- Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions reduced 43.8% and Scope 3
emissions reduced 27.1% since 2017
- Invested 90% of new product research and development in
climate-related innovation
- Reports highest number of employee volunteer hours since
2017
- Emissions avoided by customers though OpenBlue
solutions have quadrupled since 2020
- Performance contracting delivering vast carbon savings and
billions in operational savings for our customers
CORK,
Ireland, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson
Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy, and
sustainable buildings, today released its 2024 Sustainability
Report, marking significant progress and unwavering focus on
decarbonizing the built environment. Notably, the company reduced
absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 43.8% since 2017, putting it
ahead of schedule in achieving its 2030 science-based target of a
55% reduction. The company also reported a 27.1% reduction in Scope
3 emissions derived from the use of its products, exceeding its
2030 science-based target of achieving 16% reduction in use of sold
products by 2030.
"At Johnson Controls, our focus on sustainability is a force
multiplier accelerating our strategy, cutting our operating costs,
and helping us attract and retain the best and brightest talent in
the industry," said George Oliver,
chairman and CEO. "Putting our operating technology and OpenBlue
digital platform to work achieving our own ambitious
decarbonization goals enables us to be a trusted partner to our
customers, accelerating their climate progress and success. I am
proud of the progress we have made and am excited by the many
initiatives we have underway that make the promise of sustainable
buildings a reality."
Buildings are responsible for nearly 40% of global carbon
emissions and buildings represent some of the fastest—if not the
fastest—paths to meeting global climate targets. Throughout the
report, Johnson Controls highlights key innovations and initiatives
that deliver energy efficiency and decarbonization in buildings.
This includes the solutions and services that form the smart
building trifecta: energy-efficient equipment, clean
electrification and digitalization.
These solutions are making a difference in buildings like
Children's of Alabama medical
center, where OpenBlue and heat pump technologies are delivering
$450,000 in annual savings and
reducing the use of natural gas by 69%. In Norway, OpenBlue is helping create the largest
net energy-positive building in the northern hemisphere. In
Dubai Silicon Oasis,
Johnson Controls chillers and AI-driven solutions are
reducing carbon by 30% and delivering guaranteed energy savings of
4.2 million kWh per year. In 2023, OpenBlue Enterprise Manager and
OpenBlue Central Utility Plant helped our customers avoid an
estimated 70,000 metric tons CO2e, more than four times the avoided
emissions of 2020.
"We have very purposefully created a company that is uniquely
qualified to meet the needs of customers at every level—creating
the products, installing and servicing them, investing in advanced
technologies like AI, and creating the financing structure to
support net zero journeys end-to-end," said Katie McGinty, vice president and chief
sustainability and external relations officer at Johnson Controls.
"The numbers show we are having tremendous impact in cutting
energy, emissions, and cost in our own operations and for our
customers. We are moving the needle on net zero buildings fast and
we realize every day that decarbonizing buildings is a winner for
the climate and for smart, cutting-edge organizations that are
determined to best in class."
Against the backdrop of the hottest year on record, Johnson
Controls remains committed to innovation, investing 90% of new
product R&D into climate-related technologies. The company is
also addressing hard-to-abate steel production and embodied carbon
with more than 80% of steel purchases in the United States and 50% globally produced
from recycled scrap materials using low-carbon, electric arc
furnace steel-making technology.
Johnson Controls is also helping customers overcome financing
challenges with innovative structures like "Net Zero Buildings as a
Service," which establishes outcome-based, net zero financing. It
redefines risk by guaranteeing energy savings and paying project
costs out of the savings. The company also offers
performance-contracting projects, with guaranteed energy and
operational savings realized over time. Since January 2000, Johnson Controls
performance-contracting projects have helped partners and customers
avoid over 39 million metric tons of emissions and they are set to
save partners over $8.4 billion in
energy and operational costs over their project terms.
At NRG Park in Harris County,
Texas, a 20-year energy savings performance contract is
expected to generate more than $54
million in savings that will fund the entire cost of the
complex-wide upgrades, while also providing surplus savings that
will be reinvested back into the Harris
County community. The project spans much of the complex,
including upgrades to HVAC equipment, building automation systems,
water conservation, life safety systems and lighting, as well as
high-efficiency chiller upgrades and the integration of Johnson
Controls OpenBlue Central Utility Plant.
Johnson Controls attributes its global sustainability leadership
to its global workforce. In 2023, Johnson Controls employees
volunteered over 61,000 hours, the most volunteer hours recorded in
one year since 2017, with more than 82% of the volunteer hours
supporting one or more of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals. The company is also investing in the rising
generation of diverse, sustainable leaders through a wide range of
scholarship, training, and community engagement programs.
Recent Johnson Controls Recognition:
- CDP 2023 Climate Change 'A List'
- 2024 EcoVadis Gold, top 5% percent of companies
assessed
- ISS ESG Prime Status, awarded to companies with an ESG
performance above the sector-specific Prime threshold.
- Ethisphere 2024 World's Most Ethical Companies list for
the 17th time
- Named to the Clean200 every year since its inception
in 2016
- 2023 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations by Corporate
Knights
- Newsweek America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity
- Forbes Best Employers for Diversity list
- Newsweek Excellence 1000 Index
- Fortune 2023 Change the World list
- TIME World's Best Companies list
- Received HRH The Prince of Wales' Terra Carta Seal
To read the full 2024 Sustainability Report, please visit:
johnsoncontrols.com/2024Sustainability.
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About Johnson Controls:
At Johnson Controls
(NYSE:JCI), we transform the environments where people live, work,
learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and
sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance
of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
Building on a proud history of nearly 140 years of innovation,
we deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as
healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums,
manufacturing and beyond through OpenBlue, our comprehensive
digital offering.
Today, with a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150
countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of
building technology and software as well as service solutions from
some of the most trusted names in the industry.
Visit www.johnsoncontrols.com for more and follow @Johnson
Controls on social platforms.
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