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Contents
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64	 People Overview
66	 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 
74	
Engagement
78	 Learning and Leadership Development  
83	 Safety and Health
92	 Wellness 
95	 Community Engagement
04	 To Our Stakeholders
07	 About PPG
08	 2022 Progress and Highlights 
10	
Strategic Milestones 
11	
Recognition and Awards 
14	
Sustainability Vision, 
	
Values and Approach
15	
Priority Issues
102	 Governance Overview 
109	 Human Rights
112	 Supplier Sustainability 
117	 Responsible Minerals Sourcing 
118	 Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
18	
Products Overview 
19	
Sustainably Advantaged Products 
23	 Research Partnerships 
25	 Product Stewardship 
120	 About this Report
121 	 Data Index
129	 GRI Index 
141	 SASB Index 
144	 TCFD Index
150	 Sustainable Development Goals Index
154	 Stakeholder Engagement
160	 Previous Reports 
160	 Annual Report & Form 10K
162	 Forward-Looking Statements
33	 Environmental Overview 
35	 Waste 
41	
Water 
46	 Energy 
52	 Emissions 
56	 Climate-Related Risks 
	
and Opportunities 
60	 Transportation
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Sustainability
@ PPG

To Our 
Stakeholders
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A Message from our President and CEO
To our valued stakeholders,
In 2022, PPG remained resilient and committed to 
delivering on our purpose, creating value for our 
customers, meeting the needs of our people and 
supporting the communities where we operate.
While sustainability has been a critical component 
of our strategy for over a decade, we’re continuously 
looking to the future. As part of our promise to deliver 
on our purpose – We Protect and Beautify the World 
– we’ve set new, ambitious 2030 environmental, 
social and governance (ESG) goals that will guide 
our continued efforts. We’ve established a stronger 
focus on decarbonization, including emissions 
reduction targets that have been validated by the 
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). These targets 
include PPG’s first scope 3 emissions reduction 
target, an ambitious goal that will require working with 
partners throughout our value chain to collaborate on 
greenhouse gas reduction strategies. The full set of 
2030 targets are outlined in more detail in this report.
We succeed by helping our customers succeed, 
partnering with them to create industry-leading 
sustainable innovations that help improve productivity. 
For example, we’re working alongside Steelcase, 
an American manufacturer of architecture, furniture 
and technology products, to identify new uses for 
waste from our industrial coatings and support the 
circular economy. Last year, we made approximately 
250,000 pounds of recycled coatings from powder 
coatings used by Steelcase by reclaiming overspray 
that would have otherwise been sent to a landfill. 
While we’ve recently partnered with customers on 
new, industry-leading technologies, our sustainable 
innovations span decades. For nearly 20 years, the 
PPG B1:B2™ process has helped automakers around 
the world halve their energy consumption in the most 
energy intensive areas of their manufacturing facilities 
- the paint shop - by eliminating a step in the curing 
process.
Sustainably advantaged products and processes 
made up 39% of PPG’s sales last year, and we 
expect that they will comprise half of our product 
sales by 2030. Throughout this report, you will see 
countless examples of PPG’s products that are 
making tangible contributions to a more sustainable 
tomorrow - extending the useable lifespan of bridges 
and buildings; reducing energy use and greenhouse 
gas emissions by eliminating curing stages for our 
automotive coatings and sealants; enabling aluminum 
food and beverage packaging to be infinitely 
recyclable; and even improving the fuel efficiency of 
airplanes and cargo ships.
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These innovations don’t happen without the 
dedication of PPG People. That’s why we continue 
to invest in people strategies that enable our more 
than 50,000 PPG People to deliver exceptional 
performance. We know that diverse teams perform 
better - period. One of our core focus areas is building 
and supporting a more diverse, equitable and inclusive 
PPG. We made strong progress toward our DE&I goals 
in the last year, increasing non-frontline headcount of 
U.S. Black employees by 19%, Latino employees by 
16% and Asian employees by 8%. Our representation 
of non-frontline female professionals reached 31%, 
and we engaged 34% of our global workforce in 
our global Employee Resource Networks and DE&I 
capability-building programs. Learn more in the 
diversity, equity and inclusion section of this report.
We know that our impact extends beyond PPG to the 
communities where we live, work and play. Our global 
community giving totaled more than $16.2 million in 
2022 to support the communities where we operate, 
funding educational programming that advances 
racial equity throughout the U.S. and promotes 
education in science, technology, engineering 
and math (STEM). PPG has also completed 473 
COLORFUL COMMUNITIES® projects around the 
world since 2015, transforming schools, community 
support organizations and public spaces with PPG 
products and employee volunteers.
As we go forward, we will continue to focus on 
developing innovative solutions to help our customers 
achieve their sustainability aspirations, and remain a 
reliable, collaborative partner along the value chain.
I encourage you to learn more about PPG’s progress 
in our 2022 ESG Report. Thank you for your continued 
collaboration, partnership and interest in PPG.
Tim Knavish
PPG president and chief executive officer 
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Our new, ambitious 2030 sustainability targets further 
our focus on decarbonization and challenge us in the 
areas that are most impactful to our business and our 
stakeholders. Our 2030 objectives include scope 1, 
2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions targets, which 
have been validated according to climate science 
through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). 
These targets will provide a clear pathway to a low 
carbon future, aligning with the Paris Agreement 
and the emissions reductions required for a 1.5 
degrees C future for our scope 1 and 2 greenhouse 
gas emissions and a well below 2 degrees C future 
for our scope 3 emissions. With validated science-
based targets, we plan to invest additional resources 
to support an ambitious and consistent reduction in 
emissions from our own operations (scope 1 and 2). 
We are also planning to devote additional funding to 
renewable energy sources and identifying cleaner 
energy solutions. Our efforts to reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions across our value chain will include 
evaluating more circular and renewable raw materials, 
collaborating with suppliers to lower their emissions 
footprint, and innovating new lower fossil carbon 
solutions for our customers.
To support our enterprise growth strategy and 
commitments, we have continued to integrate ESG 
throughout PPG. In 2022, we assembled a global 
sustainability organization that is embedded within 
our businesses and functions in order to educate, 
motivate and activate the organization to deliver on our 
sustainability ambitions. We are also further integrating 
ESG into our business strategies and objectives.
By placing emphasis on sustainability in our core 
business strategy planning, we are able to be better 
informed of our customer priorities, and use them as 
a guide to reach our 2030 targets. We remain focused 
on delivering against the sustainability needs of our 
customers and are building a pipeline of sustainable 
solutions to meet changing customer demands. 
As we deliver against our targets in the coming years, 
we are committed to engaging stakeholders across 
our value chain and transparently reporting on our 
progress.
Thank you for reading our 2022 ESG Report. We look 
forward to sharing additional progress and welcome 
your feedback and collaboration.
Diane Kappas
PPG vice president, global sustainability
A message from our Vice President, Global 
Sustainability
To our valued stakeholders, 
For decades, sustainability has been strategically 
embedded in how we do business. Today, it’s a key 
component of our enterprise growth strategy and the 
value we provide to our stakeholders. From operating 
safe and healthy facilities and advancing equity in our 
company and communities, to developing sustainable 
products and solutions that further our customers’ 
sustainability ambitions, PPG is committed to 
delivering positive impact through our continued 
focus on meeting our environmental, social and 
governance (ESG) commitments.
In 2022, we continued to make strong progress 
against our ESG strategy while reporting measurable 
improvements in key priority areas. We delivered 
continued improvement against our 2025 
sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) 
targets, furthered our work to understand our value 
chain emissions footprint, and determined priority 
emissions reduction pathways. We also conducted a 
prioritization assessment to define focus areas based 
on their capacity to impact people, the economy 
and the environment, while identifying risks or 
opportunities that may disrupt or support growth. The 
key findings of our prioritization assessment, which 
are included in this report, were the foundation that 
informed our 2030 ESG targets and will help guide 
our actions moving forward.
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About PPG
We Protect and Beautify the World®
2022 Financial Performance:
$17.7B
reported 
net sales
adjusted earnings 
per diluted share from 
continuing operations
$6.05 
full-year
operating
cash flow
$963MM
organic sales
growth driven by
higher selling prices
8%
At PPG, we work every day to develop the paints, 
coatings and specialty materials that our customers 
trust. For 140 years, we have been solving our 
customers’ biggest challenges through dedication, 
creativity and collaboration.
PPG is a global industry leader, with manufacturing 
facilities and affiliates supplying customers in 
construction, consumer products, industrial and 
transportation markets in more than 70 countries.
Learn more at PPG.com 
The world and our industry faced great challenges in 
2022, including unprecedented inflation, increases in 
the costs of materials, pandemic-related shutdowns 
in China, and a war in Europe. Each of these issues 
tested our business and required a rapid, strategic 
response from our people. 
Thanks in large part to the resilience and flexibility of 
the global PPG team, we achieved record sales of $17.7 
billion in 2022, up 5% from the previous year. This was 
driven by organic growth of 8% and timely integration 
of recent strategic acquisitions.
Our team’s work throughout the year has enabled us to 
continue to reward our shareholders by extending our 
annual dividend payments, which have been awarded 
every year for 123 years. In 2022, we raised our annual 
per share dividend payout for the 51st successive year.
Learn more about our performance in our 2022 
Annual Report.
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2022 Progress 
and Highlights
Since our first set of sustainability goals in 2012, we have focused our efforts where we can make the most 
significant impact. Over the last year, we reviewed our goals and developed more ambitious 2030 targets that 
align with our growth strategy. These updated goals focus our efforts on areas that have the most important 
impacts on our business and stakeholders, and have been informed by global collaborations such as the 
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
See our progress through 2022 against our existing goals below, as well as our new 2030 targets, which we will 
report against moving forward. We will continue to report against our 2025 DE&I goals, which were announced 
last year in our DE&I report.
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For more than a decade, PPG has been working 
toward public sustainability goals that focus on 
key challenges for us, our customers and society 
at large.
Issue area
2025 goals
2022 progress
Updated targets  
all goals are by 2030 with a 2019 
baseline, unless otherwise noted)
Sustainably 
advantaged
products
40% of sales from sustainably 
advantaged products by 2025
39% of sales from sustainably 
advantaged products
50% of sales from sustainably 
advantaged products
Waste
25% reduction in total waste disposal 
intensity by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
13% reduction in total waste disposal 
intensity
25% reduction in 
waste intensity
Achieve zero landfill status from 
process waste at 35% of PPG 
manufacturing and research and 
development locations by 2025
32% of PPG manufacturing and 
research and development locations 
have achieved zero landfill status
Drive to 100% process waste to 
reuse, recycle and recovery.
On our path to eliminating spills, 
ensure that we achieve at least a 65% 
improvement in our spills and releases 
rate by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
20% improvement in our spills and 
release rate
5% annual improvement in spills 
and releases at our facilities
Water
20% reduction in water consumption 
intensity by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
0.7% increase in water consumption 
intensity
15% reduction in water intensity 
at priority sites in water scarce 
communities
Supplier 
sustainability
100% of key suppliers are assessed to 
sustainability and social responsibility 
criteria
Wellness
Active wellness programs at 100% of 
PPG facilities globally by 2025
61% of our sites have active wellness 
programs
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Issue area
2025 goals
2022 progress
Updated targets  
all goals are by 2030 with a 2019 
baseline, unless otherwise noted)
Energy and 
GHG Emissions
Reduce energy consumption intensity 
by 15% by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
3% increase in energy consumption 
intensity
50% reduction in GHG emissions 
from our own operations (scope 1 and 
2 emissions), validated by SBTi and 
aligned with the emissions reductions 
required for a 1.5 degrees C future.
30% reduction in GHG emissions in 
our value chain (scope 3 emissions), 
validated by SBTi and aligned with the 
emissions reductions required for a 
well below 2 degrees C future.
Increase renewable energy to 25% 
of total electricity usage exclusive of 
greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions by 
2025
23% of total electricity usage from 
renewable sources
Reduce GHG emissions intensity by 
15% measured in total tons discharged 
by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
6% reduction in GHG emissions 
intensity
Diversity, equity 
and inclusion
Invest $20MM by 2025 to advance 
racial equity in the U.S. by funding 
educational pathways for Black 
communities and people of color
70% toward $20MM goal to advance 
racial equity in the U.S.
Invest $20MM by 2025 to advance 
racial equity in the U.S. by funding 
educational pathways for Black 
communities and people of color
34-36% representation of non-
frontline, global female professionals 
by 2025
31% representation of non-frontline, 
global female professionals
34-36% representation of non-
frontline, global female professionals 
by 2025
45-55% increase in headcount of 
Black, Latino and Asian employees 
across non-frontline, U.S.-based 
employee population by 2025
Achieved a 19% increase of our 
non-frontline headcount for Black 
employees, 16% increase in non-
frontline Latino employees and 
8% increase in non-frontline Asian 
employees.
45-55% increase in headcount of 
Black, Latino and Asian employees 
across non-frontline, U.S.-based 
employee population by 2025
50% global employee resource 
network and DE&I capability-building 
participation by 2025
34% global employee resource 
network and DE&I capability-building 
participation
50% global employee resource 
network and DE&I capability-building 
participation by 2025
Safety and 
Health
Zero injuries. On our path to zero 
injuries, ensure that we achieve an 
improvement of at least 5% per year in 
our injury and illness rate
Achieved an annual I&I reduction 
rate of 0.7% compared to the 2017 
baseline
100% of employees go home safely 
each day. On our way, drive at least 
5% annual improvement in injury and 
illness rate
Communities
Invest at least $10 million by 2025 
through the Colorful Communities 
initiative
$11.2 million invested through the 
Colorful Communities initiative
$5 million additional commitment to 
Colorful Communities projects globally, 
with all projects incorporating an 
element of sustainability, making the 
total investment $15 million since 2015
Implement the community 
engagement framework globally by 
2025
70% of facilities met requirements 
of the Community Engagement 
Framework in 2022
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Strategic 
Milestones 
Acquisitions, achievements 
and investments in 2022
March
Announced commitments to employee diversity, equity 
and inclusion (DE&I) and unveiled first DE&I report. 
Learn more.
Opened new European Central Powder Coatings 
Research and Development (R&D) Center in Milan, Italy. 
Learn more.
April
Acquired the powder coatings manufacturing business 
of Arsonsisi, an industrial coatings company based in 
Milan, Italy. Learn more. 
Installed the 1,000th PPG MOONWALK™ automated 
refinish paint mixing system, an innovation that saves 
labor, reduces waste and transforms the refinish mixing 
room into a cleaner and safer environment. Learn more.
Announced $17 million investment to build an 
aerospace application support center in Toulouse, 
France. Learn more.
May
Shareholders voted to replace the supermajority voting 
requirements, further modernizing PPG’s governance. 
Learn more.
Committed to setting science-based targets to reduce 
greenhouse gas emissions in line with climate science 
through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). 
Learn more.
June
Introduced the PPG ENVIROCRON LUM™ coating, 
which is the industry’s first commercial retroreflective 
powder coating. The patent-pending coating is 
engineered to help improve visibility and safety at night 
and during low-light conditions. Learn more.
August
Launched PPG INNOVEL® PRO, an enhanced internal 
spray coating that uses no bisphenol-A (BPA) or 
bisphenol starting substances and provides more 
robust application properties for infinitely recyclable 
aluminum beverage cans. Learn more.
Announced $9 million investment to expand an existing 
product line at our Temple, Texas, architectural coatings 
facility. Learn more. 
Announced $11 million investment to double the 
production capacity of our powder coatings plant in 
San Juan del Rio, Mexico. Learn more. 
September
Announced the impact results of PPG’s New Paint for 
a New Start initiative, part of our Colorful Communities 
program, transforming 36 schools globally with more 
than 1,000 employee volunteers and community 
partners. Learn more. 
October
Named Tim Knavish PPG president and chief 
executive officer (CEO), effective Jan. 1, 2023. 
Learn more.
In 2022, we achieved the following critical 
milestones aligned to our environmental, social 
and governance (ESG) and corporate strategic 
objectives.
January
PPG and The Home Depot, HD Supply expanded their 
relationship with the launch of a professional paint 
assortment at all U.S. locations. Learn more.
Announced $10 million investment to expand production 
of automotive OEM coatings at the Weingarten, 
Germany, facility. Learn more. 
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PPG company rankings  
#1 on Coatings World’s Top 100 
Companies list
#90 on IndustryWeek’s U.S. 500
#218 on the FORTUNE® 500
#689 on the FORBES® Global 2000
#4 in the Chemicals Industry on the 
2023 Fortune World’s Most Admired 
Companies list, our 15th consecutive 
year on the list
Recognition
and Awards
Recognitions and awards from the past 
year provide independent validation of our 
achievements and help us benchmark our 
performance. 
As a leader in ESG, we’ve earned the 
following recognitions and awards, 
acknowledging our efforts and informing 
how we can enhance our approach as 
expectations evolve.
ESG ratings and rankings
•	 AA rating by MSCI for environmental, 	
	
	 social and governance practices for the
	 third consecutive year
•	 100% score from the Human Rights 	
	
