:SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson (left) on stage with

Roberto Ampuero Espinoza, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile (centre) and Dame

Ellen MacArthur (right) after signing the New Plastics Economy Global

Commitment at the 2018 Our Ocean Conference in Bali, Indonesia. (Graham

Crouch/AP Photography for SC Johnson)

    Source:  SC Johnson