PPG (NYSE:PPG) published its 2018 Sustainability Report, detailing the company's performance and progress against 2025 sustainability goals that contribute to its purpose and promise: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD.
Last year, PPG embedded additional sustainable practices into its operations, introduced new sustainably advantaged products for customers, achieved a record low for the number of injury cases across the company, advanced its global community engagement initiatives, and further progressed its diversity and inclusion efforts. The report is available at sustainability.ppg.com.
"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 inspires us to identify new opportunities and ultimately reach the aggressive 2025 goals we've set for our company."
PPG launched a new set of sustainability goals in 2018, guiding the company to further embed sustainability into its day-to-day operations and measure progress. Highlights of PPG's sustainability progress in 2018 include:
Preserving and protecting our environment: PPG's commitment to using resources efficiently and driving sustainability throughout our entire value chain to preserve and protect the environment in which the company operates. PPG achieved:
- 32% of sales from sustainably advantaged products and processes, such as our low-cure automotive paint process that allows customers to use 39% less energy;
- 29% of locations achieved zero landfill status;
- 28% improvement in spills and releases;
- 7% reduction in water intensity;
- 6% reduction in waste disposal intensity;
Beautifying our communities: PPG and the PPG Foundation collaborate and engage with employees, community partners and other stakeholders to make its vision of bringing colour and brightness to communities a reality.
- Completed 200 COLORFUL COMMUNITIES projects since the program's launch in 2015 – a significant milestone that allowed the company to reach to more than 5.2 million people in 30 countries;
- Donated more than $9 million globally; and
- Logged more than 24,000 employee volunteer hours.
Valuing our people: An obligation to ensure employees are safe, healthy, engaged and valued for the diverse talents they bring to PPG.
- 20% of top management positions were held by women, with a steady increase in female representation of total workforce; and
- 10% reduction in the injury and illness rate.