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2019 Sustainability Report

Data Highlights

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

Data Highlights

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Data Highlights

 

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Economic

 

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

 

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Water withdrawn (million cubic meters)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

 

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.

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