Lead in supplier sustainability

Our suppliers play a key role in accelerating our delivery of decarbonization and energy efficiency.

Through the Johnson Controls Supplier Sustainability Program, our suppliers are assessed across environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.

We reinvented our supplier scorecard and today, we weigh sustainability equally with cost, quality and delivery.

If you want to be a preferred supplier to Johnson Controls, you must demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainability.

71% of our enterprise spend, accounting for over 1,400 suppliers, is rigorously reviewed by EcoVadis.

Our target is to have third-party assessments of 75% of our supplier spend by the end of 2026 and 80% by the end of 2028.

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.

Learn more in our 2025 Sustainability Report

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