	
	 Campaign’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index
•	 #16 in the Materials and Chemicals category of 	
	
	 Newsweek Magazine’s America’s Most 	
	
	
	 Responsible Companies 2023, and #114 on the 
	 overall list
•	 90% on the 2022 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate 	 	
	 Political Disclosure and Accountability, earning the 		
	 “Trendsetter” ranking
•	 #20 in the chemicals industry on JUST Capital’s 	
	
	 2023 list of America’s Most JUST Companies
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Employer awards
•	 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award 2023
•	 #72 on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers for 	
	
Veterans 2022
•	 #350 on Forbes’ list of Mexico’s Best Employers 	 	
	
2022
•	 Recognized as a Best Place to Work for Disability 		
	
Inclusion by Disability:IN and the American 	
	
	
Association of People with Disabilities
•	 Forbes’ America’s Best Large Employers 2022 
	
and 2023
•	 #19 on ComputerWorld’s Best Places to Work in IT, 	
	
which considers a range of topics including 	
	
	
benefits, career development and diversity, equity 		
	
and inclusion
•	 #44 in the American Opportunity Index, which 	
	
	
recognizes companies for workers’ access to role, 	
	
wage and career advancement
ESG recognition
EcoVadis, a leading provider of 
business sustainability ratings, 
awarded PPG a Gold Rating in 
corporate social responsibility 
for the second consecutive 
year. PPG earned high scores for its environmental, 
ethics and sustainable procurement practices, 
and scored higher  than 92% of evaluated 
companies.
The Ohio Chemistry Technology Council (OCTC) 
recognized five PPG facilities for programs that 
are advancing sustainability, health and safety. 
The facilities earned a total of seven awards from 
the OCTC for their work to reduce waste, water 
consumption and energy use, as well as their 
efforts to improve employee health and safety. 
Learn more.
FTSE4Good named PPG to the FTSE4Good 
Index Series for the fourth consecutive year. The 
index measures the performance of companies 
demonstrating strong environmental, social and 
governance practices.
Product and process awards  
R&D World’s 
R&D® 100 Awards 
recognized PPG for 
COPPER ARMOR™ 
antimicrobial 
paint by PPG with Corning® Guardiant® 
technology and COMEX® VINIMEX® TOTAL 
antiviral and antibacterial paint. PPG has earned 
34 R&D 100 Awards through the years.
HOMAX® Tex>>Pro™ texture system was 
selected as a winner for the FacilitiesNet Vision 
Award in the Interior Furnishings and Materials 
category and a winner for the Golden Hammer 
Awards, hosted by HBS Dealer. Its innovative 
system is built to be 60% lighter than traditional 
sprayers when full and features a two-handed 
grip that allows for greater ease of use. The 
Homax Tex>>Pro product makes texture 
application a one-person job, helping with 
jobsite productivity and efficiency.
2022 BCF Coatings Care 
Progress Award given to Steyport 
Ltd, PPG’s Industrial Coatings 
Runcorn site.
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Michael McGarry, PPG executive chairman, was 
named Industrialist of the Year by the Western 
Pennsylvania Chapter of the Society of Industrial 
and Office Realtors. The award recognizes business 
leaders for their positive contributions across their 
industry, community, and the region. Learn more.
Diane Kappas, PPG vice president, Global 
Sustainability was named to the Pittsburgh Business 
Times’ 2022 Women of Influence list. The annual 
listing honors the Pittsburgh region’s most influential 
women across every industry and profession with 
a strong track record of performance that have 
made a difference in Western Pennsylvania and its 
communities. Learn more.
Terry Sutherland, regulatory compliance consultant for 
PPG’s Global Regulatory & Emerging Issues Product 
Stewardship Center of Excellence, received The Roy 
Kennedy Award from the Canadian Paint and Coating 
Association (CPCA). The award is given to an individual 
that has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to 
CPCA, and who epitomizes Roy Kennedy’s dedication 
to the association, its members and the paint and 
coatings industry. 
Employee Recognition
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Sustainability 
Vision, Values 
and Approach 
Our sustainability vision, values and 
approach ladder up to our greater purpose: 
We Protect and Beautify the World.
Values
•	 Operate safe, healthful workplaces, promote
	 teamwork and reward performance by trusting our
	 people every day in every way
•	 Cultivate a sense of belonging for all of our
	 employees and harness the power of diversity to
	 ignite innovation and performance
•	 Conduct business and operations in an ethical and
	 compliant manner
•	 Minimize the impact of our operations on the
	 environment
•	 Deliver innovative products and solutions, and
	 partner with our customers to create mutual value
	 that enables them to maximize the performance of
	 their assets and preserve and protect the
	 environment
•	 Partner with suppliers and customers to create value
•	 Deliver positive change in the communities where
	 we operate and conduct business
Sustainability approach
PPG takes a broad approach to sustainability. 
Our sustainability organization is responsible for 
developing and advancing environmental, social 
and governance (ESG) goals, policies, programs and 
procedures throughout our company and value chain. 
Our dedicated sustainability organization works 
alongside internal and external stakeholders to 
understand the environmental and social impacts of our 
business, and seeks opportunities to have a positive 
impact with our people, products and processes.
In 2022, we developed a new set of public goals 
that illustrate our ambitions through the year 2030. 
These goals, which are detailed in the 2022 Progress 
and Highlights section, include scope 1, 2, and 3 
greenhouse gas emissions targets that have been 
validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. 
These targets align our decarbonization efforts with 
the goal laid out by the Paris Agreement to limit global 
warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius for our scope 1 and 2 
goal, and well below 2 degrees Celsius for our scope 
3 goal. Our targets also cover sustainably advantaged 
products, waste, water, supplier sustainability, DE&I, 
safety and health and community investments. 
Our sustainability approach and public reporting are 
continuously evolving in response to feedback from 
our stakeholders, including customers, investors 
and regulators. We also take into account activities 
of market leaders and developing ESG reporting 
frameworks to ensure that we stay ahead of market 
expectations. This year, we have formatted this report 
to clearly separate our progress over the last year 
and standing information related to our management 
approach. We hope that this structure makes it easier 
for our stakeholders to find useful information on 
PPG’s progress. 
PPG intends to refresh our sustainability vision and 
values, as part of the company’s broader work to 
align our efforts with the new 2030 targets and our 
enterprise growth strategy. While this work is ongoing, 
the vision and values included above are relevant for 
the 2022 reporting period.
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Vision
To fulfill our purpose to Protect and Beautify the 
World, we are committed to delivering lasting value 
for all stakeholders. As One PPG, we operate with 
integrity, work safely, protect the environment for 
current and future generations, create a diverse, 
equitable and inclusive workplace, and engage and 
support the communities where we operate.
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Priority
Issues 
We focus on what matters most to our 
business and stakeholders. 
Our Priority Issues
We updated our assessment in 2022 and identified 
the priority issues. We also started work on a new ESG 
roadmap and strategy, which has been informed by 
the priority topics identified by this assessment. This 
work also informed our new 2030 ESG targets.
Our updated assessment prioritized issues based 
on their capacity to impact people, the economy, the 
environment (stakeholder impact) or their capacity 
to create or erode enterprise value (financial impact). 
Some ESG issues have been prioritized based solely 
on their stakeholder or financial impacts, while other 
issues are included because of their impact on both 
stakeholders and PPG.
ESG issue (in no particular order)
•	 Addressing chemical-related social and
	 environmental impacts, real and perceived
•	 Upholding human rights in PPG’s supply chain
•	 Fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive
	 workforce
•	 Managing interactions with water as a shared
	 resource
•	 Ensuring safe work environments and promoting
	 employee well-being
•	 Maintaining positive community relationships
•	 Decarbonizing PPG operations, supply chain and
	 customer emissions
•	 Using circular economy principles to reduce
	 impacts from materials and waste
•	 Providing ESG training and career progression
	 pathways for our people
•	 Effectively prioritizing and deploying technological
	 improvements
•	 Attracting and retaining talent in a post-COVID world
•	 Building climate change resilience in physical assets
•	 Understanding and communicating the financial
	 importance of ESG to PPG and how PPG contributes
	 to economic, social, and environmental outcomes
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Our formal prioritization assessment 
identifies the ESG risks, opportunities and 
impacts that are essential considerations for 
developing PPG’s strategy and reporting. 
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Our Prioritization Assessment process
Identifying PPG impacts
We identified our impacts based on a range of 
sources, including: 
•	 Analysis of global megatrends impacting PPG
•	 Interviews with PPG executives and external
	 stakeholders, including industry representatives
•	 Formal and informal feedback received from
	 customers and employees
•	 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
	 (SWOT) analyses of PPG’s current position
•	 Review of internal strategy papers, policies and
	 public disclosures
•	 ESG reporting frameworks and standards, including
	 surveys shared by external ratings organizations
•	 Media coverage of PPG and the broader paints and
	 coatings industry
See our Stakeholder Engagement section for more 
information on the variety of ways that we engage with 
PPG stakeholders outside of this process.
Evaluating and prioritizing impacts
We assessed PPG’s sustainability-related risks, 
opportunities and impacts using the dual lenses of 
impacts on stakeholders and risks and opportunities 
for the company’s financial position. This approach 
ensures our strategy and reporting meets the 
expectations of investors interested in the long-term 
success of our business, as well as the expectations 
of stakeholders interested in our contribution to 
sustainable development objectives. Our prioritization 
assessment reflects guidance from global ESG 
standard setting organizations, including the 
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability 
Accounting Standards Board (SASB). 
Based on our research and a series of internal and 
external interviews, we developed a shortlist of 
issues that are most likely to be impactful for PPG 
and its stakeholders. The list of issues was refined 
at a workshop with PPG’s senior leadership, where 
each issue’s relative impact was considered. Issues 
were deemed to be a priority based on a combination 
of desk research, perceptions of key stakeholders, 
peer review, and discussion with PPG’s senior 
leadership. The results of this assessment were then 
disseminated to everyone that had participated in 
the process, including the Board of Directors, PPG’s 
sustainability committee and interview participants, 
including functional and business leaders.
 
In addition to focusing on the priority topics identified 
by this exercise, PPG works to continuously improve 
our corporate governance and compliance program. 
This includes covering important issues, including 
corporate governance and ethics, data privacy, 
regulatory compliance and maintaining a productive 
relationship with our workforce and labor unions. 
Learn more in the Governance section.
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Products
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Products
Overview 
We develop industry-leading sustainable 
innovations that support our customers’ 
sustainability ambitions.
Our approach to developing safe and sustainably 
advantaged products is built upon more than a 
century of expertise. The result is a broad portfolio 
of paints, coatings and specialty materials that 
transform everything from the places we work to the 
vehicles we drive. Learn more about PPG’s history 
of innovation at PPG.com.
Our product highlights in 2022
In 2022, we expanded our efforts to incorporate 
safety and sustainability into product development. 
We used our systematic review process to evaluate 
approximately 87% of products at PPG for sustainable 
attributes (an 8% increase from 2021), enabling us 
to define our full portfolio of sustainably advantaged 
products. Learn more about our process and current 
portfolio of products in the Sustainably Advantaged 
Products section. 
We invest in partnerships that make our products and 
our customers’ products safer, stronger and more 
efficient. We partner with stakeholders, including 
customers, suppliers, academic institutions and other 
public and private entities to advance sustainable 
initiatives and technologies. Learn more about how 
we work with organizations from all sectors in the 
Research Partnerships section. 
We work to minimize adverse human health and 
environmental impacts of our products. We review 
the ingredients and impacts of our products, remove 
substances of concern through reformulation and 
publicly communicate transparent, comparable 
information about our products through our product 
stewardship processes. Learn more about how we’re 
addressing health and environmental impacts at 
every stage of the product lifecycle in the Product 
Stewardship section.
39%
of sales from sustainably 
advantaged products
of PPG products evaluated 
for sustainable attributes 
87%
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Sustainably 
Advantaged 
Products 
Our products, tools, and processes help
make our customers – and the world –
more sustainable.
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Our sustainably advantaged product 
highlights in 2022
We have a comprehensive methodology, informed by 
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 
(UNSDGS) and industry best practices, to designate 
which of our product lines are considered sustainably 
advantaged, which we finalized in 2021. Since that 
time, we have expanded the application of this 
methodology to 87% of all PPG products, and 100% 
of our paint and coatings products. Evaluating more 
of our products helps us understand the full scope 
of our sales from sustainably advantaged products, 
and enables us to further highlight the benefits of our 
sustainable product offerings to customers.
In 2022, 39% of our total sales came from sustainably 
advantaged products. We are constantly innovating 
new products and intend to continue expanding our 
sales of sustainably advantaged products in line 
with our ambitious 2030 target. We have worked 
throughout the year to incorporate sustainability 
into our research and development (R&D) innovation 
pipeline. Evaluating the benefits of our products at 
earlier stages in the R&D process helps us invest 
resources in those products that we feel will have the 
greatest impact for our sustainability goals and our 
customers’ goals.
PPG has been an industry leader for 140 years, 
providing customers with inventive paints, coatings 
and specialty materials. Across our business, we are 
continuing to partner with our customers to develop 
innovative new products that address their greatest 
challenges and achieve their objectives.
of sales are from 
sustainably advantaged 
products
products evaluated against 
our sustainably advantaged 
product methodology in 
2022
39%
170,000+
Goal: 40% of sales from sustainably 
advantaged products by 2025
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We then review each product’s contributions to the 
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 
(SDGs). We consider how closely aligned a product is 
to the SDGs, as well as the magnitude of the product’s 
contribution to meeting the goals. 
PPG’s sustainably advantaged products extend the 
useable lifespan of bridges and buildings, reduce 
energy use and GHG emissions by eliminating curing 
stages for our automotive coatings and sealant 
systems, make food and beverage containers safer 
and longer lasting, and even help improve the fuel 
efficiency of airplanes and cargo ships.
Our sustainably advantaged products approach
Product sustainability is an integral part of our 
enterprise sustainability strategy. We aim to invest in 
sustainable solutions to solve our customers’ greatest 
challenges through new and existing innovations. We 
support our customers’ contributions to global goals 
and minimize the environmental impacts associated 
with the application and use of our products. We also 
evaluate our existing product portfolio to understand 
where and how there are opportunities to make them 
more sustainable.
Sustainably advantaged products methodology
Given the breadth of our product line, we have 
developed a universal scoring system to assess 
each PPG product and identify those that support 
environmental or social objectives in some way. We 
refer to products that support a more sustainable 
future as sustainably advantaged products.
We developed an industry-leading methodology 
to classify which of our products are considered 
sustainably advantaged. First, we perform 
a systematic review of product attributes to 
understand how the product contributes to improved 
environmental outcomes. We evaluate products 
based on energy efficiency, emissions reductions, 
toxicity reductions, resource efficiency, and a paint or 
coating’s useful lifetime. We consider a combination 
of data on the resource use and efficiency of 
manufacturing the product and a product’s relative 
improvements over industry benchmarks for efficiency 
and useful lifetime.
Our methodology to identify 
sustainably advantaged products
Minimize harm: Systemic review
of product attributes
• Energy use
• Emissions
• Toxicity
• Resource use
• Useful lifetime
Optimize positive impact:
Value contribution to UN SDGs
• Energy 
• Infrastructure and cities
• People and Health
• Water
• Food
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Reducing environmental impact of shipping
Around 80% of global trade by volume is carried 
by sea. PPG antifouling paints help keep ships 
clear of barnacles and other growth that cause 
damage and reduce fuel efficiency , while helping 
customers achieve their targets imposed by 
Maritime regulations. We recently introduced PPG 
SIGMAGLIDE® 2390, a biocide-free antifouling paint 
that uses PPG HYDROSET TECHNOLOGY™, which 
modifies the coating when it is immersed in water to 
create a super-smooth, almost friction-free surface 
that marine organisms cannot adhere to. This enables 
vessels to maintain a clean hull and reduce drag, 
achieving power savings of up to 20%, a speed 
loss performance of less than 1%, and up to 35% 
reduction in CO2 emissions compared to traditional 
antifouling. PPG Sigmaglide 2390 is suitable for 
electrostatic spray application, enabling high transfer 
efficiency, less paint consumption, and emission and 
waste savings.
Using waste as an input
Most industrial processes create waste.  We work with 
partners around the world to find innovative ways to 
re-use valuable resources and move the world toward 
a more circular economy. Under our Tikkurila brand, 
acquired by PPG in 2021, we launched a range of bio-
based wood oils designed to protect wooden decks 
and terraces. We’re promoting circularity by taking tall 
oil, a waste product from the paper industry, and using 
it as a key ingredient in the new coatings. Tikkurila was 
the first in their market to launch bio-based coatings 
that do not rely on fossil fuels.
Supporting customer use of recycled materials
Aluminum is one of the most recycled materials in 
the world, and we’re doing our part to enable the 
continued use of recycled aluminum.
 
