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PPG Advances Sustainability to Protect and Beautify the World


‘We Protect and Beautify the World™’ is more than just a tagline for PPG, a fact highlighted by the publishing of its 2018 Sustainability Report. It details PPG’s performance against its 2025 sustainability goals and shows how it’s driving further sustainability initiatives into day-to-day operations. Indeed, last year PPG introduced new sustainably-advantaged products for customers, achieved a record low in injury cases across the company, advanced its global community engagement initiatives and further progressed its diversity and inclusion efforts. Highlights of PPG’s sustainability progress in 2018 include:
Preserving and protecting the environment
  • 32% of sales from sustainably advantaged products and processes, such as its low-cure automotive paint process that allows customers to use 39% less energy
  • 29% of manufacturing and R&D locations with zero process waste to landfill
  • 28% improvement in the spills and releases rate, 7% reduction in water intensity and 6% reduction in waste disposal intensity
Beautifying our communities
  • 200th COLORFUL COMMUNITIES® project since the program’s launch in 2015 – impacting over 5.2 million people in 30 countries
  • Donated more than $9 million globally and logged nearly 25,000 employee volunteer hours
Valuing our people
  • 20% of top management positions were held by women, with greater female representation across the workforce
  • A 10% reduction in its injury and illness rate
To see videos, infographics and learn more about PPG’s sustainability progress, visit sustainability.ppg.com.
 
PPG today published its, detailing the company’s that contribute to its purpose and promise:.
 
“Our dedicated workforce continues to drive sustainability deeper into our global operations,” said Michael H. McGarry, PPG chairman and chief executive officer. “At PPG, we are focused on doing better today than yesterday. Our 2018 sustainability progress is encouraging, and it inspires us to identify new opportunities and ultimately reach the aggressive 2025 goals that we have set for our company.”
 
PPG launched a new set of sustainability goals in 2018, guiding the company to further embed into its and measure its progress.