- link Copy URL - [ Share on X ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=SC Johnson Takes Action to Save Racine Area Water https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/136712?absolute=1&via=3blnews "Share on X") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/136712?absolute=1 "Share on Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/136712?absolute=1 "Share on Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=SC Johnson Takes Action to Save Racine Area Water&body=ESG News from SC Johnson https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/136712?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Environment](/categories/environment) # SC Johnson Takes Action to Save Racine Area Water ##### ‘Watershed Restoration Is Crucial’ Says Company Dec 4, 2017 4:00 PM ET RACINE, Wis., Dec. 4, 2017 December 4, 2017 /3BL Media/ – SC Johnson today announced a donation of $35,000 to the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network (Root-Pike WIN). The donation will support Root-Pike WIN’s restoration projects, with the goal of significantly reducing runoff pollution, flooding issues, and habitat degradation that threaten area streams and Lake Michigan. “Issues like soil erosion and storm water runoff have to be addressed because clean water is essential so communities and the environment can thrive,” said Kelly M. Semrau, Senior Vice President – Global Corporate Affairs, Communication & Sustainability at SC Johnson. “We partner with Root-Pike WIN to ensure that the health our area’s major watersheds will continue to improve.” A watershed is an area of land where surface water from yards and farm fields drain into a common location. In Racine County, some of the major watersheds are Lake Michigan, the Root River, the Pike River and the Wind Point Watershed. “Protecting our community’s watersheds is a collective effort,” said Dave Giordano, Executive Director at Root-Pike WIN. “We appreciate SC Johnson’s continued support of Root-Pike WIN’s plan to protect, restore and sustain our local watersheds, which will ultimately have a significant impact on water quality for our area.” SC Johnson has supported Root-Pike WIN with a total of $300,000 since 2006. One project the Root-Pike WIN is leading is a ravine and wetland restoration for the Colonial Park Ravine of the Root River in Racine. Currently, there are issues with streambank erosion, pollutants from storm water runoff and invasive plant species. In 2018, Root-Pike WIN will work to restore the ravine and wetland by reducing sediment, nitrogen and phosphorus from flowing into the Root River, while planting native vegetation and increasing fish spawning grounds. In the last 18 months, Root-Pike WIN has advanced more than 40 projects and recommendations in the watershed restoration plans. More than $1.5 million in project implementation funding has also been secured. SC Johnson works to make lives better in the communities in which it does business. Since 1937, the company has given 5 percent of all pretax profits to charities. For more information on Root-Pike WIN’s restoration plan, visit [http://www.rootpikewin.org](http://www.rootpikewin.org/) \### Contact: SC Johnson Global Public Affairs 262-260-2440 **About SC Johnson** SC Johnson is a family company dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care, as well as professional products. It markets such well-known brands as GLADE®, KIWI®, OFF!®, PLEDGE®, RAID®, SCRUBBING BUBBLES®, SHOUT®, WINDEX® and ZIPLOC® in the U.S. and beyond, with brands marketed outside the U.S. including AUTAN®, TANA®, BAMA®, BAYGON®, BRISE®, KABIKILLER®, KLEAR®, MR MUSCLE® and RIDSECT®. The 131-year-old company, which generates $10 billion in sales, employs approximately 13,000 people globally and sells products in virtually every country around the world. www.scjohnson.com [![](/sites/default/files/Clients/SC_Johnson_Updated_Logo.jpg)](/profiles/sc-johnson) ### More from SC Johnson ###### [Environmental Education for the Next Generation: SC Johnson and NGO Ocean Generation Announce New Partnership](/news/environmental-education-next-generation-sc-johnson-and-ngo-ocean-generation-announce-new) May 3, 2022 4:00 AM ET ###### [SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Welcomes Tanzanian President Hassan, Reaffirms Commitment to Helping Eradicate Malaria](/news/sc-johnson-chairman-and-ceo-welcomes-tanzanian-president-hassan-reaffirms-commitment-helping) Apr 19, 2022 5:40 PM ET ###### [SC Johnson and 4th Family Team Up to Empower Youth in Underserved Communities by Leveraging the Power of STEM and Sports](/news/sc-johnson-and-4th-family-team-empower-youth-underserved-communities-leveraging-power-stem-and) Apr 14, 2022 8:00 AM ET ###### [SC Johnson Launches DISSOLVE™ Concentrated Pods in U.S. to Reduce Plastic Waste, Provide More Sustainable Choices for Consumers](/news/sc-johnson-launches-dissolvetm-concentrated-pods-us-reduce-plastic-waste-provide-more) Apr 12, 2022 10:00 AM ET ###### [SC Johnson Earns Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign's 2022 Corporate Equality Index](/news/sc-johnson-earns-perfect-score-human-rights-campaigns-2022-corporate-equality-index) Jan 27, 2022 9:00 AM ET ###### [Plastic Bank Stops 2 Billion Plastic Bottles From Entering the Ocean, Partnership With SC Johnson Accounts for Half of the Total](/news/plastic-bank-stops-2-billion-plastic-bottles-entering-ocean-partnership-sc-johnson-accounts) Jan 24, 2022 8:00 AM ET ###### [SC Johnson Ranked No. 7 on List of World’s Top 25 Best Workplaces™ by Fortune and Great Place to Work®](/news/sc-johnson-ranked-no-7-list-worlds-top-25-best-workplacestm-fortune-and-great-place-workr) Oct 19, 2021 10:40 AM ET ###### [SC Johnson Invites Londoners to Walk Beneath the Ocean's Surface in The Blue Paradox - An Immersive Experience Exploring the Ocean Plastic Pollution Crisis](/news/sc-johnson-invites-londoners-walk-beneath-oceans-surface-blue-paradox-immersive-experience) Sep 14, 2021 10:45 AM ET