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BEYONDThe Data
Sustainability Through Our Stories
Conserving Biodiversity
To meet its biodiversity goal,
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical
Research & Development, LLC
(J&JPRD) in La Jolla, CA invited
the executive director of the
San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy to walk the
campus and advise J&JPRD on conserving
local and regional biodiversity. J&JPRD’s
La Jolla facility is situated on an urban mesa
above scrub-covered canyons that drain into
the Los Penasquitos Lagoon, a designated
California Natural Preserve.
Information collected during the walkthrough
will be used to protect indigenous
flora and to control or eradicate invasive
non-native plants — the basis of the site’s
new biodiversity action plan. Many native
Increasing Wetland Habitat
Johnson & Johnson Health
Care Systems Inc. (JJHCS) in
Piscataway, NJ has established
a ten-year partnership
with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service to increase biodiversity
and wetland habitat in the
region near their facility.
Over the ten-year term of
the agreement, JJHCS will
work on a number of land
restoration projects. During
2007, they led the restoration
of a pond and stream in
Piscataway, engaging employees,
a private biologist, students
and faculty from nearby
Rutgers University, and
community volunteers in the
effort. About 500 meters of
riparian, upland and wetland
habitat were restored. Invasive
species of plants along the
pond banks were removed
and replaced with native
vegetation that will help prevent
erosion. Similar projects
are planned for each of the
next nine years.
plant species were observed, but several
non-native plant species with invasive
characteristics that range from moderate to
extreme were also identified. A California
Gnatcatcher, a threatened bird species that
thrives only in coastal sage scrub, as well as
two rare species of native succulents, were
observed. The review included a discussion
about the site’s ornamental landscaping,
and the possibility of introducing some
native plants that are more drought and
heat tolerant in order to reduce water use.
Annual biodiversity progress assessments
are planned and employees will receive status
reports. The public will also hear about
progress through the site’s annual sustainability
transparency report on www.jnj.com.
CONSERVING
WATER
RESOURCES
Our affiliate Centocor, Inc.,
in Malvern, PA is taking
waste condensate water
from their building air
conditioner and returning
it for use in their cooling
towers. In the first 18
months of this change,
Centocor recycled over
2.8 million gallons of water,
thereby reducing their
fresh water usage by
the same amount.
Preventing
Childhood
Injuries
Founded in 1987 with support
from Johnson & Johnson,
Safe Kids Worldwide ® is
dedicated to preventing
unintentional childhood injury
by implementing safety
programs and hands-on
training throughout the world.
In addition to education
programs, Safe Kids also
facilitates engineering
modifications and works to
enact and enforce safety
laws and regulations. In 2007,
the organization marked its
20th year with the theme,
“Make it a Safe Kids Summer.”
Recent research, underwritten
by Johnson & Johnson,
concluded that summer
represents the highest injury
risk season each year. With support
from Johnson & Johnson,
a pool and spa safety bill
was also introduced in the
U.S. Congress. Safe Kids has
helped produce some dramatic
results. Since its inception,
the U.S. childhood death rate
has declined by 45 percent.
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