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Ethicon Sustainability

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Vincent Mignone Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson Company Senior Environmental Engineer

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Today’s Presentation Objectives

Overview: Ethicon-Somerville

J&J Sustainability- Where We Need To Go

Internal Positioning- GREEN Matters

‘Key’ Somerville-based initiatives

including River-Friendly Business Certification

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Ethicon-Somerville

Who, What, Where……….

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Ethicon-Somerville, NJ

The company was founded in 1921 as Johnson Suture Corp. Johnson Suture was renamed Ethicon in 1949

April 1956 Somerville Site completed and manufacturing of sutures begun.

• Over the next five decades the site has been transformed from Manufacturing, R&D and Administrative to World Headquarters for Ethicon franchises, R&D and a small Manufacturing component.

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Somerville Site Growth

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Somerville Today

Size: 700,000 ft2 / 84 Acres / 1,200 Associates

– Sales and Marketing

– Research & Development

– Quality Assurance

– Manufacturing: Supplier of Wire and Micro Needles

– Site/Facilities Engineering

– Procurement

– Sales Training

– Human Resources

– Information Management

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J&J Sustainability: Where We Need To Go

Foundational, Incremental and Transformational

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“ Whereas in the future we will be

asking our partners to potentially do

big things; the foundation for these big

changes may be found in the little

things we do everyday.”

Michael Chung, Ethicon EHS

Manager

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Better

Summary

– Less Material (exclusive of packaging)

– Less Packaging

– Increase Transport Space Utilization

– Better than the competition

Confidential 10

Old packaging New packaging

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Better

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Old packaging: 39 g New packaging: 16.6 g

57% reduction in the packaging

Transportation space utilization

increased by 62%

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Better

Confidential 12

Before IFU weight 33.4 g

After IFU weight 15 g

42 % reduction for the IFU, therefore reducing

material weight

Drivers •Irrelevant product information removed •Change in paper thickness •Re-formatted

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Best

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Surgicel packaging compared to major European competitors

Equimedical: 33g Gelitacel:31g

50% less packaging than competitors

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Internal Positioning

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What is the Green Matters Initiative?

Green Matters is a collection of Somerville environmental stewardship programs with the goal of creating and promoting a greener workplace.

The Green Matters logo is the Environmental Health and Safety Group’s

way to promote the recognition of our environmental stewardship efforts.

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Green Matters Programs Include

•Flavia Fresh Pack Recycling •Writing Brigades Recycling •Battery Brigade Recycling •Blue Bird Box Program •Café Styrofoam Elimination •Screech Owl Box Program •River Friendly Business Certification •Community Outreach Days •Desk Drop Elimination •Rain Barrel Lunch & Learn •Waterless Urinals

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‘Key’ Somerville-Based Initiatives

Small changes that result in BIGGER ones!

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Garment Recovery Systems (2009)

For each pound received, a payment of $0.25 will be donated to Operation Project Smile!

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Styrofoam Replacement

Significant employee hot button even in the face of improved Styrofoam life cycles. Issue resonates with the employee base as a fundamentally better choice for the environment

*Additional cost incurred

Employee Hot Button (Styrofoam Replacement) (2010)

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Desk-Drop Elimination (2011)

Response to Feedback (elimination of desk drops)

“waste of paper, ink and goes against any

type of “environmental” mindset that we are

trying to advertise”

“1 page, glossy announcements are a waste

of paper”

“frustrating to see wasteful things like this

happening on our campus”

“the need for paper advertising should be

limited or even better, eliminated

“be more environmentally-responsible and switch

to electronic ways of distributing the news”

Unsolicited Employee Feedback

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Writing Instrument Brigade (2011)

http://www.terracycle.net/brigades/writing-

instruments-brigade.html?locale=en-US

Guy Brown has partnered with Sanford® Brands and eco-friendly innovator TerraCycle®, to create a second life for writing instruments.

For each writing instrument received, a payment of $0.02 will be donated to Operation Project Smile!

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Coffee Machine FLAVIA Packet Reuse (2011)

ARAMARK café services has partnered with eco-friendly innovator TerraCycle®, to create a second life for used coffee FLAVIA packets.

All used FLAVIA packets will be reused to create second life products!

Pencil Case Messenger Bag Backpack

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Steward Waterless Urinals by Kohler (2012)

• Piloted 3 waterless urinals in men’s restroom in O building basement.

• Will help reduce water use on campus.