In 2022, we launched PPG Innovel PRO, a non-
bisphenol/non-BPA coating that provides improved 
application properties for recyclable aluminum 
beverage cans. Our coatings ensure minimal spoilage 
and protect both the can and beverage integrity. In 
addition to its improved performance, the coating 
helps our customers fulfill evolving regulations to 
remove bisphenols from food contact coatings, and 
enables the continued use of recyclable cans. 
PPG Innovel PRO 
beverage can coating 
received a Cradle-
to-Cradle Certified 
Material Health 
Certificate™ at the 
Platinum Level.
Learn more about some of our most recent sustainably advantaged products
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Helping reduce emissions from automotive 
manufacturing
Electric vehicles (EVs) are key enablers of the 
transition to a low-carbon economy. PPG is 
working alongside some of the most powerful EV 
manufacturers to develop innovative products and 
services that will ease the transition to meet the 
unique requirements of the EV market. 
Historically, the paint shop was the most energy 
intensive areas of automotive OEM facilities. One of 
our most recent innovations under the eCoat lineup, 
the PPG ENVIRO-PRIME® EPIC 300 product, can be 
applied to EV assemblies with heavier metal mass 
using less energy and heat, resulting in savings of 
20kWh of energy per vehicle produced and 4kg 
CO2. The product is also water-based and generates 
minimal waste due to its application efficiency.
Supporting the low-carbon transition with paints and 
coatings
As businesses move to mitigate climate change, 
they will need to rely on innovation across their value 
chains to reduce the negative environmental impacts 
of their operations. Many of PPG customers have set 
their own greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction 
targets, and we aim to support our customers’ targets 
by reducing the GHG emissions associated with the 
lifecycle of PPG products. We consider sustainability 
throughout our R&D process, to ensure that a high 
volume of products in our portfolio offer the right 
combination of high performance and reduced 
environmental impact.
Select examples of PPG products that help our 
customers reduce their scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG 
emissions are included below. 
•	 Streamlining customer operations: PPG 		
	
	 CORASEAL™ 4-Wet Sealer allows automotive 	
	
	 manufacturers to streamline the application and 	
	
	 curing process, and reduces CO2 generation by up 	
	 to 6kg per vehicle. 
•	 Products with lower embodied carbon: 
	 SEIGNEURIE™ EVOLUTEX™ Bas Carbone by PPG, 
	 an architectural coating launched in France, uses 
	 a bio-based binder and has a 20% lower carbon 
	 footprint than previous coatings.
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Research 
Partnerships
We believe in advancing sustainability 
through collaboration.
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Bio-based primer formulation
Many of our research projects focus on enhancing 
the positive and reducing the potentially negative 
environmental impacts of paints, coatings and 
specialty materials. This includes projects to 
incorporate renewable and bio-based materials into 
our products, improving recyclability or reusability, 
or removing potentially harmful compounds. 
Our commitment to responsible research and 
development applies to all legacy and recently 
acquired product lines. 
Through our research partnership with the U.S. Army 
Combat Capabilities Development Command Army 
Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL) and Rowan 
University, we have identified combinations of 
bio-based molecules that bring superior performance 
properties to our coatings, and are working to 
incorporate these compounds into our products.
As one example, the combination of DFDA, a 
furan-based diamine, and EVAC, a phenolic-based 
diepoxy, has been shown to improve performance 
of our aerospace-graded corrosion mitigation 
primers. We’re working with researchers at Rowan 
University to better understand how these bio-based 
molecules lead to increased performance, scale up 
the researchers’ capacity to manufacture DFDA and 
EVAC, and expand the family of renewably sourced 
resins that incorporate these molecules for superior 
performance characteristics. 
We partner with customers, academic institutions 
and other public and private entities to advance 
sustainable initiatives and technologies.
Beyond our research partnerships, PPG engages 
broadly with a number of industry associations and 
stakeholders around the world. Learn more in the 
Stakeholder Engagement section. 
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Making coating systems last longer
We work directly with the U.S. Army’s Combat 
Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle 
Systems Center (DEVCOM GVSC) and Tank-automotive 
and Armaments Command Watercraft Inspection 
Branch (TACOM WIB) to identify combinations of 
paints and coatings that offer increased durability and 
performance under strenuous conditions. Over the last 
year, we have been working with researchers to identify 
technologies that would extend the maintenance 
cycles on Army watercraft. Our goal is to develop a 
dual-purpose coating that would provide both improved 
abrasion resistance and antifouling properties when 
applied to both steel and aluminum hulls. 
The current coating stacks used on underwater hulls 
of Army watercraft are frequently degraded by silt, grit 
and debris blown over the flat bottom of the boat. Boats 
need to be temporarily taken out of service to re-apply 
these coatings, which takes time, materials and labor. 
Extending the maintenance cycle on these coatings 
will help reduce the upkeep costs and time spent re-
applying coatings over the long term. 
To this end, our researchers are surveying available 
technologies and identifying any that could be an 
improvement over the current state of the art. Through 
collaborative analytical and modeling efforts, we are 
conducting research to understand structure-property 
relationships and address shortfalls in performance. 
Where they have been identified, we are testing 
promising combinations of coatings to ensure that 
the expected increases in performance and durability 
come through in a real-world setting.
Fostering collaboration across the industry
PPG participates in conferences, industry 
associations, and related meetings to advance 
sustainable practices. Our participation not only helps 
PPG people stay abreast of the newest developments 
in the industry, but also gives our employees 
opportunities to explore innovative new collaborations 
with other industry leaders to solve sustainability 
challenges.
As an example, in 2022 we hosted a symposium at 
the 26th Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference 
titled “Incorporating sustainable components into 
existing manufacturing systems.” The PPG hosted 
symposium included speakers from academia and 
industry and featured a presentation from Se Ryeon 
Lee, PPG group leader, on bringing sustainable 
coatings science to the automotive battery industry. 
HY Zhou, Scientist, also presented a talk on 
incorporation of bio-based materials for adhesive 
development. 
Our approach to research partnerships
External partnerships help us develop more effective 
and sustainable products to protect and beautify the 
world. 
PPG’s external funding team, within our science and 
technology organization, explores opportunities 
for PPG to participate in research projects with 
governmental and educational institutions. Ultimately, 
our goal in these partnerships is to solve problems 
in the real world and solve our customers’ greatest 
pain points. We take insights developed through our 
work with external partners and incorporate them into 
PPG’s internal research and development processes. 
Across all our partnerships, we focus on developing 
more effective and sustainable paints and coatings. 
We approach our portfolio of research projects 
and partnerships in much the same way that we 
do other parts of our R&D processes. We work to 
identify partnerships that focus on developing paints 
and coatings that would be considered sustainably 
advantaged according to our internal methodology. 
We are currently implementing formal processes 
to consider sustainability throughout our research 
pipeline. Learn more about our methodology in the 
Sustainably Advantaged Products section.
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Product 
Stewardship
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Our product stewardship highlights in 2022
In 2022, we continued to enhance our product 
stewardship processes and systems. Highlights 
include: 
•	 Realigned our Environmental Health & Safety - 
Product Stewardship Management System by 
rewriting our Product Stewardship Implementation 
Tools (PSITs). PSITs are the core of our management 
system and were restructured from a series of 
nine interconnected requirements to four simple 
documents that summarize the requirements 
relevant in each phase of the product life cycle 
(PLC). The new PLC format is better matched with 
employee responsibilities and is easier for our 
people to use effectively. Through heightened 
employee awareness and management leadership 
and commitment, we can create an organizational 
culture that reflexively engages in a continuous 
cycle of self-evaluation, correction and improvement 
of our operations and processes as it relates to 
product compliance globally.
•	 Created 17 additional Substance of Interest 
Scorecards, which track hazards and regulatory 
requirements. By the end of 2022, we had a total of 
180 scorecards tracking 253 substances.
•	 15 new substances added to the Restricted 
Substances List (RSL). The RSL now includes 1,147 
substances that are restricted for all uses, and 390 
substances that are restricted for specific uses.
We take responsibility for minimizing adverse human 
health and environmental impacts of our products at 
every stage of the product life cycle. 
22,302
training courses completed 
on product stewardship topics 
through our professional 
development system
products have been certified 
with Environmental Product 
Declarations (EPDs)
total products declared 
through Health Product 
Declaration Collaborative 
(HPDC)
147
65
product stewardship audits 
were completed globally
4
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Our approach to product stewardship
We take a multifaceted approach to product 
stewardship that covers each stage of the product 
lifecycle: product development, manufacturing, 
distribution and customer use and disposal.  
Our Product Stewardship organization is a centralized 
function that provides information, tools and support 
to employees, customers, regulators and other 
stakeholders. The organization is made up of three 
main groups:
•	 Community of Expertise (CoE)
•	 Regional Product Stewardship Operations 
•	 Product Stewardship Business Partners
Our CoE groups monitor for regulatory and emerging 
issues and develop company requirements and 
tools to support the regional operations teams and 
business partners. These teams respond directly to 
internal and external customer inquiries using the 
tools developed by our CoE. The product stewardship 
business partners have an intimate knowledge of 
product portfolios and requirements, and work directly 
with our businesses to drive business growth through 
improved product stewardship.
Our product stewardship organization also engages 
external stakeholders, including government advocacy 
and trade associations. Learn more in the Stakeholder 
Engagement section.
Focus areas
Toxicology
Toxicology is an integral component of sustainable 
product development. We endorse the principles of 
green toxicology, which describe the application of 
predictive toxicology in the design, manufacture, use 
and disposal of new materials and chemicals.
Green toxicology broadly supports green chemistry 
by providing tools to assess hazards so that more 
sustainable, less-toxic products can be developed. 
Green toxicology directly applies to principles 3, 4 
and 10 of green chemistry – less hazardous chemical 
synthesis, designing safer chemicals and design for 
degradation.
To achieve these goals, chemists must have tools 
and processes to evaluate hazards. We use validated 
hazard assessment methods that can be applied 
early in product development. We use three toxicology 
processes to evaluate and monitor substances used 
in our products – Early R&D (ERD) Hazard Screen, 
Substance of Interest (SOI) Scorecard and PPG 
RSL. Driven by global, cross-functional committees, 
these three processes facilitate the monitoring and 
management of health and environmental risks 
of raw materials throughout the development and 
commercialization of our products.
•	 Assessed our products according to the United 
Nations Globally Harmonized System for 
Classification and Labeling (UN GHS) for category 
1 and/or 2 for hazard warnings on products. Of the 
products scored globally, 33% were not classified 
with hazards under UN GHS category 1 or 2, and 
75% of the products scored were produced in the 
EMEA and USCA regions. We consciously choose 
lower hazards, especially in architectural coatings 
products due to their heavy use in consumer, 
commercial and residential projects. 
•	 Increased accessibility of product specific carbon 
footprint information to enable our business teams 
to collaborate with customers on ways in which 
PPG can innovate lower carbon solutions for our 
customers.
•	 Initiated supplier collaborations to assemble lower 
carbon raw material information to introduce 
new formulations that are designed according 
to sustainability principles. Raw materials with 
alternative renewable feedstocks or recycled 
content are currently being evaluated for further 
consideration in our industrial and consumer 
products. An example of this initiative in action 
is our Seigneurie Evolutex Bas Carbone by PPG, 
an architectural coating launched in France. The 
product uses a bio-based binder and has a 20% 
lower carbon footprint than previous coatings.
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The CoE works closely with our research and 
development teams, the PPG SOI program, the RSL 
program and other stakeholders.
Circular economy
We review opportunities to reuse residual product that 
would otherwise be shipped for disposal and increase 
the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic in 
our packaging, ultimately contributing to the circular 
economy.
We foster partnerships with organizations focused 
on circularity and waste reduction, including the 
PAINTCARE™ program in the U.S., ProductCare 
in Canada, the ECO-PEINTURE™ non-profit in 
Quebec, and PaintBack in Australia, all of which allow 
consumers to recycle leftover or unwanted paint. We 
are exploring additional paint recycling opportunities 
globally where available. 
Some of our architectural coatings product packaging, 
excluding the handle and lid, contain up to 100% 
recycled content in the U.S. and in Europe. We are 
currently testing packaging that uses recycled content 
for the lid. Learn more in the Waste section.
Green Construction 
Coatings are used extensively in the building and 
construction market for protective and decorative 
purposes on the building itself and as part of 
components or machinery installed in the building.
We leverage data from our systems to produce 
declarations that support the requirements of 
green building schemes. These include the U.S. 
Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and 
Environmental Design (LEED®), Europe’s Building 
Research Establishment Environmental Assessment 
Methodology (BREEAM®) and the WELL BUILDING 
STANDARD®. Our life cycle assessment capabilities 
allow the in-house production of environmental 
product declarations (EPDs), which declare the 
environmental impact of the product over its entire life 
cycle. To support LEED Material Ingredients reporting, 
we generate Health Product Declarations (HPDs), 
which outline the substances present and indicate 
the results of screening these substances against the 
HPD Priority Hazard Lists and the GREENSCREEN 
FOR SAFER CHEMICALS®. We also support substance 
screening and declarations for Cradle-to-Cradle 
certification of products. 
We provide regulatory volatile organic compound 
(VOC) content data and support in obtaining external 
emission testing certifications, both of which are part 
of the green construction programs requirements 
for identifying products which have a low impact 
on indoor air quality. As well as supporting the 
requirements of green construction schemes, these 
assessments and certifications enable users to make 
informed choices on the products they choose in 
relation to the chemicals used, the impact on indoor 
air quality and the broader environmental impacts. 
Where PPG coatings are incorporated into products 
destined for the construction sector, we provide 
declarations of substance composition and life cycle 
assessment information of the coatings to support our 
customers in achieving certifications and declarations 
of their products required by green building schemes.
Food packaging coatings and food contact
Aluminum is one of the most widely used and 
recyclable packaging options, and PPG coatings help 
keep aluminum packaging safe for consumers and 
enable its infinitely recyclable attributes. State-of-the-
art analytical science, risk assessments and computer 
simulated toxicological assessments support our 
innovative coating portfolio.
The PPG SAFEASSURE™ program, part of our 
Packaging Coatings product development process, 
prescribes stringent protocols for screening 
starting chemicals and those migrating into food or 
beverages. It builds a dossier of key information to 
allow the onward supply chain to conduct appropriate 
risk assessments and build confidence in food or 
beverage products released to the market. The 
PPG SafeAssure program goes beyond the legal 
compliance requirements for packaging coatings to 
support the market in demonstrating food safety. 
The PPG Global CoE for food contact regulatory 
compliance aligns with our approach to standardize 
processes and procedures in support of many of 
our businesses. For example, the food contact 
CoE supports the Kitchen and Industrial Bakeware 
segment within our Industrial Coatings business to 
obtain food contact compliance on new cookware 
coatings. The Food Contact CoE also monitors new 
regulations related to the Green Deal/CSS to ascertain 
any impacts to the business. 
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PS Pulse
Product Stewardship Pulse (PS Pulse) is our central 
product stewardship workflow tool. PS Pulse is a 
collaborative site for PPG users to submit requests 
to members of the product stewardship teams 
and escalate requests based on level of expertise 
required for response. PS Pulse also serves as a 
central location for self-help materials education on 
various product stewardship topics.
Chemist’s EHS Toolbox
Our Chemist’s EHS Toolbox is a resource on our 
intranet making it easy for users to access the right 
product stewardship tools. The Chemist’s EHS 
Toolbox offers a roadmap of resources for chemists 
and formulators to support product stewardship 
needs at every level of product development – from 
new raw material introduction to formulation or use 
changes in existing products. The toolbox makes 
it easy for our technical community to understand 
regulatory compliance requirements. Chemists 
use the toolbox to determine if their formulation is 
compliant for shipment to a particular country, find 
whether a substance in the formulation will likely be 
deselected from the marketplace and identify those 
substances that require hazard warnings on a safety 
data sheet and label.
Global Product Stewardship system
Our centralized Global Product Stewardship (GPS) 
system manages the data required to author hazard 
communication documents.
The Globally Harmonized System for Classification 
and Labeling (GHS), an internationally agreed-upon 
standard managed by the United Nations, classifies 
substances for health, physical and environmental 
hazards. In accordance with GHS classification 
principles, we use a global hazard evaluation 
(GHE) process to assess and review 100% of our 
raw materials prior to them being used to safely 
manufacture our products and before we develop 
safety data sheets (SDS) and labels. Our GHE process 
reviews a raw material’s impact on human health, 
physical and chemical properties, environmental 
impact and compliance with global regulations 
and PPG policies. Each PPG product formula is 
automatically transferred to our GPS system, which 
then provides a GHS-compliant SDS and a hazard 
warning label. These SDS and labels are available 
in many languages and meet the regulations of the 
more than 70 countries where we do business.
We leverage the GPS data to support many other 
compliance and customer requirements. These 
include chemical inventory, PPG and customer 
restricted substances lists, and customer requests 
to support their sustainability programs. Using  global 
data allows us to quickly respond to customers and 
identify any potentially problematic or concerning 
substances. The system is used frequently 
throughout PPG, including by product stewardship, 
product development, supply chain, manufacturing 
and marketing.
Training
Our product stewardship organization creates and 
implements training for all company stakeholders 
(technical, marketing, leadership), including a range of 
optional and assigned training modules on all aspects 
of product stewardship. Our Product Stewardship 
Training Matrix identifies more than 45 training 
elements, and the majority are available on-demand 
from our Evolve learning platform. Learn more about 
training at PPG in the Learning and Leadership 
Development section.
Continuous improvement
We conduct an annual management review in 
each of PPG’s business units to drive continuous 
improvement. We benchmark against industry peers, 
and ensure that any critical gaps are closed by a 
robust action plan. We supplement this peer review 
with compliance assurance audits that focus on key 
business risks. All businesses are audited on a three- 
to five-year cycle.
Processes, systems and tools
We have built our product stewardship resources 
over many years, and we continue to evolve to meet 
changing business needs.
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Our emerging issues tool helps us stay up to date 
on compliance and other regulatory issues. The tool 
helps us anticipate regulatory and non-regulatory 
concerns to capitalize on business opportunities 
while driving early compliance with regulations.
When we receive inquiries from customers, non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) or
agencies, or when social interest is detected, PPG 
employees can enter an issue in our emerging 
issues tool for review. Members of the EHS Product 
Stewardship team analyze the issues to determine 
its risk and potential impact on PPG. From there, 
the team develops a monitoring or action plan that 
may include advocacy with trade associations or 
governmental agencies. Plans can also include 
business, technical or manufacturing activities 
to help PPG maintain compliance or explore new 
business concepts. For high impact issues, we have 
implemented strategic management plans to reduce 
impacts to PPG related to substance deselection, 
regulatory changes and end-use restrictions.
Continuous monitoring of emerging issues and global 
regulatory changes is part of our standard business 
planning process. Alongside a project management 
process to implement changes to our compliance 
procedures, the use of our emerging issues tool helps 
avoid business interruptions.
Animal testing
We support global efforts to reduce animal testing, 
as described further in our animal welfare policy on 
ppg.com
Chemical Inventory Compliance
To ensure we remain in compliance with 
applicable regulations, we maintain a robust 
central management system for notifications 
to regulatory authorities, including those that 
oversee Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and 
Restriction of Chemicals in Europe (EU-REACH) and 
the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) 
Regulation.
Much of our technical leadership is based on the 
development of polymers. Our regulatory team works 
closely with our polymer chemists, advising them on 
the design of polymers for regulatory compliance and 
providing support at all stages of the development 
process. This early involvement allows us to complete 
the registration process in any of the countries that 
require polymer notification well ahead of product 
launch, enabling us to get our products in-market 
faster.
STAN
The SDS Transmission and Notification (STAN) system 
is our automated email distribution for SDS based on 
customer orders for our products around the world. 
STAN supports region-specific SDS distribution while 
offering increased functionality. This includes the 
ability to distribute an SDS for non-PPG manufactured 
products, automated distribution for the latest SDS 
after a major version change, and distribution of an 
SDS to multiple email addresses for customers.
Regulatory and emerging issues management tools
In parallel to our GPS system, we maintain a simple-
to-use matrix that details regulatory requirements for 
all countries where we do business. This is supported 
by detailed procedures for compliance, including 
customer use requirements. Examples include food 
contact, restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS), 
VOC emissions and items intended for use by children.
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ERD hazard screen and SOI Scorecard
During a new product’s R&D phase, we assess the 
hazard of raw materials and potential byproducts 
using a hazard screen process. Following a product’s 
commercialization, we may develop a SOI Scorecard 
incorporating this assessment and any new hazard 
information to further guide our businesses.
SOI Scorecards include a visual for forecasting the 
hazards, regulatory status and stakeholder concerns 
for substances that are critical to our businesses.
Their purpose is to guide responsible use and 
handling of any potentially hazardous materials. 
We update our SOI Scorecards with new regulatory, 
scientific and market developments. When updated, 
we review substances for placement on the PPG 
Restricted Substances List (RSL). Linking the two 
processes enables our technical community to begin 
the process of product reformulation prior to the 
inclusion of a substance on the PPG RSL.
PPG Restricted Substances List
The PPG RSL establishes our current requirements 
for and restrictions on the use of certain hazardous 
substances in our products. PPG’s RSL Program 
is based on the principle of addressing the health 
and environmental risks of substances that we use, 
produce and sell. We identify substances for inclusion 
on PPG’s RSL based on international conventions, 
country-specific requirements and substance-
specific information. When substances are added to 
PPG’s RSL, a target date for restriction or prohibition 
is established and the affected businesses work to 
eliminate the substances prior to the target date. 
Progress towards the target date is tracked at least 
twice per year.
PPG’s RSL applies to all PPG products globally, 
including those sold in geographies that do not have 
chemical regulation programs.
PPG’s RSL Program evaluates substances for addition 
to the list and regularly incorporates information 
about substances already on the list. We conduct 
assessments of our RSL Program at least twice per 
year to ensure that it is being implemented in all of our 
businesses globally.
PPG’s RSL includes all substances covered by 
the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic 
Pollutants and industrial substances on the Rotterdam 
Convention Prior Informed Consent (PIC) list. Since 
PPG’s RSL is applied to all PPG products globally, even 
in areas of the world where there are no chemical 
regulation programs, it goes beyond regulatory 
compliance.
The elimination of lead as an intentionally added 
ingredient in any PPG products is an example of 
PPG’s RSL Program in action. For many years, lead 
has not been intentionally added to any of PPG’s 
consumer products and in 2019, we achieved our goal 
of eliminating lead from all non-consumer products. 
PPG’s non-consumer products contained lead as 
an intentionally added ingredient solely to meet the 
unique specifications of PPG’s customers. Over 
the course of several years, PPG worked with those 
customers to develop alternative formulations that do 
not contain lead but achieve the same performance 
characteristics. We are now focusing on ensuring that 
lead is not used as an intentionally added ingredient in 
new products developed, as well as products that are 
added to PPG’s portfolio through acquisitions.
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Life Cycle Assessment
A life cycle assessment (LCA) is a recognized 
method for assessing the environmental and human 
health impact of products – from the extraction of 
raw materials to the disposal of a product at the 
end of its useful life. An LCA covers a wide range of 
environmental and human health impacts, including 
most commonly reported impact categories such as 
climate change, measured by kg CO2 equivalent per 
functional unit.
PPG’s Product Sustainability (PS) CoE serves all 
businesses globally, facilitating rigorous calculation
of the environmental and human health impact of
our products. The CoE is focused on increasing
LCA and Product Sustainability Assessment 
capabilities at the corporate level, through our
R&D community and in our business units. 
At the corporate level, the PS CoE engages with 
multiple software vendors and explores new tools to 
enable the automation of life recycle assessments for 
our large portfolio of products, such as an automated 
LCA tool that can be integrated with everyday 
business processes and report LCA information at 
the product level to our customers. As the chemical 
industry faces increasing demand for product-specific 
LCA information along a company’s value chain, PPG 
strives to become an early adopter to apply state-
of-the-art system solutions that enhance product 
sustainability.
The PS CoE supports PPG’s R&D community to 
understand a product’s environmental and human 
health impacts during the product development stage. 
Our recipe screening tool makes it easy for users to 
assess a formulation’s environmental and human 
health impacts. Product developers can enter up to 
four formulations into the application and compare 
the life cycle impact across important environmental 
and human health indicators. They can integrate life 
cycle analysis into their product design and choose a 
product formulation with the lowest life cycle impact.
The PS CoE also supports our businesses to 
quantify a product’s life cycle benefits attributable 
to customer operations or customer use of our 
products. This insight enhances our development 
of sustainably advantaged products and avoids 
shifting environmental burdens to other parts of the 
value chain. The PS CoE’s core capabilities related to 
customer support include generating Environmental 
Product Declarations (EPD) and Health Product 
Declarations (HPD). Our EPDs and HPDs are used to 
support our customers’ sustainability efforts around 
the globe.
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Environmental
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Environmental 
Overview
We are committed to using resources
efficiently and minimizing environmental
impacts throughout our value chain.
Key advances in our environmental approach 
include: 
•	 Defined our 2030 ambitions and set new
	 ESG targets
•	 Submitted our scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions
reduction targets to the Science Based Targets 
initiative for approval
•	 Expanded our use of the Task Force on Climate-
related Financial Disclosures framework in our 
strategic planning process to better understand 
risks and opportunities
While we continued to work toward our 2025 
environmental goals over the last year, one of our major 
accomplishments in 2022 was defining our ambitions 
for 2030. Learn more about our 2030 targets in the 
2022 Progress and Highlights section. We will begin 
reporting against the 2030 targets in our next report. 
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Our environmental highlights in 2022
13%
reduction in waste
disposal intensity
from a 2017 baseline
reduction in spill and
release rate from a
2017 baseline
reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions intensity 
from a 2017 baseline
20%
6%
We continue to strengthen our efforts across all 
areas of our footprint, including water, waste, energy 
and emissions. Beyond our own operations, we take 
responsibility for minimizing the environmental 
impact of our entire value chain. We work with 
our suppliers, contractors and customers to drive 
sustainability initiatives, and offer sustainable 
solutions to help our customers meet their goals.
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Our waste reduction initiatives support the transition 
toward a circular economy. We evaluate our own 
operations and work closely with customers to 
identify waste streams that can be reused or recycled. 
Increasing raw material efficiency, operational 
improvements, and recycling manufacturing 
byproducts and unused products all have positive 
impacts on our bottom line in addition to reducing the 
amount of waste that we produce. Learn more in the 
Waste section.
Our water reduction and efficiency programs have 
also expanded over the last year. We understand 
that water is a shared resource and that we have 
a responsibility to protect water supply for our 
communities. PPG’s water risk evaluation process 
helps us target water reduction efforts in the areas 
that are most impacted by drought or water scarcity 
and maximize the positive impacts of our work. Learn 
more in the Water section.
Our energy use and emissions reductions are closely 
linked. Improvements in our energy efficiency and 
renewable energy sourcing drive reductions in PPG’s 
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and help mitigate 
climate change. We are taking steps to reduce our 
energy use and emissions by implementing new and 
innovative energy solutions, sourcing renewable energy, 
and making our production processes more efficient. 
Learn more in the Energy and Emissions sections.
Over the last year, we have expanded our climate 
scenario analysis, which we use to understand 
physical and transition risks and opportunities. We 
have evaluated more of our product portfolio to 
understand the number of our products that qualify 
as sustainably advantaged, and worked to further 
integrate consideration of sustainability into our 
strategic planning processes. Learn more in the 
Climate-related Risks and Opportunities section.
The PPG Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Policy 
provides the guidelines under which we manufacture, 
market and distribute products globally in a manner 
that protects our people, neighbors, customers and 
the environment. The policy incorporates elements 
from several voluntary global industry initiatives in 
which we are a participant, including the International 
Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA)/ American 
Chemicals Council (ACC) RESPONSIBLE CARE® 
program, the British Coatings Federation (BCF) 
COATINGS CARE® initiative and the American 
Coatings Association (ACA) PaintCare program.
We ensure consistent operations in line with our EHS 
standards, sustainability goals and strategies through 
our global EHS management system, which is aligned 
to ISO 14001. PPG has 58 sites that are certified to 
ISO 14001, which are audited by a third party against 
their conformance to the PPG EHS management 
system. The system requires locations to conform to 
environmental regulatory requirements and global 
requirements for air emissions, energy management, 
water discharge, waste management, spill elimination 
and plant footprint. The EHS management system 
enables us to track our progress on a location, 
business and global level, with metrics reported 
monthly to facilitate frequent performance monitoring. 
We also conduct periodic internal audits that check 
each of our sites for compliance against regulatory 
and PPG requirements. Learn more in the Safety and 
Health section.
Financial data for capital projects related to 
environmental expenditures are tracked through our 
financial systems rather than the EHS management 
system.

