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Johnson Controls, the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has been awarded the Terra Carta Seal.
The inaugural 2021 Terra Carta Seal recognises global companies which are driving innovation and demonstrating their commitment to, and momentum towards, the creation of genuinely sustainable markets. It is being awarded to companies whose ambitions are aligned with those of the Terra Carta, a recovery plan for Nature, People and Planet, launched in January 2021.
The recognition reinforces Johnson Controls leadership and commitment to sustainability, with a goal to reach net zero by 2040. The company has been lowering the global carbon footprint of its customers, supply chain, as well as its own operations through the use of technologies such as OpenBlue, which is playing a key role in decarbonising buildings. Since 2002 Johnson Controls has reduced its emissions intensity by more than 70 percent. The company also has helped its customers save more than 30.6 million tons of CO2 globally and $6.6 billion through guaranteed operational and energy savings. Johnson Controls was one of the first companies to become a UN Global Compact signatory.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, said: "The Terra Carta Seal recognises those organisations which have made a serious commitment to a future that is much more sustainable, and puts Nature, People and the Planet at the heart of the economy. We all need to make changes if we are to preserve the planet for our children and grandchildren and these businesses have pledged to make it easier for us all to do so."
The Terra Carta Seal acknowledges that each industry faces unique challenges in its transition to a sustainable future and they are all at different stages of their journey. Here, all industries and all companies must be supported as they take steps in a more positive direction. At the same time, an accelerated pace is required if we are to achieve a 1.5-degree target, restore biodiversity and benefit the lives and livelihoods of current and future generations.
The Terra Carta Seal has been awarded to companies who hold a leadership position within their industry and who have credible transition roadmaps underpinned by globally recognised, scientific metrics for achieving net zero by 2050 or earlier.
"It is both an honour and a privilege to receive this recognition from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales for our decades-long commitment to sustainability," said George Oliver, Johnson Controls chairman and CEO. "As the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report shows, we need to move fast to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The Terra Carta Seal is a clear indication that businesses need to work together to raise our collective efforts to create a sustainable future for all of us. Decarbonisation of buildings is part of the solution, and Johnson Controls is ready to lead the charge with technologies that already exist today that are capable of putting us, and our customers, solidly on the path to net zero."
