Racine, WI
www.scjohnson.com

Sales: $11.0 billion

Key Personnel: H. Fisk Johnson, PhD, chairman and CEO; Carlos Buss, SVP-CIO; Steven Stanbrook, COO-international markets; Gary Akavickas, SVP and general counsel; Alan VanderMolen, chief communications officer; Ariel Giovannangelo, CFO and director, finance, southern cluster

Major Products: Air Care—Glade, All Joy, Oust. Home Care—All Joy, Bayclin, Bon Ami, Ceramicol, Duck, Drano, Echo, Fantastik, Freedom, Klaro, Lysoform, Mr Muscle, Pledge, Roma, Scrubbing Bubbles, Shout, Windex; Pest Control—Autan, Baygon, Chemotox, Fuyi, Off!, Pyrel, Raid, All Out, Polil. Shoe Care—Kiwi, Red Bird, Class, Salamander, Tana, Woly. Auto Care—Grand Prix, Kit, Carnu., Lifestyle—Babyganics, Caldrea, Ecover, Method, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day. Professional—SC Johnson Professional, Deb

New Products: Dissolve Concentrated Pods, Mosquito Forecast, Glade Coastal Sunshine Citrus

Comments: SC Johnson is the largest, privately-held company in The Top 50, with sales estimated at $11 billion, but that total includes food storage products. The company operates in more than 70 countries.

In April, SC Johnson launched Dissolve Concentrated Pods across its Windex, Scrubbing Bubbles and Fantastik brands in the US. The easy-to-use dissolvable liquid pods and reusable bottles reduce plastic waste by 94% v. 23oz or larger sprayer bottles, according to SCJ.

Other environmental efforts include:

• Increasing the amount of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic to 25% of product packaging by 2025. Today, 19% of SC Johnson’s plastic packaging is PCR, up from 14% in 2020.
• Continuing to remove excess plastics wherever possible. SC Johnson has eliminated more than 6.1 million kilograms of unnecessary or problematic plastic packaging since 2018.
• Making 100% of plastic packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable. Today, 65% of the company’s packaging is designed to be recyclable or reusable—that’s up from 62% in 2019.
• Continuing to work with industry and other organizations to support closed-loop recycling models and keep plastic out of landfills and the environment. The company notes its global partnership with Plastic Bank has prevented more than 20,000 metric tons of plastic from entering the ocean since 2019. The company incorporates this plastic into its Windex and Mr Muscle brands in North America and the UK, respectively.

SCJ has partnered with several professional sports franchises, such as Liverpool Football Club, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Milwaukee Brewers, to transform stadium plastic bottles and cups into SC Johnson product packaging by creating a closed-loop recycling infrastructure. Additionally, the company’s Ecover brand continues to test the refill station concept at major retailers throughout the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands.

In May, Chairman and CEO and Cornell Grad Fisk Johnson was inducted into the Cornell College of Business Hall of Fame. The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University.

Just in time for summer, SCJ expanded its Off! Lineup and rolled out an online tool to keep consumers up-to-date on where the bugs are biting. Off! Cast Mosquito Forecast is billed a first-of-its-kind model, developed in partnership with Google, that predicts local mosquito populations up to seven days in advance to get local mosquito forecasts as easily as the local weather.

New Off! Clean Feel Insect Repellent provides DEET-free protection from mosquitoes, ticks and biting flies—without a greasy feel or unpleasant odor. It contains 20% picaridin that protects for up to eight hours.

Off! Kids Spritz Repellent Spray is powered by plant-derived ingredients, featuring a plant-based formula to provide up to 90 minutes of protection against bites. It is DEET-free and contains no added fragrances or dyes. When used as directed, Kids Spray is safe to use on children six months old and up.