Waste
We are committed to reducing,
reusing and recycling our waste.
Our waste highlights in 2022
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PPG recognizes the importance of moving toward 
a circular economy. We work to reduce waste and 
its associated impacts from our products and 
processes, starting in the design of our products. We 
use raw materials as efficiently as possible, minimize 
our  waste generated from operations  and promote 
reuse and recycling throughout our value chain. 
Beyond the environmental benefits, reducing waste 
helps lower our costs.
Goal: A 25% reduction in total waste disposal 
intensity (waste produced per 100 metric tons 
of production) from a 2017 baseline by 2025.
Achieved 13% reduction in waste disposal 
intensity in 2022 versus 2017 baseline.
Goal: Achieve zero landfill status 
from process waste at 35% of PPG’s 
manufacturing and research and development 
(R&D) locations by 2025.
Achieved 32% of PPG’s manufacturing and 
R&D with zero landfill status in 2022.
Goal: 65% improvement in our spills and 
releases rate by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
Achieved 20% decline in spills and releases 
in 2022 versus 2017 baseline
Our efforts to reduce spills and releases are driven 
by employee engagement activities, operational 
improvements and self-assessments. Our median spill 
in 2022 was 26.4 pounds, with 99% of spills contained 
onsite. We had four significant spills during the year 
that totaled 17,750 gallons (67,187 liters). 
Given the range of our operations and production 
processes, we empower management at each of our 
sites to implement waste reduction measures as they 
see fit. Over the past year, we have implemented new 
processes to: 
•	 Reduce packaging waste associated with 
transporting raw materials and finished products 
•	 Reduce production waste by finding new uses for 
byproducts of our manufacturing processes
•	 Reduce raw material use by incorporating recycled 
materials in products and packaging 
•	 Take back and repurpose unused products from 
customers
•	 Reformulate products to enable reuse and recycling 
at their end of life 
Although we are still on track to reach our waste 
goals by 2025, we faced challenges at one of our 
largest production facilities in 2022 that impacted the 
amount of material accounted for as waste. 
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One of our manufacturing processes at our Lake 
Charles, Louisiana, facility produces an inert, non-
hazardous material that has historically been reused 
as a filler material. However, in 2022 the partner 
that reused the material paused operations, and the 
material had to be sent to landfill. We were able to 
secure a new agreement at the end of 2022 to keep 
the material out of the landfill, but over the course 
of the year 30,000 metric tons of this material was 
classified as waste. This raised our waste intensity 
from 2.07 to 2.79, and added significant waste hauling 
cost over the course of the year. 
We also seek to reduce the total amount of waste 
sent to landfills by incorporating recycled materials 
in our product packaging. Some of our architectural 
coatings product packaging, excluding the handle 
and lid, contain up to 100% recycled content in the 
U.S. and in Europe. We are currently testing packaging 
that uses recycled content for the lid and plan to 
increase the amount of recycled content in our 
packaging as we move forward.
Through our customer relationship with Steelcase, an American manufacturer of architecture, furniture 
and technology products, we are creating new and innovative uses for waste from our industrial coatings 
and supporting the circular economy. When Steelcase applies PPG coatings to their products, the 
overspray is collected and sent back to us. These powder coatings typically cannot be reused for the 
same purpose and would historically be sent to a landfill. We have developed processes to recycle 
the powder into new coatings, which Steelcase uses on brackets, inside drawers and other less visible 
surfaces in their products. 
Last year, we made around 250,000 pounds of recycled coatings from powder coatings used by 
Steelcase. The process has completely removed this waste stream for our customer, reducing their 
environmental impact and saving them thousands of dollars in waste handling fees. The collaboration has 
opened the door for more innovative recycling and circularity initiatives, and we are continuing to develop 
products that use reclaimed materials.
“Steelcase is delighted to collaborate with suppliers like PPG, who are eager to collectively 
push forward best practices in sustainability,” said Kaila Bryzgalski, Steelcase product sustainability 
marketing manager. “This project was a reinforcement of how when we responsibly choose and use 
materials and apply them in the design of our products, we can create better futures for people 
and the planet.
Rethinking waste in
partnership with Steelcase
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Aluminum is one of the most recycled 
materials in the world, and we’re doing our 
part to enable the continued use of recycled 
aluminum.
 
In 2022, we launched PPG Innovel PRO, 
a non-bisphenol/non-BPA coating that 
provides improved application properties 
for recyclable aluminum beverage cans. 
Our coatings ensure minimal spoilage and 
protect both the can and beverage integrity. 
In addition to its improved performance, the 
coating helps our customers fulfill evolving 
regulations to remove bisphenols from food 
contact coatings, and enables the continued 
use of recyclable cans.
PPG Innovel PRO 
beverage can 
coating received a 
Cradle-to-Cradle 
Certified Material 
Health Certificate™ 
at the Platinum Level.
Supporting customer
use of recycled materials
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Spills and Releases Rate
per 1,000 employees
2017
1.84
2018
1.32
2019
1.25
2020
1.24
2021
1.28
2022
1.5
Multi-year data highlights
Total Waste Disposal
Intensity
(metric tons per 100 
metric tons of production)
Disposed
(thousand metric tons)
2017
3.21
153.08
2018
3.02
144.89
2019
2.46
112.49
2020
2.10
89.68
2021
2.05
90.18
2022
2.79
116.70
Total waste disposed includes landfilled, incinerated and treated waste. 
Excludes waste associated with a 2017 furnace rebuild at our Lake 
Charles, Louisiana, plant, which is an infrequent event that occurs every 
7 to 10 years. Data changes from prior reporting reflect adjustments for 
acquired and divested locations from the 2017 baseline onward.
Solid Waste
Thousand metric tons
Generated
Recycled
Disposed
2017
244.74
91.65
153.08
2018
232.63
87.75
144.89
2019
194.62
82.13
112.49
2020
164.39
74.71
89.68
2021
170.15
79.97
90.18
2022
188.17
71.47
116.70
Disposed waste does not include waste that is recycled, reclaimed 
or incinerated for energy recovery. Data changes from prior reporting 
reflect adjustments for acquired and divested locations from the 2017 
baseline onward.	
	
