SC Johnson Secures World Health Organization Policy Recommendation for Innovative Tool Proven to Help Prevent Malaria and Other Insect-borne Diseases

RACINE, Wis., August 13, 2025 - Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a policy recommendation for spatial repellents to be used as an innovative tool to help fight insect-borne diseases like malaria. SC Johnson, maker of household brands such as OFF!^®, Baygon^® and Raid^® and leaders in insect science, has been working towards this achievement for more than a decade and has already been distributing millions of its own company-developed and manufactured spatial repellents - SC Johnson Guardian™ and SC Johnson Mosquito Shield™ - to communities most in need via various global public health partners. This recommendation strengthens confidence in Guardian and Mosquito Shield, further enabling SC Johnson to deploy these insect-borne disease prevention tools to the world's most vulnerable communities at a much larger scale. The company's spatial repellents are not for profit

"I'm thrilled that the World Health Organization has announced a policy recommendation for spatial repellents as an innovative prevention tool for fighting insect-borne diseases. This important milestone comes after more than 10 years of SC Johnson efforts and more than $100 million invested in the development, testing, production and deployment of our spatial repellent products," said Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson. "From day one, this has been a not-for-profit initiative driven by our commitment to combat diseases that threaten hundreds of millions of people. An achievement like this doesn't happen overnight but because of the passion and dedication of thousands of SC Johnson people around the world, we're now able to see this vision come to life. The impact we've made together this far is only the beginning."