When we choose suppliers, sustainability is as important as cost, quality and delivery
Sustainability is weighted at 21% of preferred suppliers' global scorecards, making sustainability equal to cost, quality and delivery.
Include sustainability in purchasing decisions
Our suppliers play a key role in accelerating our delivery of net zero buildings.
Through the Johnson Controls Supplier Sustainability Program, our suppliers are assessed across environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
53% of our procurement spend, over 2,200 suppliers,
has undergone third party independent sustainability performance assessments.
Sustainable packaging design
At Johnson Controls, we aspire to sustainably package our products without compromising on quality.
To this end, we're committed to increasing the recycled content in all of our paper based packaging used, while also reducing our overall packaging material use, including the elimination of single use plastics in the manufacturing and shipping of our products.
How we achieve our sustainable packaging objectives:
Remove
Eliminate or reduce non-essential packaging materials and components
Replace
Replace unsustainable packaging with more sustainable alternatives
Recycle
Prioritize packaging material that is biodegradable or recyclable by our end users
Reuse
Implement returnable packaging solutions or repurpose single use packaging
Reclaim
Source packaging materials that contain reclaimed, recycled or reused content
Below are three examples that demonstrate our commitment to reducing our overall packaging material use, while eliminating the use of single use plastics.
Design for recyclability
We replaced the single use expanded polystyrene (EPS) plastic insert used to cushion our product with a more sustainable, paper based honeycomb insert, eliminating 18,186 pounds of single use plastic annually.
Use reusable materials
We implemented returnable containers, replacing the single-use wood crates used to ship products between our factories. This project reduced the number of trailers used to ship products by an estimated 400 trailers per year, leading to a 30MT reduction in CO2 emissions, while eliminating an estimated 41,000 pounds of wood material from landfill disposal.
Reduce waste
We reduced the amount of single-use plastic needed to stretch-wrap and ship products to our customers by optimizing the stretch film material and wrap pattern. This project reduced the amount of single use plastic used annually by an estimated 55%, or 14,163 pounds.