	
Waste Generated/Recycled 
Non-hazardous Waste
Waste Generated/Recycled
Hazardous Waste
Generated
(thousand metric tons)
Recycled
(percent)
Disposed
(thousand metric tons)
Generated
(thousand metric tons)
Recycled
(percent)
Disposed
(thousand metric tons)
2017
123.66
24%
93.61
121.08
51%
59.47
2018
115.84
25%
86.32
116.79
50%
58.56
2019
81.96
35%
52.90
112.66
47%
59.59
2020
70.69
37%
44.40
93.70
52%
45.28
2021
74.03
38%
46.26
96.12
54%
43.91
2022
100.56
25%
75.30
87.61
53%
41.40
Data for hazardous waste recycled include waste that was used to generate energy through direct incineration. We report our hazardous waste data 
using the regulatory framework of each country where we operate. Data changes from prior reporting reflect adjustments for acquired and divested 
locations from the 2017 baseline onward.
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Our approach to waste management
Our paints and coatings extend the useable 
lifespan of products across industries, improve 
the performance of existing products, and refresh 
them so they can remain in use for many years. In 
this way, waste reduction is inherent to our purpose 
to protect and beautify the world. We also work to 
reduce waste from our operations as part of our wider 
environmental performance management. 
Improving resource efficiency
Our focus on operational efficiency reduces our waste 
footprint, resulting in both environmental and financial 
benefits.
PPG acquires raw materials from suppliers and our 
manufacturing process converts these materials 
into finished products. These products are then 
transported to customers in the construction, 
consumer products, industrial and transportation 
industries. Typical waste streams resulting from these 
activities include process waste from equipment 
cleaning, substandard product, by-products and 
packaging. 
We track waste produced at our facilities around the 
world, and manage each waste stream according to 
internal and legal standards. Waste that is shipped 
off-site for disposal is reported into a central data 
system, allowing us to monitor performance, identify 
areas for improvement and share best practices.
Our global waste stewardship process covers all waste 
contractors that provide waste treatment, storage, 
disposal or recycling services. These contractors 
are rigorously evaluated through our waste auditing 
process, ensuring alignment to regulatory and PPG 
waste handling requirements. Once approved, we 
apply our commercial requirements and communicate 
the status to our sites. 
Facility management works to reduce or eliminate 
waste streams one source at a time. We prioritize 
waste reduction work based on criteria that includes 
hazard profile, volume and cost. For anything that 
cannot be eliminated by increasing our efficiency, we 
search for options to reuse and recycle materials.
We also drive waste reductions beyond manufacturing, 
including by focusing on product formulation and raw 
material management. Learn more about how we’re 
designing out waste and factoring in environmental 
impacts in our Sustainably Advantaged Products and 
Supplier Sustainability sections.
We also foster partnerships with organizations 
focused on circularity and waste reduction, including 
the PAINTCARE™ program in the U.S., ProductCare 
in Canada, the ECO-PEINTURE™ non-profit in 
Quebec, and PaintBack in Australia, all of which allow 
consumers to recycle leftover or unwanted paint. We 
are exploring additional paint recycling opportunities 
globally where available.
Avoiding spills and releases
We recognize that even small spills can lead to 
environmental impacts, and risk exposing our 
business to clean-up costs, future liabilities and 
reputational risks. Our facilities have management 
practices in place to prevent spills and releases.
Our corporate spill elimination standard requires 
each facility to establish a spill elimination program 
and assess program performance each year. The 
program consists of an assessment of the facility’s 
past performance and prioritized risks. Our EHS 
Management system requires that each of our sites 
assesses their environmental performance on an 
annual basis. PPG also performs periodic compliance 
audits, which are conducted by either internal experts 
or third-party consultants. Where necessary, facilities 
are provided with a corrective action plan that 
includes defined milestones for improvement. 
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All facilities conduct regular environmental and spill 
control training, as well as spill elimination workshops. 
During these events, employees from various 
functions assess their facilities to identify areas for 
immediate improvement and opportunities for longer 
term actions.
We prioritize interventions at our highest risk sites 
to further reduce the risk of spills. All of our sites are 
required to implement the following controls:
•	 Overflow protection for stationary processes and 
storage vessels
•	 Clear labeling of all lines and connections with 
contents and destination
•	 Securing portable tanks and loose containers on 
pallets when transported around the facility
We identify issues before they become significant 
through strict internal spill reporting requirements. 
Reporting thresholds vary by material and 
government-reportable levels, with the lowest 
threshold at 11 pounds (5 kilograms). Our internal 
reporting requirements include specific data related 
to each spill. This data allows a site to define and 
improve the process for material and product 
handling and movement to avoid future spills.
Remediation 
Some of our past waste disposal methods, which 
were once authorized and accepted industry 
practices, can require environmental remediation 
or land reclamation to meet current regulations, our 
internal standards or stakeholder expectations. 
We follow regulatory guidance and rules to assess 
and manage environmental issues and impacts at our 
facilities. This commonly includes a site assessment, 
which is conducted at various stages of a remediation 
project lifecycle and provides an environmental 
evaluation according to standard industry practices. 
The assessment determines what, if any, remediation 
activities or restrictions will be implemented to meet 
our goal of leaving each facility in a condition in which 
it can be reused safely and productively.
To learn more about our remediation efforts, please 
refer to our 2022 Form 10-K, beginning on page 61.
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Water
We optimize water use and reduce
our environmental impact through
conservation and reuse.
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We recognize that water is a finite, shared resource 
and minimize water use in all of our facilities through 
conservation, innovation and reuse. We consider 
our impacts on the entire water basin, and take into 
account the local environmental, regulatory and 
socioeconomic context of each of our sites.
Our water highlights in 2022
In 2022, our water intensity was 4.24 cubic meters per 
metric ton of production, an increase of 0.7% from 
our 2017 baseline. We withdrew 17.73 million cubic 
meters of water during the year, a 11.8% reduction 
compared to the 2017 baseline. 
The increase in our total water intensity over the last 
year has largely been driven by our Lake Charles, 
Louisiana, facility, which had to produce its own steam 
for a portion of 2022 due to issues with an external 
utility provider. Our product mix has also shifted since 
2017 in response to changing customer demand, 
and reductions in some of our least water-intensive 
processes have driven our total water intensity higher. 
We continue to explore and scale water efficiency 
measures across our operations. However, we 
recognize that our water use in water-stressed 
regions has a more significant impact on other users 
of the water basin. We are prioritizing water-efficiency 
measures in areas with high water scarcity risk, rather 
than focusing on bringing down our overall water 
intensity. 
In 2022, we continued to improve our cleaning 
and production processes to reuse water without 
sacrificing the quality of our finished products. 
Our water reduction measures are closely tied to 
our efforts to reduce waste. We have continued to 
reduce both waste production and water usage 
through resource efficiency improvements, including 
replacing fresh water with wash water in production 
runs where appropriate. PPG’s Zero Discharge Project 
has continued to expand in the United States, Canada 
and Mexico, and has led to water reuse or reduction 
projects at eight sites.
Goal: 20% reduction in water intensity
by 2025 from a 2017 baseline.
0.7% increase in water intensity
from a 2017 baseline.
reduction in total
water withdrawal
from a 2017 baseline
gallons of water reused 
through our Zero
Discharge Project
12%
1.8MM
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During our production processes, some 
paint gets left behind in the drums used to 
mix ingredients and the pipes used to move 
paint. We clean out the system between 
batches with water to keep it running properly 
and avoid cross contamination between 
batches. Historically, we have sent the wash 
water to a municipal water treatment facility 
to be cleaned and released back into the 
local water system. 
In 2022, we updated the cleaning processes 
at our East Point facility to reduce waste 
associated with the production of textured 
paint. We added a tank to collect waste 
material from the washing process and reuse 
it in future paint batches. This system allows 
us to reuse wash water in place of fresh water 
as an ingredient, saves the raw materials that 
would have otherwise become waste, and 
ultimately reduces our waste handling and 
disposal costs. 
This single program reduces the waste 
intensity for our architectural coatings 
business in the U.S. and Canada by 3%, 
and will save more than 60,000 gallons of 
wastewater per year.
As our facilities work to reduce total water 
use, we frequently need to look beyond 
improvements to our production processes. 
San Juan del Rio is a city in the Querétaro 
state of Mexico. The area has high water 
stress, meaning that the demand for safe, 
useable water exceeds the supply. The stress 
is caused by a country wide drought, and 
worsened by heavy users such as the state’s 
agricultural sector.   
Following a review of their water use on site, 
our team in San Juan del Rio realized that 
almost a quarter of their total water use was 
for irrigation of the landscape around the 
facility. While the site does not use a lot of 
water in their production processes, we have 
been able to significantly reduce water use 
by cutting back on irrigation. The reduction 
was achieved by developing a work plan 
for gardening personnel and establishing 
schedules for irrigation, which saved 55,000 
cubic meters of water.
Impact of PPG’s Zero 
Discharge Project in East 
Point, Georgia
Reducing water used for 
irrigation in San Juan
del Rio, Mexico
We’ve also enhanced our focus on the areas of our 
operations where water is scarce. Through our annual 
process of reviewing water scarcity and risk, we 
identified 26 facilities that we designated as priority 
sites. Priority sites either use more water or are 
situated in areas with high water stress. We will be 
focusing our water conservation efforts on these sites 
in the future to enable the greatest possible impact 
on our water footprint. 
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Multi-year data highlights
Water intensity
Cubic meters per metric ton of production
2017
4.21
2018
3.99
2019
4.09
2020
3.57
2021
4.03
2022
4.24
Data changes from prior reporting reflect adjustments for acquired 
and divested locations from the 2017 baseline onward.
Water consumption – All Sources
Million cubic meters  
Withdrawn
Discharged
Net consumption
(withdrawn minus 
discharged)
2017
20.09
14.09
6.01
2018
19.15
14.57
4.58
2019
18.73
13.87
4.86
2020
15.28
13.29
1.99
2021
17.72
14.38
3.35
2022
17.73
14.64
3.09
Total may not equal the sum due to rounding. 
Water withdrawal and water discharge data are provided by each 
location on a monthly basis using the best available data, including 
direct measurements when possible. Data changes from prior 
reporting reflect adjustments for acquired and divested locations from 
the 2017 baseline onward.
Water usage in water-stressed regions
Percent of
total withdrawn
Percent of
total consumed
2017
8%
15%
2018
9%
22%
2019
9%
20%
2020
11%
53%
2021
10%
29%
2022
9%
28%
Included facilities are in North America, South America, Europe, 
Australia and Asia. Data changes from prior reporting reflect 
adjustments for acquired and divested locations from the 2017 
baseline onward and updated water-stress analysis.
Water Non-Compliances 
Number
2017
5
2018
3
2019
6
2020
7
2021
6
2022
10
Data cover non-compliances associated with water quality permits, 
standards and regulations and is based on the year that PPG is 
notified of the non-compliance by a governmental authority.
Water non-compliances are typically minor deviations from existing 
discharge permits. These incidents are thoroughly investigated and 
corrective actions are implemented to minimize reoccurrence.
2022 water withdrawn – All sources
Million cubic meters
Source
Amount withdrawn
Surface water
4.96
Groundwater
6.81
Seawater
0
Produced water
0
Third-party water
5.96
2022 freshwater consumption
Million cubic meters
Source
Amount withdrawn
Municipal water withdrawn
6.00
Fresh surface water withdrawn
5.00
Fresh groundwater withdrawn
6.80
Water discharged
14.64
Net freshwater consumption
3.16
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Our approach to water management
We use water in a wide variety of ways: as an 
ingredient, as a coolant, for washing machinery, to 
irrigate the land around our facilities, and even to help 
control air pollution. We track water use across our 
operations and work to reduce our total impact on the 
water system.  
Mapping water usage and risks
Our water management approach is based on a 
global mapping process that enables us to identify 
relative water withdrawal and discharge risks in our 
portfolio. 
Our operations withdraw water from varying sources 
depending upon availability in the areas in which 
they are located. These sources include municipal 
water, surface water and groundwater. We use the 
World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk 
Atlas to evaluate water risks at our locations globally. 
Water risks considered by the Aqueduct Water Risk 
Atlas include the frequency and severity of flooding, 
drought and water stress.  
Other factors that we consider are:
•	 Seasonal rainfall variability
•	 Water quality
•	 Local water restraints, especially in water 
stressed regions
•	 Regulatory and financial impacts, including 
constraints from other water users, the ability 
to obtain water rights and permits, and 
regulatory restrictions
We rank our sites based on water usage, scarcity risk 
and other factors. Rankings are updated annually 
to reflect operational changes and sites that are 
acquired or sold.
Reducing and reusing water
Our water reduction strategy involves updating our 
production facilities and processes to reduce and 
reuse water. We focus our reduction efforts on the 
sites with the highest absolute water use and those 
that have been judged to have high water risk through 
our global water risk mapping process. 
Many of the tactics that we use to reduce water use 
are specific to a single facility or business unit, but we 
share best practices and lessons across the company 
to identify scalable improvements. 
Most of our operations have low water use and are 
not subject to usage constraints. However, we use 
water in many stages of our production processes, 
including cleaning and cooling machinery and as an 
ingredient in our products. As part of our sustainability 
efforts, we have increased our production of water-
based products for customers, while balancing 
our efforts to conserve water. Water consumption 
is closely managed and monitored at the site level 
and periodic reports that evaluate this progress are 
shared with executive leaders. Water consumption 
metrics are included in each plant’s environmental 
scorecard to encourage continuous improvement. 
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At many PPG sites, equipment cleaning makes 
up a significant percent of water use. We focus 
on improving processes to minimize equipment 
cleaning and water use while maintaining high 
quality production standards. Where possible, we 
also replace older water cooled equipment with 
newer technologies. These improvements can 
have an outsized impact on a site’s water use while 
also providing cleaner, safer environments for our 
employees.
To supplement our water efficiency efforts, we look for 
opportunities for water reuse and recycling. Through 
our Zero Discharge Project, we work to reduce waste 
intensity and increase the reuse of wash water in 
our processes and products. At our Architectural 
Coatings facilities in the U.S. and Canada, we save 
the water used to wash the drum and piping after a 
batch of paint is made and recycle the water in the 
production of future paint batches. The wash water 
recycling lowers the cost of paint production by 
reducing raw material waste and water treatment and 
disposal costs, without impacting the end product’s 
performance. We share best practices from this 
program across our business, with the intention of 
finding opportunities to reduce water use in our other 
business lines and geographic areas.
Wastewater treatment and discharge
We discharge most of our wastewater to municipal 
treatment facilities in compliance with local 
regulations. We monitor and report water quality 
as needed. In some cases, we are required to 
treat discharged water prior to release. We look for 
opportunities to reduce discharge across our product 
formulations and entire production process.
We ensure each location complies with our internal 
water discharge management guidelines, which 
include:
•	 Identifying, characterizing and documenting all 
water discharge sources according to regulatory 
requirements
•	 Identifying and documenting regulatory 
requirements for water discharge
•	 Demonstrating compliance with all regulatory 
requirements at the facility
•	 Identifying and documenting operational control 
procedures and maintaining a written preventive 
maintenance program for all critical water 
management equipment at the facility
•	 Training personnel in accordance with regulatory 
requirements and facility compliance
•	 Maintaining documentation and records pertaining 
to the water discharge management program 
according to regulatory requirements
Some of our operations are located near waterways, 
such as rivers or streams. To address and mitigate 
pollution risk, we focus on spill elimination and spill 
control and response. Learn more about our efforts to 
eliminate spills in the Waste section.
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Energy
We are creating a culture of energy
innovation and conservation.
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PPG is committed to reducing the environmental 
impact of our operations. We work to reduce our 
energy usage, improve energy efficiency across our 
operations and increase the energy that we source 
from renewable power generation. These efforts 
minimize our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 
lower operating costs and maximize resource 
efficiency. 
Our energy highlights in 2022
Goal: 15% reduction in energy consumption 
intensity by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
Goal: 25% of purchased electricity
comes from renewable sources by 2025
23% of purchased electricity came from 
renewable sources in 2022
We consumed 12.71 million gigajoules of energy in 
2022, which was a 10% decrease from 2021. Despite 
our focus on reducing our overall energy use, our 
energy intensity increased 3% due to a change in 
product mix driven by changing customer demand. 