• Each Urinal can save an estimated ~40,000 gallons per year.*

• Lower operating costs than traditional urinals.*

• Bimonthly cleaning using special cleaning solution provided by Kohler.

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List of things to do tomorrow…

café waste food recovery- composting

electronic shipping paperwork for employee UPS/FED EX shipments

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River-Friendly Business Certification

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The River-Friendly Business certification program is a voluntary, collaborative

partnership between the New Jersey Water Supply Authority (NJWSA) and businesses within the North and South Branch of the Raritan River and the Mainstem of the Raritan River Watershed.

The goal of the River-Friendly Business program is to improve water quality by modifying land management techniques. Benefits for participating businesses include:

– Public recognition of their achievements.

– Healthier landscaping.

– Lowered operating costs.

– The opportunity to be a leader in environmental stewardship.

What is River-Friendly Business Certification ?

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Rain Garden Installation (2009)

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Lunch & Learn: Harvesting the Rain (2010)

Please join Environmental, Health & Safety for a special lunch & learn workshop in conjunction w/ Rutgers University! Harvesting the Rain will focus on the important environmental attributes and construction of rain barrels. All barrels constructed during this workshop will be given to the participating employees for their own personal use!

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Lunch & Learn: Eastern Blue Birds (2011)

Please join Environmental, Health & Safety for a special lunch & learn workshop in conjunction w/ Upper Raritan Watershed Association! Eastern Blue Birds will focus on the important environmental attributes and construction of nesting boxes. All nesting boxes constructed during this workshop will be installed on campus by participating employees in the Spring of 2012!

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Earth Day: Eastern Blue Bird Box Installation (2012)

With guidance from the Raritan Headwaters Association (RHA), associates recently installed ten nest boxes in an open meadow on the campus. The group assembled the nest boxes a few months ago and then, to celebrate Earth Day last month, they spent one morning setting them up. Associates will monitor the nest boxes throughout the rest of the spring and the summer. Bluebirds will likely make nests in the boxes later this month, and they could have as many as three broods during summer. The efforts of associates will help ensure a promising future for the local population of bluebirds!

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Eastern Blue Bird Boxes Recognition (2012)

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Raritan Headwaters Association and Ethicon Volunteer Work Day (Fall 2012) Thursday, October 25, 2012 Fairview Farm Wildlife Preserve Bedminster, NJ 10:00AM-2:00PM Breakfast & Lunch provided by ETHICON

Fairview Farm Wildlife Preserve, is open to the public seven days a week for passive recreation. This day will involve transplanting trees and shrubs to the pond area and also clearing the pond entrance, join us for a fun outdoor day!!

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Screech Owl Boxes: Lunch & Learn/Installation (2013) Thursday, January 31, 2013 Room: CR CCR1 11:00AM-1:00PM During this Lunch & Learn we will learn about the Eastern Screech Owl and build the boxes which we will hang for the Screech Owls to nest in on the Ethicon campus. We will be helped by the wonderful colleges from Raritan Headwaters Association.

HONEYBEES The newest residents at Ethicon

Somerville are Honeybees!

"Honeybees rarely sting except by

accident or in defense of a beehive,

because use of its stinger is lethal to

a honeybee.“

Please observe the Apiary from

inside the bridge from F-wing to M-

wing, do not go out into courtyard.

Stay tuned for information on the

honeybees and Honeybee Lunch &

Learn and how you can buy some

Ethicon honey to bring home!

HONEYBEE- SAFETY

Honey bees fly at high level, above buildings not at people level. These

are not the bees who want your soda or food!

The only way the honeybee will bother a person is if you get in the way

of their flight path from their hive.

Bees don’t want to sting us, Bees’ first instinct is to fly away if they get

scared, much as we would run away from something that scares us.

Next they would buzz you if you get too close to them.

The female would sting you if they felt the threat was large enough. For

example if you disturb the hive.

These bees will not live anywhere else except their hive, so they will not

build nests elsewhere in the surrounding buildings on campus.

Any questions about the Honey Bees please

contact Leonora Persico in EHS.

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Rain Garden Installation (2009) Blue Bird Project (2012)

Life for Life

Trail Restoration (2012)

Detention Basin Restoration (2010)

Water Outfall Repairs (2011)

Salt Bin Storage Area Improvements

(2010)

Just a few of the ‘key’ initiatives

accomplished on the Ethicon Campus

to become a River- Friendly Certified

Business !

Rain Barrel Lunch & Learn (2010)

River Friendly Education & Outreach

(2010)

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Thank You!