Enrich a healthy planet
Human health is inseparably linked to environmental health, and as the world’s largest pure-play consumer health company by revenue, our commitment to everyday care extends to the planet we call home. We’re advancing sustainability across our operations — from product and packaging design to material sourcing, manufacturing and transportation.
Climate change
We’re taking action on climate change by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and increasing our use of renewable energy in our operations and across our value chain.
Our goals & commitments:
- Reduce absolute Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 42% by 2030,1 from a 2020 baseline year2,3
- Suppliers covering ≥67% of emissions from Scope 3 will set Science Based Targets (SBTs) by 20281,4
- Set long-term net zero emission targets, informed by the SBTi Net Zero Standard5
- Use 100% renewable electricity for our operations2 by 20301,6
Taking action with science-based targets
Renewable energy
42% Scope 1 & 2 emissions reduction by 2030
Virtual Power Purchase Agreements
Partnering to reduce Scope 3 emissions
Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Plastics
We are increasing the use of recyclable and renewable plastics, designing for recyclability, and introducing refillable product options across our portfolio. We’ve committed to a 50% reduction in plastics from virgin materials by 2030, and 100% recyclable or refillable packaging by 2025.
Our goals & commitments:
- 100% recyclable7 or refillable8 packaging9 by 20251
- 25% reduction of virgin plastic10 in packaging9 by 20251 (versus 2020)
- 50% reduction of virgin plastic10 in packaging9 by 20301 (versus 2020)
Partnering to accelerate progress
Innovating to reduce
Innovating to replace
Innovating to reuse
Innovating to recover
Biodiversity, land & forests
Kenvue is committed to protecting our planet, biodiversity and the vital resources upon which we all rely, today and in the future.
Our goals & commitments:
- Kenvue is committed to zero deforestation and to ensuring the paper-based packaging we purchase directly originates from low-risk sources.15 Specifically, we aim to achieve 100% certified16 or verified recycled17 paper and wood fiber packaging by 20251,18
- Maintain 100% Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification for the palm-based ingredients we purchase19 through a combination of RSPO certified physical supply chains and RSPO Book & Claim credits20
- Purchase19 at least 75% of our volumes from RSPO physical supply chains20 by 20251 and 100% by 20301
Zero deforestation & protecting vital habitat
Paper & wood fiber
Sourcing sustainably
Sourcing palm oil
Read more about our commitments
We set Healthy Lives Mission goals and commitments to hold us accountable for demonstrating progress.
Nurture healthy people
Maintain healthy practice
1. We aim to meet the goal by end of fiscal year and publish the year after.
2. Applies to all Kenvue-owned facilities where Kenvue has operational control, regardless of building type; all leased facilities used for manufacturing and/or research & development; and leased, non-manufacturing and/or non-research & development facilities where the facility is greater than 50,000 square feet and where Kenvue has operational control. The 2020 baseline includes all facilities aligned to Kenvue’s structure upon separation from Johnson & Johnson in 2023 and does not include any operational or organizational exclusions. Scope 1 are greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that Kenvue directly generates – e.g., running boilers and vehicles using fossil fuels. Scope 2 are GHG emissions that Kenvue indirectly generates – from electricity or energy purchased for heating and cooling buildings.
3. Inventory and reporting will follow the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Goal performance will be tracked using the market-based accounting method for Scope 2, and Kenvue will publish both market-based and location-based Scope 2 figures annually.
4. Subject to SBTi (Science Based Target initiative) approval. A supplier engagement goal does not align with a specific temperature pathway per SBTi.
5. According to SBTi Net-Zero Standard, long-term targets must have a target year of 2050 or sooner.
6. Inventory and reporting will follow RE100 technical criteria and supplemented by CDP.
7. Recyclable also defined as recycle-ready is when packaging is designed for collection, sorting and recycling, using end-of-life processes, but where collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure may not yet be in place for the packaging to actually be recycled. Best practices of ‘designing for recyclability’ guidance for plastic-based packaging include the Association of Plastics Recyclers in the United States. Note: ‘Designed for recycling,’ ‘designed for recyclability,’ ‘recycling ready’ are also used interchangeably and reflect the same meaning.
8. Kenvue defines refillable or reusable packaging as packaging that is designed for either the business or the consumer to put the same type of purchased product back into the original packaging, is designed to be returnable and/or refillable, and accomplishes a minimum number of reuses by being part of a system that enables reuse.
9. Packaging for direct purchases, may not include all external manufactured products.
10. Virgin plastic means newly manufactured resin produced from petrochemical feedstock used as the raw material for the manufacture of plastic products and which has never been used or processed before.
11. The Aveeno® 50% PCR bottle and recyclable pump are currently only available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
12. Currently available in Asia Pacific (APAC) and Latin America (LATAM).
13. Currently available in Thailand and EMEA.
14. Currently available in EMEA and some LATAM products.
15. Low-risk source is defined as material that is either (i) Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) or Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) certified, (ii) post-consumer recycled content, (iii) traced back to country of harvest and assigned a low-risk categorization at country level using Preferred by Nature’s Timber Sourcing Hub, or (iv) demonstrates other approved methods of verifying low risk.
16. Certification schemes accepted by Kenvue include FSC® or PEFC chain of custody standard, only when FSC® is not available.
17. Recycled includes both post-consumer and post-industrial recycled content; Verification of recycled content would by conducted by an external third party (for example, Rainforest Alliance)
18. Includes direct purchases of primary and secondary packaging and leaflets; does not include the packaging materials in some external manufactured products.
19. Includes palm oil-based ingredients directly procured by Kenvue; does not include palm oil-based ingredients in some external manufactured products.
20. Physical supply chain refers to palm oil supply that is sourced from certified plantations under the Mass Balance, Segregated, or Identity Preserved certifications. More information on RSPO certified supply chains can be found here.