Our energy intensity was 3.04 gigajoules per metric 
ton of production – a 3% increase over the prior year. 
Our direct energy intensity increased 4%, and our 
indirect energy intensity increased 2% since 2017.
We completed the rollout of an energy management 
assessment at the majority of our large facilities 
in 2022. This evaluation supports our goal to 
continuously improve our energy efficiency efforts. We 
continue to improve the accessibility and usability of 
these evaluations to ensure that our facility managers 
benefit from them. 
We also expanded our renewable energy sourcing 
efforts over the past year. In 2022, 6% of our total 
energy consumed came from renewable sources. Of 
the electricity that we purchased, 23% was generated 
by renewable sources in 2022. We continued to 
work with partners to evaluate on-site renewable 
opportunities and to secure renewable energy 
through power purchase agreements (PPAs). PPAs 
guarantee renewable energy supplies for years in the 
future, and help us lock in a fixed rate for electricity. 
As part of our 2030 goals, we have announced 
decarbonization targets that have been approved by 
the Science-Based Targets initiative. As we prepare 
for the next phase of our decarbonization journey, 
we will be partnering with clean energy solutions 
providers to define a comprehensive global strategy 
for renewable and clean energy sources to our 
network of facilities around the world.
See the following case studies for specific examples 
of our work to improve energy efficiency in 2022. 
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Data centers are important enablers of our 
operations, as they allow for the electronic 
storage, processing, and dissemination of 
data and applications. 
We began transitioning from PPG dedicated 
physical, standalone data centers and host 
servers to large cloud providers like AWS 
and Azure in 2022. These cloud providers 
are 3.6 times more energy efficient than the 
median U.S. enterprise data center, which 
helps reduce the overall environmental 
impact of our operations. By the end of 2024, 
we expect the transition away from physical 
data centers to reduce our annual energy 
consumption by 1,681 mWh and save 852 
metric tons of CO2 emissions.
While we can reduce our energy intensity by 
increasing the efficiency of our operations, 
we rely on external vendors to meet 
our renewable energy goal. In one such 
partnership, we entered into a new power 
purchase agreement (PPA) with Constellation 
to supply renewable energy equivalent to 
the annual usage of our facility in Adrian, 
Michigan. The 12-year agreement will help 
PPG purchase 3,500 megawatt hours of 
energy per year from the Double Black 
Diamond solar project, and will help reduce 
our GHG emissions by more than 2,400 
metric tons per year. 
Last year, our automotive coatings facility 
in Zhangjiagang, China, installed a new 
heating recovery unit (HRU) and pipelines 
to reuse steam condensate for heating 
the site and cooling water replenishment. 
Not only does the HRU make the facility’s 
heating system more energy efficient, it also 
reduces the need to bring in fresh water to 
cool equipment. The new HRU and pipelines 
are expected to avoid as much as 1,000 
metric tons (MT), or 264,170 gallons, of water 
withdrawals from the local water basin each 
month and will save PPG approximately 
$75,000 in heating and water costs annually. 
Increasing energy efficiency
of our IT infrastructure
Purchasing renewable 
energy in Adrian, Michigan
Reducing energy and water 
use in Zhangjiagang, China
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Multi-year data highlights
Energy intensity
Gigajoules per metric ton of production
Total
Direct
Indirect
2017
2.95
1.71
1.24
2018
2.96
1.74
1.22
2019
2.94
1.70
1.23
2020
2.60
1.48
1.13
2021
2.94
1.75
1.19
2022
3.04
1.77
1.27
Total may not equal the sum due to rounding. 
Energy intensity includes all types of energy consumed within the 
organization related to manufacturing and research and development. 
Data changes from prior reporting reflect updated data and 
adjustments for acquired, divested and closed locations from the 
2017 baseline onward.
Energy consumption
Million gigajoules 
Total
Direct
Indirect
2017
14.07
8.15
5.92
2018
14.24
8.37
5.87
2019
13.45
7.80
5.65
2020
11.12
6.31
4.81
2021
12.92
7.70
5.23
2022
12.71
7.41
5.30
Total may not equal the sum due to rounding. 
Direct energy consumption is the amount of primary energy we 
combust on-site. Our direct energy sources may include coal, natural 
gas, fuel distilled from crude oil, propane, biofuels, ethanol and 
hydrogen. Indirect energy refers to the energy we consume that is 
generated by external suppliers. We consume indirect energy through 
electricity, heat, steam and electricity generated from renewable 
energy sources, such as solar and wind. Data changes from prior 
reporting reflect updated data and adjustments for acquired, divested 
and closed locations from the 2017 baseline onward.
Energy Costs
Millions of dollars
2017
149
2018
165
2019
146
2020
125
2021
177
2022
263
Data changes from prior reporting reflect updated data and 
adjustments for acquired, divested and closed locations from the 
2017 baseline onward.	
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Energy consumption by source
Million gigajoules/percent of total energy consumption
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Million 
gigajoules
Percent
Million 
gigajoules
Percent
Million 
gigajoules
Percent
Million 
gigajoules
Percent
Million 
gigajoules
Percent
Million 
gigajoules
Percent
Nonrenewable fuels 
purchased and 
consumed
8.15
57.92%
8.37
58.80%
7.80
57.98
6.31
56.72
7.70
59.55%
7.41
58.30%
Nonrenewable 
electricity purchased
3.18
22.58%
3.14
22.09%
2.94
21.87
2.67
23.97
2.73
21.13%
2.69
21.16%
Steam/heating/
cooling and other 
nonrenewable 
energy purchased
2.06
14.66%
2.02
14.19%
2.00
14.86
1.45
13.07
1.70
13.14%
1.83
14.42%
Total renewable 
energy purchased or 
generated
0.68
4.84%
0.70
4.93%
0.71
5.28
0.69
6.24
0.80
6.17%
0.78
6.13%
Total nonrenewable 
energy sold
0.00
–%
0.00
–%
0.00
–%
0.00
–%
0.00
–%
0.00
–%
Total nonrenewable 
energy consumption
13.38
95.16%
13.54
95.07%
12.74
94.72
10.43
93.76
12.12
93.83%
11.93
93.87%
Total may not equal the sum due to rounding. 
Data changes from prior reporting reflect updated data and adjustments for acquired, divested and closed locations from the 2017 baseline onward.	
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Our energy approach
To fulfill our purpose to protect and beautify the world, 
we recognize the need to reduce our environmental 
impacts. We have committed to:
•	 Reduce our annual energy consumption through 
implementation of innovative energy solutions
•	 Increase our use of renewable energy across our 
operations
•	 Ensure reliable supply of energy and contingency 
measures in the event of a power failure or gaps in 
renewable energy generation
•	 Replace technologies that use fossil fuels (coal, oil 
and natural gas) with those that use electricity as an 
energy source
To enable these actions, we are focused on 
developing an energy-conscious culture throughout 
PPG. We build awareness across the company 
through frequent communication, developing energy 
management requirements for our facilities, and 
focusing our efforts and resources on locations with 
the highest energy use.
Energy management 
Most of our coatings are produced at ambient 
temperatures and pressures, and most of our 
production processes are not energy intensive. We 
focus on identifying the processes that require the 
most energy and making them more efficient. For 
example, we are working to improve the efficiency 
of the milling process, where ingredients such as 
pigments are broken down to the correct particle 
size for use in our paints and coatings, by improving 
production processes and upgrading technology in 
our facilities. We also work to shorten cycle times, and 
increase the efficiency of those processes that may 
require heating or cooling. 
At our most energy intensive facilities, we establish 
energy management requirements based on the ISO 
50001 Energy Management Standard. We regularly 
update and improve these requirements based on 
feedback from our facility managers, to support 
continuous improvement throughout the organization. 
Key aspects of these energy management 
requirements include:
•	 Identification and characterization of energy usage
•	 Documentation of and compliance with all 
regulatory requirements for energy usage
•	 Documentation of operational practices to reduce 
energy consumption, including identification 
of equipment with high energy use, a written 
preventative maintenance program and energy-
reduction processes
•	 Training on energy use and minimization
•	 Documentation and records of energy usage 
on the site
We have an internal portal for sharing energy 
management performance data. The portal provides 
management with timely information on their sites’ 
energy performance compared to goals, previous 
years and similar facilities. This allows us to identify 
areas of high energy use and evaluate the impact of 
efficiency improvements as they are implemented. 
We conduct full-scale audits at our facilities that 
consume the most energy and make efficiency 
improvements based on these findings. We are 
undertaking these improvements over time to 
optimize the impact, focusing on the projects with the 
greatest improvement opportunities for the resource 
investment required. Efficiency improvements may 
include: 
•	 Process changes to reduce the energy required to 
manufacture our products
•	 Upgrading outdated equipment such as boilers, 
chillers and air compressors
•	 Switching to LED lighting
•	 Electrification of processes that use fossil fuels
We also use our energy audit process to look for 
opportunities to implement renewable energy 
generation on site at our facilities, including rooftop 
and freestanding solar panels.
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Renewable energy sourcing
Most power generation still relies on burning 
fossil fuels, which are not renewable and release 
greenhouse gases. We work with external suppliers to 
increase the percentage of our electricity that comes 
from renewable sources. We source renewable 
energy through a variety of means, including direct 
investment, PPAs, renewable energy certificates and 
green tariffs. 
Much of our renewable energy is sourced through 
PPAs, which allows us to purchase electricity at a 
fixed cost for anywhere from 10-25 years, and helps 
developers build renewable energy infrastructure. 
These agreements are key in supporting our 
decarbonization commitments. Learn more in the 
Emissions section.
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Emissions
We are committed to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions across
our operations and value chain.
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Our emissions highlights in 2022
Goal: 15% reduction in GHG intensity  
scope 1 and 2) from 2017 baseline by 2025
Achieved 6% reduction in GHG intensity 
from 2017 baseline
Achieved 17% reduction in absolute 
direct and indirect GHG emissions
In 2022, we achieved a 6% reduction in GHG 
emissions intensity and a 17% reduction in absolute 
direct (scope 1) and indirect (scope 2) GHG emissions 
from the 2017 baseline. Emissions intensity 
measures the amount of greenhouse gases relative 
to production levels or economic output, which was 
adversely impacted in 2022 due to our product mix. 
Absolute emissions refers to the total quantity of GHG 
emissions. For more information on energy related 
projects that have contributed to GHG emissions 
reduction, see the Energy section. 
In early 2022, we committed to setting near-term 
company-wide emission reductions targets through 
the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The SBTi 
is a partnership between CDP, the United Nations 
Global Compact, World Resources Institute and 
the World Wide Fund for Nature that defines and 
promotes best practice in emissions reductions 
in line with climate science. The SBTi provides 
companies with independent assessment and 
validation of GHG emissions reduction targets. 
Our SBTi-approved targets, which cover our direct 
(scope 1), indirect (scope 2) and value chain (scope 3) 
emissions, formed the basis for our new 2030 energy 
and emissions goals.
Moving forward, we will focus on reducing emissions 
in these categories:
•	 Direct emissions (scope 1)
•	 Indirect emissions (scope 2)
•	 Purchased goods and services, including raw 
materials and packaging (upstream)
•	 Customer processing of sold products 
(downstream)
•	 End-of-life treatment of sold products
While we do not report hazardous air pollutants 
(HAPs) on a global level, we do track those emissions 
at our U.S. facilities. In 2022, our U.S. operations 
emitted 223 metric tons of HAPs. As we reformulate 
products to make them more sustainable, our use and 
therefore the emissions of hazardous air pollutants 
should decrease.
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We are committed to identifying and 
implementing new processes that increase 
our energy efficiency and decrease related 
emissions. We recently installed a high-
efficiency power generation facility at our 
automotive paint and coatings manufacturing 
site in Quattordio, Italy. We partnered with 
Grastim, a developer of high-efficiency 
energy-generation solutions that include 
trigeneration and cogeneration, to install 
and operate the power generation facility. 
Trigeneration is a process that increases 
energy efficiency by combining cooling, 
heating and power generation.
We will purchase energy through a power 
purchase agreement, which helps lower our 
energy costs over the next seven years, in 
addition to reducing our scope 2 emissions. 
The trigeneration system is expected to 
contribute to a 13% reduction in  total energy 
costs and a 10% reduction in CO2 emissions 
related to power generation. Although the 
system is powered primarily by natural gas, 
it is designed to be powered with a mix of 
natural gas and clean hydrogen fuel. With 
future investment, the system can be adapted 
to use anywhere from 20% to 60% hydrogen. 
Our coatings manufacturing facility in Tianjin, 
China, uses a chilled-water cooling system 
in some of their production processes. The 
facility installed an automatic control system 
in 2022, which can adjust temperatures 
at the optimal time to avoid unnecessary 
energy consumption and product variation 
caused by unstable cooling temperatures.
Historically, the system was manually 
controlled, meaning that employees had to 
start and stop a large number of equipment 
and valves at various stages of the process 
to maintain the optimal temperature. The 
automatic control system removes manual 
work at this phase and ensures a stable, cool 
water supply in our production process. The 
upgrade is estimated to save more than 2.2 
million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity each 
year, which in turn helps reduce our scope 2 
greenhouse gas emissions. It is estimated 
that this will also lead to more than $275,000 
in annual energy cost savings for PPG.
Increasing efficiency 
at Quattordio, Italy
Reducing scope 2 
emissions in Tianjin, China
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Multi-year data highlights
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity
Metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production 
Total
Direct
(scope 1)
Indirect
(scope 2)
2017
0.22
0.09
0.13
2018
0.21
0.09
0.13
2019
0.21
0.09
0.12
2020
0.19
0.08
0.11
2021
0.20
0.09
0.11
2022
0.21
0.09
0.11
Total intensity data include direct and indirect emissions. We report 
greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide equivalents for carbon dioxide, 
methane and nitrous oxide. Data changes from prior reporting reflect 
updated data and adjustments for acquired and divested locations 
from the 2017 baseline onward. Total may not equal the sum of direct 
and indirect due to rounding.
Greenhouse gas emissions
Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents
Total
Direct
Indirect
2017
1.05
0.41
0.64
2018
1.03
0.42
0.61
2019
0.96
0.40
0.56
2020
0.80
0.32
0.48
2021
0.87
0.40
0.47
2022
0.87
0.39
0.48
Our plants are not significantly impacted by emission-limiting and/or 
emissions reporting-based programs or regulations. In 2022, we had 
zero direct emissions that were covered under an emissions-limiting 
regulation or program. Data changes from prior reporting reflect 
updated data and adjustments for acquired and divested locations 
from the 2017 baseline onward.
Air emissions
Metric tons 
Particulates
Volatile
organic
compounds
Nitrogen 
oxides
Sulfur
dioxide
2017
372.84
2014.33
1117.43
68.91
2018
415.75
2260.34
1291.67
74.62
2019
364.93
2555.83
1057.52
74.14
2020
274.86
1855.33
613.16
47.07
2021
339.79
1910.81
821.61
35.35
2022
299.10
1797.15
840.84
38.76
Data changes from prior reporting reflect updated data and 
adjustments for acquired and divested locations from the 2017 
baseline onward.
Air emissions intensity
Metric tons of emissions per 1,000 metric tons of production
Particulates
Volatile
organic
compounds
Nitrogen 
oxides
Sulfur
dioxide
2017
0.08
0.42
0.23
0.01
2018
0.09
0.47
0.27
0.02
2019
0.08
0.56
0.23
0.02
2020
0.06
0.43
0.14
0.01
2021
0.08
0.43
0.19
0.01
2022
0.07
0.43
0.20
0.01
Data changes from prior reporting reflect updated data and 
adjustments for acquired and divested locations from the 2017 
baseline onward.
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Our approach to reducing our emissions
We reduce air emissions globally through improved 
operating practices, product reformulations and, 
where necessary, emissions control equipment. 
Greenhouse gas emissions
The sources of our emissions vary by facility due 
to the different types of energy used used across 
our operations. We take a facility-level approach to 
reducing our direct emissions, focused on the sites 
that release the most greenhouse gasses (GHGs). 
Our approach to reducing scope 1 and 2 GHG 
emissions is closely tied to our energy management 
efforts, which focus on improving our energy 
efficiency and sourcing more renewable energy. 
Beyond improved environmental outcomes, improving 
energy efficiency also reduces our operations costs. 
Learn more in the Energy section.
Scope 3 emissions come from sources that PPG 
does not own or control, including the extraction or 
production of raw materials, use of sold products, and 
product end-of-life. We work with our suppliers and 
customers to evaluate and reduce these emissions 
in our value chain. Learn more about how we improve 
environmental performance across our value chain in 
the Supplier Sustainability section.
Other air emissions
We work to reduce the air pollutants released by 
our operations, particularly those that are regulated 
by government agencies, such as volatile organic 
compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter. In the 
United States, we measure and report U.S. EPA 
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from our facilities.
We use a range of solutions to reduce our air 
emissions, including technological and process 
improvements in our facilities. We also reformulate 
our products to reduce harmful compounds, including 
those designated as HAPs and VOCs. Learn more in 
our Product Stewardship section.
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Climate-Related 
Risks and 
Opportunities
We use a systematic approach to manage 
climate risks.
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Climate-related risks and opportunities in 2022
Physical changes, such as rising sea levels and 
changing weather patterns, create significant risks 
that need to be identified, assessed and mitigated. At 
the same time, the transition to a low-carbon economy 
will present both risks and opportunities for PPG.
To advance our approach to managing climate-
related risks and opportunities in 2022, we: 
•	 Improved the climate risk modeling used in our risk 	
	
