Tyco Retail Solutions: Tyco Retail Solutions wins 2017 Green Supply Chain Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Tyco's retail customer Piazza Italia supports sustainability initiatives
through innovative hard tag recirculation program 

NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland, 2017-12-12 12:11 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Tyco Retail Solutions, part of Johnson Controls, has been recognized for its
commitment to promoting and supporting retailers' sustainability initiatives
for the second straight year. The company is the recipient of the 2017 Supply &
Demand Chain Executive Green Supply Chain Award, an annual distinction that
distinguishes providers of supply chain solutions and services who assist their
customers in achieving measurable sustainability goals. Tyco's 2017 award is in
recognition of industry leading green initiatives with its retail customers,
including Piazza Italia. 

As a recognized leader in fashion, Piazza Italia is committed to delivering the
most current styles to its shoppers while maintaining its commitment to
sustainability. In 2013, the retailer launched a source tagging program with
Sensormatic Acousto-Magnetic (AM) Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) hard
tags offering tangible benefits by combining a strong visual theft deterrent
with point-of-manufacture source tagging. The retailer has since changed from
single use tags to recirculated hard tags, providing an eco-friendly
alternative to disposable tags from both an environmental and a business
operations standpoint. 

Tyco's global recirculation and source-tagging initiatives provide the green
savings and business benefits of recycling and receiving "retail ready"
merchandise. Tags are recirculated, recertified and reused through Tyco's
efficient supply chain process which cost effectively moves tags around the
globe via strategically located, highly efficient recirculation centers, and
offering retailers such as Piazza Italia a buy-back incentive to reduce cost of
ownership and deliver impactful savings. Hard tag recirculation provides Piazza
Italia with savings by eliminating the manual process of applying tags at the
store, improving tagging compliance, reducing shrink and reducing time to the
sales floor. 

"We believe that environmental responsibility is not only good business but
also a social obligation. Today, sustainability is a major focus for our retail
customers like Piazza Italia as stores look to provide not only high quality
service and security, but also to implement sound green-friendly practices,"
said Tony D'Onofrio, chief customer officer, Tyco Retail Solutions. 

The Sensormatic apparel tagging recirculation program, the first of its kind,
recycled more than a billion tags in 2015 and has recycled nearly seven billion
since the program began in 2010, saving a total of 35 million pounds of plastic
while reducing waste and costs for customers.  Today, more than half of
Sensormatic brand labels are applied by product manufacturers or packaging
companies, instead of in store. The program encompasses source application of
EAS disposable labels, as well as recirculated AM EAS and RFID hard tags. With
over five billion apparel items tagged to date, source tagging is a trusted
program for retailers worldwide as the work to remain competitive and green in
today's retail environment. 

Last year, the company's manufacturing facility in Mexico earned recognition as
a 2016 S&DCE Green Award winner for its effort to conserve resources through
the development of an energy management system, and also nationally with a 2015
Environmental Award from the National Council of the Maquiladora and Export
Manufacturing Industry of Mexico. The same facility achieved ISO 50001:2011
certification last year. 

About Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and multi industrial leader
serving a wide range of customers in more than 150 countries. Our 120,000
employees create intelligent buildings, efficient energy solutions, integrated
infrastructure and next generation transportation systems that work seamlessly
together to deliver on the promise of smart cities and communities. Our
commitment to sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the
invention of the first electric room thermostat. We are committed to helping
our customers win and creating greater value for all of our stakeholders
through strategic focus on our buildings and energy growth platforms. For
additional information, please visit http://www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow
us @johnsoncontrols on Twitter. 

About Tyco Retail Solutions
Tyco Retail Solutions, part of Johnson Controls, is a leading provider of
analytics-based Loss Prevention, Inventory Intelligence and Traffic Insights
for the retail industry. Our solutions deliver real-time visibility and
predictive analytics to help retailers maximize business outcomes and enhance
the customer experience in a digitally-driven shopping world. Our more than 1.5
million data collection devices in the retail marketplace capture 40 billion
shopper visits and track and protect billions of items each year. Our retail
portfolio features the premier Sensormatic, ShopperTrak and TrueVUE brands,
as well as a full suite of building technology solutions. For more information,
please visit TycoRetailSolutions.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and
our YouTube channel. 

CONTACT:
Anne Lines
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