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Health workers take a break from conducting one-on-one patient meetings in India. Credit: StopTB Partnership. (photo)
J&J colleagues having fun at the 2023 J&J Day at our corporate headquarters in New Brunswick

2023 year
in brief

Joaquin Duato, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer & Marillyn Hewson, Lead Director (photo)

While Johnson & Johnson evolves to address the most pressing needs of patients, our purpose remains the same. For more than 80 years, Our Credo has reminded us of our responsibilities to the people we serve: patients, doctors and nurses, employees, communities and investors.

Joaquin Duato Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Marillyn Hewson Lead Director
Championing global health equity
~ 1  million

healthcare workers reached, bringing our total to ~2.3 million in the last 3 years

> 200  million

doses of VERMOX (mebendazole) delivered, treating up to 100 million children and women of reproductive age for soil­-transmitted helminths

J&J Nursing Training (photo)
40,000

operating room and hospital staff trained in resource-limited settings

Empowering our employees
J&J people experiences with the Global Learning Day (photo)
Global Learning Day

First dedicated Global Learning Day for all employees – amounting to more than 196,000 training hours in 220,000 different J&J Learn sessions on the day and throughout October combined

94 %

of employees responded to Our Credo Survey, with 85% reporting management provides an inclusive work environment

30,000 +

employee volunteer hours with our community partners through our signature Talent for Good programs

Advancing environmental health
87 %

of Johnson & Johnson’s global electricity needs come from renewable sources, including 100% for our operations in Europe, the U.S. and Canada

23 %

reduction of our absolute Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions since 2021

Advancing environmental health - Landscape with wind mills (photo)
11

countries have hospitals partnering with Johnson & Johnson on our recycling program for single-use medical devices

Leading with accountability & innovation
$ 15.1  billion

invested in research & development across Innovative Medicine and MedTech

$ 4.9  billion

total spend with small and diverse suppliers

MedTech facility (photo)
Enhanced governance

Enhanced our Code of Business Conduct and Enterprise Risk Management Framework and related governance, reflecting our commitment to compliance and responsible operations

For full details of our performance and notes on all data points, see our ESG Performance Data and Indices.

Recognitions

Ranked #1 in the Pharmaceutical Category on the Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies list for the 10th year in a row

Ranked as a Top 50 All-Star on the Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies list for the 21st consecutive year

Ranked #13 on Wall Street Journal’s Best-Managed Companies of 2023

Ranked #14 on the Drucker Institute Top 250 Best-Managed Companies of 2023

Claimed the 20th spot on the Time World’s Best Companies of 2023 list

Ranked #4 on the Gartner annual ranking of Top 25 Company Supply Chains for 2023

Fifth consecutive year on the Forbes Best Employers for Diversity list in 2023

Sixth consecutive year with Trendsetter status on the CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability

Sixth consecutive year receiving a CDP A or A- score for leadership in environmental transparency and climate change performance

ESG ratings

ESG rater

Score

Notes

Improved/Maintained

Previous
score

3.76

Current
score

4.03

Ranked #2 in the 2022 Access to Medicine Index and featured as an Index top-three performer for the sixth consecutive year

Previous
score

A

Current
score

A-

Recognized with a CDP A- score for our leadership in climate action

Previous
score

72

Current
score

72

Scored in the 95th percentile for the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector for the EcoVadis sustainability assessment in 2023

Previous
score

4.4

Current
score

4.6

Inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index Series for the 23rd year, which measures the performance of publicly traded companies demonstrating ESG practices, scoring in the 99th percentile in our sector in 2023

Previous
score

B-

Current
score

B

Received an ISS ESG “good” rating

Previous
score

54

Current
score

56

Ranked #1 in the pharmaceuticals & biotechnology sector in North America for Moody’s ESG scorecard in 2022

Previous
score

A

Current
score

A

Achieved an MSCI “A” ESG Rating in 2023

Previous
score

24.1

Current
score

22.1

Reduced our risk rating for the fifth consecutive year

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ESG
Environmental, social and governance