assessment process
•	 Completed in-depth analysis of climate risks at 
	
key sites 
•	 Continued to expand sales of sustainably 	
	
	
advantaged products to capture climate-related 	 	
	
opportunities
•	 Worked with business units to incorporate climate 	
	
risk into decision making processes 
•	 Developed targets for scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions 		
	
and submitted the targets to the Science Based 	 	
	
Targets initiative (SBTi) for approval
PPG products support the 
low-carbon transition
As businesses move to mitigate climate change, 
they will need to rely on innovation across their 
value chains to reduce the negative environmental 
impacts of their operations. Many of PPG customers 
have set their own greenhouse gas (GHG) emission 
reduction targets, and we aim to support our 
customers’ targets by reducing the GHG emissions 
associated with the lifecycle of PPG products. 
We consider sustainability throughout our R&D 
process, to ensure that a high volume of products 
in our portfolio offer the right combination of high 
performance and reduced environmental impact.
Select examples of PPG products that help our 
customers reduce their scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG 
emissions are included below. 
Streamlining customer operations: PPG Coraseal 
4-Wet Sealer allows automotive manufacturers to 
streamline the application and curing process, and 
reduces CO2 generation by up to 6kg per vehicle.
 
Reducing customer energy use: The expanded 
bake PPG ENVIRO-PRIME® EPIC coating used in 
manufacturing electric vehicles requires less time 
and energy to cure.
 
Products with lower embodied carbon: Seigneurie 
Evolutex Bas Carbone by PPG, an architectural 
coating launched in France, uses a bio-based 
binder and has a 20% lower carbon footprint than 
previous coatings.
261
total PPG sites evaluated for 
physical climate risk across 
six continents.
The effects of climate change are already being 
felt around the world, and will continue to impact 
generations to come.
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Our approach to climate-related risks and 
opportunities
Understanding climate risks and opportunities
To expand our understanding of likely impacts 
and refine our response to climate change, PPG 
proactively undertakes climate scenario analysis, risk 
assessment and planning activities. These activities 
reflect guidance from the Task Force on Climate-
related Disclosures (TCFD). 
We conduct climate scenario analysis regularly to 
consider the resilience of our strategy against a 
range of possible future scenarios. Climate scenario 
analysis is a well-established method for developing 
and testing strategic plans. Our last scenario analysis 
was undertaken in 2021, and included input from 
more than 700 participants representing a wide 
range of business units and functions across PPG. 
We developed a range of possible climate scenarios 
based on well-established, publicly available 
resources including:
•	 International Energy Agency Sustainable 	
	
	
Development Scenario 
•	 Principles for Responsible Investment Inevitable 	 	
	
Policy Response (Forecast Policy Scenario)
•	 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 
	
RCP 8.5 
•	 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 
	
RCP 6.0 
1
Engage key stakeholders
Identify and engage all relevant internal stakeholders, gather input on key issues,
and identify additional stakeholders to participate in the analysis.
Assess climate-related risk priorities
Evaluate technology shifts, reputation and physical risks and policy and legal
standards to understand PPG’s potential exposures to climate-related risks.
Identify and define a range of scenarios
Use scenarios to identify our risks and opportunities. 
Evaluate business impacts
Capture potential effects on the organization’s operations and financial position.
Identify potential responses
Identify realistic adjustments to strategic and financial plans to manage the
risks and opportunities. 
Document and disclose
Throughout the process, document, communicate to relevant parties and
disclose our key inputs and responses.
2
3
4
5
6
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Environmental, social and governance risks are also 
considered through our mainstream enterprise risk 
management processes. Learn more about PPG’s 
approach to risk management in our TCFD Index. 
We have formal processes in place throughout PPG 
to ensure we identify and capture climate-related 
opportunities. For example, we hold structured 
regular meetings with our customers to understand 
how PPG can help them meet their environmental 
objectives – through our existing products and 
through research and development to address 
unmet customer needs. Each of PPG’s businesses 
has a dedicated sustainability subject matter expert 
to ensure that sustainability considerations are 
integrated into customer engagement across our 
product lines. This process helps us identify new 
markets for our existing products, and ensures that 
we are developing the right technologies to meet our 
clients’ needs. 
Learn more about how we develop products to help 
our customers meet their environmental goals in the 
Sustainably Advantaged Products section. 
Managing risks and opportunities in our operations
We regularly update our emergency and crisis 
management processes to account for climate-
related risks. Through these processes, we 
coordinate the efforts of our local emergency 
management teams at each location with our 
regional and global crisis management leadership. 
Global, regional and local plans consider the risk 
of natural disaster, infectious disease, supply chain 
interruptions, employee safety, asset protection, 
customer impacts and other business continuity 
requirements.
Each year, the local emergency management team 
at our facilities around the world must review and 
update its emergency response plan to reflect 
current conditions and changes in risk. Emergency 
preparedness and response is a key element of PPG’s 
EHS Management System. This includes assuring 
employees are properly trained and equipment 
needed to respond to emergencies is available. Each 
site also performs an emergency response exercise, 
and our global leadership monitors conformance with 
these requirements through an internal corporate 
auditing process. Our regional and global crisis 
management teams conduct similar crisis response 
exercises annually.
In addition to our scenario analysis work, we conduct 
risk assessments to understand our exposure to 
physical impacts of climate change. Our physical 
climate risk assessment starts with a high-level, 
qualitative perspective on climate change stressors 
with potential to affect PPG’s global portfolio of 
facilities. We evaluate sites across our portfolio to 
understand their exposure to these stressors and 
assign relative risk scores based on site-specific 
data. Working with a third party, we use global climate 
models to assess the relative risk of each facility 
against six climate change stressors: drought, 
flooding potential, extreme heat, extreme seasonal 
precipitation, sea level rise and high wind speeds. 
PPG personnel can explore the outcomes of this 
analysis through an interactive dashboard, which 
can be filtered by type of risk, business unit, region, 
country and type of facility.
Sites with high relative risk scores and those that 
are most important to our continued operations are 
included in a more thorough risk assessment. This 
assessment includes more refined climate modeling 
and detailed site information, including site plans and 
information on critical infrastructure. Results of the 
climate risk assessment are reviewed with regional 
and global operations management teams. We are 
continuing to build on these efforts by defining action 
plans for at-risk locations, prioritizing sites with the 
nearest-term risks. 
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Our products, processes and innovations can help 
consumers live more sustainably and help industries 
reduce their impact on the planet. We identify 
products in our research and development pipeline 
that are sustainably advantaged, and are constantly 
working to increase the percentage of our sales that 
come from sustainable products. Learn more in the 
Sustainably Advantaged Products section.
Creating sustainably advantaged products and 
supporting more responsible processes along our 
supply chain are just a couple of the tools that we 
use to combat climate change. Industry-wide change 
and legislative support are important magnifiers 
of these efforts. Through our Government Affairs 
department and membership with trade associations 
and coalitions, we engage directly and indirectly 
on an ongoing basis with policymakers at the local, 
state and national levels on issues related to climate 
change. Two key focus areas are energy efficiency 
and clean energy generation. We support an “all-of-
the-above” approach to energy generation, which 
includes clean energy generation methods such 
as wind and solar. We believe that clean energy 
generation must occur in a measured way, without 
significant price fluctuations and without harming our 
production, suppliers and business customers.
We are constantly exploring ways to better support 
the growing industries that will aid the transition away 
from fossil fuels. As a producer of advanced coatings 
that go into clean energy generation, we closely 
follow the advanced energy manufacturing industry. 
We frequently support the advocacy efforts of wind, 
solar and other clean energy stakeholders. We also 
work with alternative energy providers to source more 
renewable electricity for our operations. Learn more 
about our use of low emission energy sources in the 
Energy section. 
Transition risks arise from action taken to transition 
the economy away from fossil fuels through policy, 
technology change and shifts in market or consumer 
preferences. These risks also present opportunities 
for companies focused on supporting the low-carbon 
transition through enhanced resource efficiency.  We 
focus on resource efficiency through activities to 
reduce our environmental impact and establishing 
emissions reduction targets expected to be certified 
by the Science Based Targets initiative. Accompanying 
these emissions targets are other environmental 
targets designed to support the long-term success of 
the business and reduce our impacts.
Learn more about how we’re acting on opportunities 
to improve our resource efficiency in the Energy, 
Water, and Waste sections.
Managing risks and opportunities in our value chain
We’re also focused on opportunities to support 
decarbonization along our value chain. We pursue 
supplier management strategies that help us make 
more sustainable choices in what we buy and from 
whom. We work with EcoVadis to evaluate and 
improve our suppliers’ environmental performance, 
recognizing that efficiency improvements throughout 
our value chain represent opportunities for saving 
costs and reducing our environmental impacts. 
PPG has also analyzed tier one suppliers’ carbon 
emission contribution and reduction potential of top 
raw materials which contribute to scope 3 emissions. 
This analysis provides insights on potential scope 3 
reductions and also sets the basis for further analysis 
on upstream value chain transitional risks related to 
shifting to a low carbon economy. Learn more about 
our work in the Supplier Sustainability section. 
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Transportation 
Internal experts, mandatory practices
and effective processes help ensure
our products are transported safely.
Our transportation highlights in 2022 
Transportation incidents
In 2022, there were 288 incidents reported via a U.S. 
DOT 5800 incident report or PPG transportation 
incident report — a 48% decrease compared to 
2021. Twelve of these required immediate notice 
to a governmental authority, and were therefore 
considered significant according to our internal 
criteria and that of the Sustainability Accounting 
Standards Board (SASB). Of these 12, seven occurred 
outside the U.S. and five were within the U.S.
Transportation emissions
To reduce the emissions associated with moving our 
products, we integrated language that communicates 
our efficiency goals into supplier agreements for the 
first time in 2022. All suppliers are encouraged to 
quote for “green solutions” which use alternative fuels 
and release less CO2 into the atmosphere. 
We use a range of tools to track emissions in our value 
chain. In 2022, we launched a dashboard to help 
track supplier emissions related to transportation. 
The dashboard is based on EcoTransIT World, an 
industry-standard solution for calculating emissions 
of freight transportation, and supports analysis of 
CO2 emissions by shipping lane and carrier. Using 
the dashboard, we can identify how factors such 
as distance, transport mode and fill rate of vehicles 
impact transportation-related emissions. These 
insights help us identify improvement opportunities 
and inform how we engage with our carriers to 
improve their environmental impact by changing 
shipping patterns, processes or types of vehicles.
Reducing transportation-
related emissions in 
Stowmarket, UK
As part of our effort to reduce our direct (scope 1)
emissions, we have been exploring ways to 
replace our fleet of gas- and diesel-powered 
vehicles with electric vehicles and bicycles. At our 
automotive refinish coatings site in Stowmarket, 
UK, we piloted a program to replace diesel 
vans used within the facility with a fleet of cargo 
bicycles. The bikes are being used to move tools 
and equipment around the mile-long facility, and 
have been embraced by the staff on site.
“	We’ve just begun piloting the bikes and
	 they’re already a huge hit. They’re efficient,
	 easy to maneuver and a great way to get
	 some workday exercise. They really get the
	 job done.”
	 Richard Hallett, PPG senior supply chain analyst
Each day, our products are transported by land,
sea and air around the world. We work to ensure 
they arrive at their destination safely and minimize 
the environmental impact of transportation.
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Our approach to transportation
Globally, about 85% of our transportation is by truck. 
While we have a small fleet of company-owned trucks 
and vans for local delivery from our stores, the vast 
majority of our shipments are handled by third parties. 
We work with these carriers to ensure our products are 
transported safely and compliantly.
Before engaging the services of a third-party transport 
provider or renewing an existing contract, we assess the 
company’s safety record, financial security and other 
factors. We do not contract with any company that does 
not meet our requirements.
Each carrier we engage must sign our transportation 
agreement, which includes specific requirements 
related to safety and valid operating authority. In addition 
to complying with all applicable safety laws, PPG 
requirements, facility operating procedures, and any 
other policies in effect at PPG or customer facilities, 
these include:
•	 Maintaining a “satisfactory” U.S. DOT safety rating or
	 its foreign equivalent. Should a carrier’s safety rating
	 change, the carrier must notify us in writing within
	 five days of receiving notification from the respective
	 government authority.
•	 Ensuring drivers and employees are fully trained 
	 and hold the qualifications, permits and licenses 	
	
	 required by law or regulation to perform the 
	 services.
•	 Training drivers in the proper handling of our 	
	
	 shipments from point of origin to point of delivery.
•	 Promptly reporting any incidents to PPG and, when 	 	
	 required, governmental agencies.
We perform additional assessments, evaluations 
and reviews for carriers that transport hazardous 
materials or dangerous goods. We manage this legal 
requirement through our transportation of dangerous 
goods management system, which establishes criteria 
for reporting significant incidents via our EHS incident 
reporting system. We investigate each significant 
incident and implement appropriate corrective actions 
to minimize the likelihood of recurrence.
In addition to the safe transportation of our products 
to their destination, we are committed to identifying 
actions we can take to make our transportation more 
sustainable. Key aspects of our approach to lowering 
transportation emissions include:
•	 Operating a localized manufacturing model – 
	 meaning our products are often sold in the same 	
	
	 market where they are manufactured
•	 Continuously looking for ways to manufacture 	
	
	 products closer to our customers
•	 Improving the efficiency of our operations and 
	 supply chain 
•	 Encouraging high truck utilization
•	 Moving raw materials and finished goods by train 	
	
