Data Highlights
Overview of PPG’s economic, environmental and social impact.

Data Highlights |
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2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
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Economic |
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Net sales from continuing operations (millions) |
$14,241 |
$14,270 |
$14,748 |
$15,374 |
$15,146 |
Net income from continuing operations (millions) |
$1,311 |
$543 |
$1,369 |
$1,323 |
$1,243 |
Adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations |
$5.33 |
$5.64 |
$5.86 |
$5.92 |
$6.22 |
Dividends per share |
$1.41 |
$1.56 |
$1.70 |
$1.86 |
$1.98 |
Environmental1 |
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Percent of sales from sustainably advantaged products |
30 |
31 |
32 |
32 |
33 |
Total waste disposed (thousand metric tons) |
212.19 |
209.54 |
138.33 |
134.30 |
98.40 |
Waste disposal intensity (metric tons per 100 metric tons of production) |
4.50 |
4.16 |
3.35 |
3.22 |
2.51 |
Hazardous waste generated (thousand metric tons) |
89.89 |
101.01 |
101.73 |
103.86 |
95.31 |
Recycled or recovered hazardous waste (percent) |
48 |
51 |
50 |
50 |
48 |
Non-hazardous waste generated (thousand metric tons) |
226.64 |
213.40 |
112.08 |
106.06 |
71.87 |
Recycled or recovered non-hazardous waste (percent) |
27 |
25 |
22 |
23 |
32 |
Water withdrawn (million cubic meters) |
20.01 |
19.40 |
18.95 |
17.99 |
17.51 |
Net water consumption (million cubic meters) |
3.54 |
7.96 |
10.76 |
9.34 |
9.39 |
Water intensity (cubic meters per metric ton of production) |
4.23 |
3.85 |
4.59 |
4.33 |
4.46 |
Energy consumption (million gigajoules) |
26.08 |
23.11 |
13.10 |
13.26 |
12.58 |
Total energy intensity (gigajoules per metric ton of production) |
5.51 |
4.59 |
3.22 |
3.19 |
3.20 |
Direct energy intensity (gigajoules per metric ton of production) |
3.78 |
3.07 |
1.89 |
1.90 |
1.88 |
Indirect energy intensity (gigajoules per metric ton of production) |
1.73 |
1.52 |
1.33 |
1.29 |
1.32 |
Total greenhouse gas emissions (million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents) |
2.02 |
1.85 |
0.94 |
0.94 |
0.87 |
Total greenhouse gas emissions intensity (metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production) |
0.43 |
0.37 |
0.23 |
0.22 |
0.22 |
Direct (Scope 1) greenhouse gas emissions intensity (metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production) |
0.22 |
0.18 |
0.09 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
Indirect (Scope 2) greenhouse gas emissions intensity (metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production) |
0.21 |
0.19 |
0.14 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
Spills and releases rate (total spills and releases per 1,000 employees) |
1.66 |
1.48 |
1.84 |
1.32 |
1.25 |
Social |
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Total employees |
46,600 |
47,000 |
47,200 |
47,300 |
47,600 |
Fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
PPG injury and illness rate |
0.31 |
0.31 |
0.29 |
0.26 |
0.30 |
Sites implementing a wellness program (percent of sites with 50 or more employees) |
71 |
73 |
70 |
58 |
70 |
Charitable contributions (millions) |
$7.8 |
$9.8 |
$10.5 |
$9.1 |
$11.8 |
Sites implementing the PPG Community Engagement Framework (percent) |
65 |
70 |
75 |
70 |
65 |
Employee volunteer hours2 |
2,886 |
8,577 |
17,000 |
24,802 |
36,000 |
1 Environmental data changes from prior reporting reflect adjustments for acquired and divested locations from the 2017 baseline onward. Energy data also includes adjustments for closed locations.
2 Volunteer hours for 2015 through 2018 are for our COLORFUL COMMUNITIES® program only. Data for 2019 is for the Colorful Communities program and Charity Partner program in Europe, Middle East and Africa.