CSR Press Release

RACINE, Wis. - SC Johnson announced today it has entered into a voluntary partnership with The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the agency's Design for the Environment (DfE) Program.

SC Johnson is the first major consumer packaged goods company to partner with EPA on the program that promotes innovative chemical products, technologies and practices that benefit human health and the environment.

The wide-ranging partnership recognizes SC Johnson's long-standing commitment to formulate its products with more environmentally preferred ingredients. It also makes provisions for the company to further work with EPA chemists, environmental scientists and risk reduction staff in investigating materials that can further improve the health and environmental profiles of the company's products.

The partnership also designates two SC Johnson products -- Scrubbing Bubbles® Trigger Bathroom Cleaner and Shower Shine® Daily Shower Cleaner by Scrubbing Bubbles® -- as "partnership products," acknowledging that each exemplify the company's approach and commitment to offering products to consumers that have a more positive health and environmental profile than those typically found in many conventional cleaning products. Accordingly, packaging for these products will be able to display the Design for the Environment logo and the words, "Formulated in Partnership with the Design for the Environment Program."

SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson stated his enthusiasm for the partnership. "We are delighted to continue to partner with the EPA. Design for the Environment supports SC Johnson's commitment to put the environment and human health at the center of product development and formulation. Companies can and should continue to look closely at making investments that are about doing what's right for the business and the environment."

The DfE Program is one of EPA's premier partnership programs, working with individual companies and industry sectors to compare and improve the performance and human health and environmental risks and costs of existing and alternative products, processes and practices. DfE partnership projects promote continuous improvement, integrating more environmentally responsible solutions into everyday business practices.

The Memorandum of Understanding, as signed by Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics for the EPA Charlie Auer, states, "SCJ and DfE are aligned in their ways of assessing and evaluating the potential health and environmental effects of consumer cleaning products, SCJ through its Greenlist^TM process and DfE through its comparative ingredient assessments."

SC Johnson's innovative Greenlist^TM process ensures that the company's products contain materials that are the best available for the environment and consumers without compromising performance, aesthetics, or cost to consumers. The process goes beyond the normal risk assessments and regulatory requirements to evaluate each raw material in every SC Johnson product.

Led by the Johnson family for five generations, SC Johnson has held steadfast to its environmental commitment and spirit of innovation. From being a pioneer in the introduction of water-based aerosols in 1955 to its leadership as the first company to remove chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from all aerosol products three years ahead of the 1978 U.S. mandate SC Johnson continues to look for innovative ways to safeguard our shared environment. Recently, the company completed a gas-powered turbine co-generation project to deliver 6.4 megawatts of electricity and nearly 40,000 pounds per hour of plant steam to its Waxdale manufacturing facility in Racine, Wisconsin. As a result, SC Johnson is significantly reducing its usage of heavily-coal dependent electricity along with emissions of carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases and other pollutants. More information on SC Johnson's history of environmental responsibility can be found in the company's public report at www.scjohnson.com

SC Johnson is a family-owned and -managed business 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, personal care and insect control. It markets such well-known brands as EDGE®, GLADE®, OFF!®, PLEDGE®, RAID®, SCRUBBING BUBBLES®, SHOUT®, WINDEX® and ZIPLOC® in the U.S. and beyond, with brands marketed outside the U.S. including AUTAN®, BAYGON®, BRISE®, ECHO®, KABIKILLER®, KLEAR®, and MR. MUSCLE®. The 119-year old company, with more than $6.5 billion in sales, employs approximately 12,000 people globally and sells products in more than 110 countries. www.scjohnson.com

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