	 transport where possible
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Depending on availability in the market in which they 
operate, we encourage our supply chain teams to 
pursue efficiency measures above and beyond our 	 	
company-wide standards. Examples include:
•	 Providing additional training on safe and fuel-
efficient driving
•	 Monitoring efficient driving performance for PPG 
fleets within our Refinish business in Europe on a 
weekly basis
•	 Grouping shipments into a smaller number of larger 
trucks to reduce the cost and carbon emissions 
associated with transportation. This initiative, which 
has been taken up in many of our other businesses 
and geographies, helped avoid the release of 
the equivalent of 156 metric tons of CO2 from our 
automotive business in Brazil.
•	 Using electric vehicles to deliver products to our 
industrial customers in Bangalore, India. This 
initiative avoided burning more than 2,500 liters of 
diesel fuel each year.
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Social
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People
Overview
PPG people make it happen.
Our people highlights in 2022
Our people strategies provide the foundation for our 
team members to thrive, deliver and grow, enabling 
them to deliver exceptional performance and live our 
purpose to protect and beautify the world. We remain 
committed to being a purpose-driven organization 
where our entire diverse workforce is engaged and 
can bring their best self to work.
52,000
PPG Employees across 
more than 70 countries 
around the world
members in our eight 
Employee Resource 
Networks
faster engagement growth 
than comparable companies
increase of our U.S. 
non-frontline headcount for 
Black employees
increase in U.S. non-frontline 
Latino employees
increase in U.S. non-frontline 
Asian employees
7,500
3x
19%
16%
8%
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Our world-class safety and wellness programs protect 
the overall well-being of our people. Last year, we 
expanded our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 
offering to all employees. We also launched our first 
global Financial Wellness program designed to help 
employees understand their finances so they are able 
to achieve or retain financial security.  We continued 
to embed a culture of safety throughout the company 
in 2022 by leveraging our global environmental 
health and safety management system, supported 
by a series of initiatives that address the unique 
environments of our operations. Learn more in our 
Safety and Health and Wellness sections.
We extend our efforts into the communities where we 
operate, to Protect and Beautify the World beyond the 
scope of our operations. Over the last year, we have 
collaborated with global colleagues, communities and 
neighbors to help our communities thrive. Learn more 
in the Community Engagement section.
Multi-year data highlights
Number of employees
2022
52,000
2021
49,300
2020
46,900
2019
47,600
2018
47,300
Numbers are average for the full year and include PPG joint ventures.
2022 employees by region
Asia 
Pacific
Europe, 
Middle 
East and 
Africa
Latin 
America
U.S. and 
Canada
Total
Female
1,727
5,493
2,205
5,041
14,466
Male
5,219
12,156
6,386
12,834
36,595
Non-binary
0
0
0
16
16
Not specified
0
57
4
0
61
Total
6,946
17,706
8,595
17,891
51,138
Numbers are as of Dec. 31, 2022.
2022 Employees by Employment Type
Full-Time
Part-Time
Female
13,679
787
Male
36,032
563
Non-binary
15
1
Not specified
60
1
Total
49,786
1,352
Numbers are as of Dec. 31, 2022.
By creating and fostering an inclusive culture 
throughout PPG, we continue to become a more 
innovative, productive and competitive company. We 
know that diverse teams perform better, which is why 
we work to enable all employees to show up as their 
best selves. Learn more in our Diversity, Equity and 
Inclusion section.
The PPG Way defines the values we live by, and 
helps cultivate our company culture of ownership, 
empowerment and inclusiveness. It helps enable 
and engage employees to deliver world-class 
performance. In 2022, we introduced The PPG Way 
to Lead, a science based behavioral competency 
model based on the six tenets of The PPG Way. This 
model identifies specific behaviors that employees 
at all levels can use to become better leaders. We 
have formally incorporated The PPG Way to Lead 
into our talent processes, starting with performance 
management, assessment and hiring. Learn more 
about how we are improving our leadership at every 
level of the company in the Learning and Leadership 
Development section.
Our employee recognition and development 
programs drive employee engagement and help 
retain our best talent at PPG. Over the past year, 
we leveraged our employee listening strategy to 
understand employee sentiment related to hybrid 
work. We deployed multiple surveys and focus 
groups to gauge effectiveness, drive productivity and 
determine how best to support people leaders and all 
employees. We plan to expand our listening strategy 
to other business priorities in the coming years. Learn 
more in the Engagement section.
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Diversity, Equity 
and Inclusion
One of PPG’s greatest strengths is the 
diversity of our people.
Our diversity, equity and inclusion highlights
in 2022
In 2022, we continued to cultivate a sense of 
belonging for all of our employees. Our commitments 
and key highlights from the past year are summarized 
on the following page (all achievement figures as of 
December 2022 unless otherwise noted). This section 
focuses on performance during 2022. For more 
information about our approach to DE&I, see our 
approach to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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A diverse workforce and inclusive culture promote 
employee well-being and are intrinsically linked to 
stronger company performance. PPG is consistently 
working to find new ways to amplify the voices of 
our underrepresented employees and help all of our 
employees bring their best selves to work.
30,000
global participants in 
Employee Resource Network 
(ERN) events in 2022
point improvement 
in global non-frontline 
female representation
people managers and 
employees trained on 
unconscious bias 
since 2020
committed by 2025 to 
advance racial equity
+1.80
5,279
$20MM
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2025 Commitments
2022 Progress
Achieve 34% to 36% representation of non-frontline global 
female professionals by 2025.
Achieved 31% representation of non-frontline global female 
professionals.
Increase the headcount of Black, Latino and Asian 
employees by 45% to 55% across our non-frontline, 
U.S.-based employee population (using January 1, 2021, 
as our baseline).
Achieved a 19% increase of our non-frontline headcount 
for Black employees, 16% increase in non-frontline 
Latino employees and 8% increase in non-frontline 
Asian employees.
Reach total global employee resource network and
DE&I capability-building participation of 50% by 2025.
Achieved 34% employee participation, including more 
than 7,500 PPG employees that are members of the 
global Employee Resource Networks.
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Black + Latino Employee Network Day
Our Employee Resource Networks (ERNs) organize flagship events for their members throughout the 
year, and come together with other ERNs to network, build connections and learn from one another. Last 
year, our Latino Employee Network and our Black Employee Network worked together to host a Black + 
Latino Employee Network Day (BLEND). The event, which took place at PPG’s Aerospace plant in Mojave, 
California, highlighted the importance of building new connections among PPG’s employees and the broader 
community. BLEND brought together more than 300 employees and several local businesses to share their 
experiences and explore similarities between Black and Latino cultures. Events like BLEND help employees, 
especially those in manufacturing plants and distribution centers, celebrate diversity and create stronger 
understanding of each other’s lived experiences.
“	The event exceeded all expectations, as it
	 was the perfect blend of company, culture
	 and community,” said Edith Hayes, PPG plant
	 manager, Aerospace, Mojave, and Black ERN
	 cultural awareness pillar lead. “I’m proud of
	 how our employees displayed their pride
	 and embraced learning about others.”
“	Partnering with other ERNs, like BLEND,
	 help employees, especially those in our
	 manufacturing plants and distribution
	 centers, celebrate diversity and create a
	 stronger appreciation for each other,”
	 said Mariana Molinolo, PPG customer service
	 manager, Aerospace, and Latino ERN co-chair. 
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In support of our DE&I strategy and commitments, our eight Employee Resource Networks (ERNs) are designed to be a catalyst where diverse employees throughout the world 
will realize their full potential at PPG. The ERNs empower all employees to shape their careers, strengthen their communities, make an impact to PPG’s business strategies while 
celebrating their diverse culture, background and experiences. Highlights from the past year are included below. 
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The Abilities First Network aims to 
provide individuals with special abilities 
opportunities to reach their full potential 
by creating educational experiences and 
fostering an inclusive environment. In 
2022, the ERN made available the PPG 
Autism Color Palette, a guide for selecting 
colors that help reduce stimulation and 
create calm spaces for autistic persons. 
In addition, the network achieved a 100 
rating on the Disability:IN Equality Index 
and was recognized as a “Best Place to 
Work for Disability Inclusion.” 
The Black Employee Network works to 
enhance the personal and professional 
development of Black employees, 
represent PPG through community 
outreach and serve as a key resource in 
driving business growth for the company. 
Last year the network hosted a fireside 
chat with Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of 
the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an 
African Ancestry reveal event “Unlocking 
the Power of our African roots” to 
celebrate Juneteenth.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, 
Queer (LGBTQ+) Network works to create 
an environment that recognizes and 
supports LGBTQ+ employees, assists 
in PPG’s efforts to promote diversity and 
inclusion, and helps identify best practices 
in a variety of areas affecting LGBTQ+ 
team members. This year, the network 
raised awareness of the importance of 
pronouns in the workplace, helped launch 
a template to make it easy for employees 
to add pronouns to their email signatures, 
and featured influential advocates of the 
LGBTQ+ Community, including Tegan & 
Sara from the Tegan & Sara Foundation 
and Judy Shepard, the mother of the late 
Matthew Shepard.
The Women’s Leadership Network fosters 
an appreciation of the value of women in 
the workplace and creates an inclusive 
work environment that attracts, retains 
and advances women. The network 
continued their work on the Men as Allies 
campaign, encouraging men to support 
women’s careers in the workplace, and 
organized a “50 ways to Break the Bias” 
workshop.
The Asian Employee Network works 
to connect Asian employees across 
the globe, inspire Asian and Asian-
descent employees to share their unique 
heritages, educate non-Asian employees, 
help employees grow and give back to 
those in need. In one example of their 
work over the last year, the network hosted 
a session with Dr. Russell Jeung, founder 
of Stop AAPI Hate.
The Latino Employee Network works to 
create an environment that celebrates 
and embraces the diversity of the Latino 
community, generates additional career 
development opportunities for members 
and empowers members to leverage and 
demonstrate their insights and passions. 
In 2022, the network organized an English 
as Second Language mentoring program 
to help increase confidence in speaking 
English in the workplace.
The Veterans Employee Network 
aims to provide veterans with support 
and networking opportunities, such as 
mentoring, community outreach, career 
development and cultural awareness 
activities. Among their other activities 
in 2022, the network organized veteran 
recruiting events and guest speakers 
featuring Charles McCaffrey from 
Paralyzed Veterans of America and 
singer and Army veteran Keni Thomas. In 
addition, PPG was ranked #72 among the 
best 200 U.S. companies on Forbes Top 
Places to Work for Veterans.
The Young Professional Network is 
focused on driving improved engagement 
and retention of PPG employees with a 
focus on those who are new to PPG and/
or early in their careers by organizing 
events that align with four strategic 
pillars: careers for career advancement, 
commerce to accelerate business growth, 
community to strengthen community 
presence and culture to increase 
engagement. The network hosted an 
event with Ryan Jenkins, bestselling 
author and speaker, focused on reducing 
isolation and loneliness in the workplace.
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Data highlights
Our DE&I strategy was developed using a data-driven 
approach, and we will continue to rely on data to 
understand our performance and progress over time. 
Our actions work toward achieving a comprehensive 
set of aspirational goals, and we continue to evolve to 
address gaps and capture emerging opportunities.
This data does not include all employees who joined 
our company through recent acquisitions. Numbers 
may vary in past and future reports as we continue to 
integrate new employees into our human resource 
systems and as employees continue to provide or 
update their self-identification status. Additional fields 
have been added for U.S. employees to self-identify 
their gender identify and sexual orientation in 2022.
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2022 U.S. Employee Race and Ethnicity Representation
Percent
“Other” category includes employees who are two 
or more races, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 
and Native American or Native Alaskan.
Frontline and select support employees 
encompass a wide range of critical operational 
roles. These include plant and manufacturing 
employees, store employees, custodial 
employees, clerks, assistants, customer service 
representatives, electricians, technicians, drivers, 
color matchers, among others.
Non-frontline employees cover a variety of roles, 
including chemists, engineers, corporate function 
employees, managers, directors, executives, 
among others.
Management team comprises employees who are 
vice presidents and above.	
	
		
	
75%
8%
17%
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2022 Total Global Gender Representation
As of December 31, 2022
2022 Total Global Generational Overview
As of December 31, 2022	
	 Generation Z (1997 and onwards)
	 Generation Y / MIllennials (1981 - 1996)
	 Generation X (1965 - 1980)
	 Baby Boomers (1946 - 1964)
	 Silent Generation (1928 - 1945)
7%
42%
39%
12%
0%
2022 U.S. Non-Frontline Black, Latino and Asian Employee Headcount Changes
As of December 31, 2022	
	 Black
	 Latino
	 Asian
+19%
+16%
+8%
U.S. EEO-1 Reporting
While we do not use the Federal Employer Information Report EEO-1 to guide 
our progress, our 2020 and 2021 U.S. EEO-1 reports are available on PPG.com.
75%
25%
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Our approach to diversity, equity and inclusion
Our DE&I efforts are guided by our DE&I Vision 
Statement:
At PPG, we aim to champion all employees, 
empowering them to show up as their authentic selves, 
and allowing everyone to reach their full potential. 
We know that diverse teams perform better – period. 
Providing equitable experiences for all our people 
results in better engagement, increased business 
performance and more opportunities for all. We will 
continue to elevate and celebrate underrepresented 
communities while combating intolerance in all forms, 
both inside and outside of our workplaces. We do so 
with a spirit of humility, authenticity and vulnerability. 
We may not always get it right, but we aim to do better 
today than yesterday – every day.
Our DE&I Strategy
Serving as both a roadmap and means to measure 
our performance, our DE&I commitments and 
strategy extend across our colleagues, value chain 
and communities.
We approach DE&I as we do any other business 
opportunity. We leveraged a data-driven approach 
to develop our strategy, analyzing company data 
to better understand demographic and cultural 
gaps and opportunities across our workforce. 
We benchmark against best-in-class processes, 
programs and partnerships to help accelerate our 
impact. Our holistic DE&I strategy ties directly to the 
commitments detailed earlier in this report.
Colleagues
We work to embed DE&I throughout every aspect
of PPG. 
•	 Continue updating our DE&I scorecard and embed
	 accountability mechanisms to drive results. We
	 assign people managers and employees throughout
	 PPG DE&I responsibilities and measure progress
	 against key performance indicators over time.
•	 Enhance our recruiting processes with a DE&I lens,
	 including scaling our diverse-slates process
	 globally for non-frontline roles.
•	 Foster partnerships with external organizations 
	 hat will diversify our talent pool.
•	 Nurture a DE&I ambassador group composed of
	 senior leaders who serve as change agents for our
	 strategic business units and functions.
•	 Build and execute a strategy to grow DE&I
	 capabilities for all employees globally. Learn
	 more about how we develop DE&I capabilities
	 in our employees in the Learning and Leadership
	 Development section.
•	 Grow and elevate our ERNs to support career
	 development and provide business value.
•	 Build and launch site-activation kits to allow
	 our frontline employees to participate in global
	 ERN events.
•	 Develop and deploy a mentoring circle program
	 for our ERN members.
•	 Scale a sponsorship program for women,
	 Black, Latino and Asian non-frontline top talent
	 to build a more diverse leadership pipeline.
•	 Engage in regular global employee self-
	 identification campaigns to validate employee
	 representation data, identify gaps and inform
	 future tactics.
•	 Develop and share DE&I data and an impact
	 summary internally and externally on an annual
	 basis.
Customers and Suppliers
We combat intolerance in all forms while we elevate 
and celebrate underrepresented communities 
throughout our value chain. 
•	 Further embed DE&I into our environmental,
	 social and governance and stakeholder
	 engagement strategies.
•	 Share and collaborate with our suppliers and
	 customers on our respective DE&I journeys,
	 including our ERN events to celebrate diversity and
	 respective community outreach efforts .
•	 Review and enhance our Supplier Diversity Program
	 on a regular basis.
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Communities
We work with a wide variety of stakeholders to 
advance racial equity in the U.S. 
•	 Execute a community engagement strategy to
	 advance racial equity by helping to address the race
	 and gender gaps in science, technology,
	 engineering and mathematics (STEM) education
	 and career paths. Learn more about how we
	 support our communities and neighbors.
•	 Continue our global Colorful Communities program
	 to unite the power of our paint products and our
	 employee volunteers to brighten neighborhoods
	 and transform the way people think and feel about
	 their surroundings and experiences. See more on
	 how we transform diverse communities around the
	 world.
•	 Leverage PPG’s Risk and Reputation Committee
	 (RRC), a cross-functional team that convenes to
	 proactively address external events that intersect
	 with PPG’s commitment to DE&I. The RRC uses
	 a data-driven approach to assess options for
	 PPG to act and respond to, with the support of
	 PPG leadership.
DE&I Governance and Leadership
Our DE&I efforts are championed by our president 
and chief executive officer and have full and complete 
support from our Board of Directors and Operating 
Committee. We report our DE&I progress and metrics 
to the PPG Board of Directors at least once per year. 
Our global head of DE&I is responsible for designing, 
leading and executing our global DE&I vision and 
strategy and leveraging data-driven insights to 
accelerate our agenda. This position is supported by 
our DE&I team, which reflects the diversity in gender, 
race, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and 
more that we aim to achieve across our workforce. 
We hold biannual DE&I scorecard discussions with 
each of our strategic business units and functions 
to identify trends and develop solutions to address 
any gaps. Our most senior business leaders are held 
accountable to initiating real, demonstrated progress, 
and their results are a consideration in their year-end 
performance evaluations.
Our 26 DE&I Ambassadors act as change agents 
across the company. Ambassadors are members of 
our strategic business unit and function leadership 
teams. They are charged with helping to embed 
a sense of belonging for all throughout PPG, and 
encourage participation in optional DE&I efforts 
throughout the company. Ambassadors and human 
resource business partners are provided with 
scorecards and metrics on a regular basis to evaluate 
current performance and continue to drive DE&I 
efforts in their organizations.
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DE&I Programming
We host a range of programs for our employees that 
support the implementation of our DE&I strategy. We 
host active listening sessions, global town halls and 
regular surveys to learn how to better support our 
employees and create a more inclusive organization. 
We offer ongoing training on unconscious bias for 
employees, with a primary focus on management. 
The program supports our inclusion efforts and helps 
employees learn and unlearn social stereotypes that 
are formed outside of their own conscious awareness.
We also provide DE&I Listen and Learn toolkits on 
an ongoing basis to support leaders and managers 
in having authentic conversations around bias, 
discrimination and inclusion. These conversations 
support a culture of belonging in our teams. Our vice 
presidents and above host sessions quarterly within 
their respective business units and functions.
Our eight global employee resource networks 
(ERNs) are a cornerstone of our DE&I strategy. They 
provide employees of diverse backgrounds with a 
greater voice and more pathways for connection 
and understanding. Members can participate in ERN 
events or lead efforts to drive career advancement, 
foster empathy through personal storytelling, 
organize volunteer events in their local communities 
or offer solutions on PPG’s business challenges. Just 
as important, they provide an opportunity for all our 
employees to step up as allies, gain cultural dexterity, 
and build and strengthen relationships. Our ERNs 
also aim to harness our employees’ creativity and 
innovation to drive business value. Membership and 
participation in the ERNs are open to all employees 
in all countries and at all levels. Members are offered 
opportunities to participate in ERN events or lead 
efforts to drive career advancement, foster empathy 
through personal storytelling, organize volunteer 
events in their local communities or offer solutions on 
PPG’s business challenges. 
We recognize that the expectations of our employees 
and other stakeholders are constantly evolving. As 
we work toward meeting the near-term DE&I goals 
we have set for our colleagues, value chain and 
communities, we are committed to continuously 
improving our approach to making PPG a more 
diverse, equitable and inclusive company. 
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Engagement
PPG people do better today than yesterday, 
every day.
Our engagement highlights in 2022
We know that engaged employees produce 
better business outcomes and we view employee 
engagement as an important element that is directly 
tied to our overall success. Through the guiding 
principles of The PPG Way, we create a company 
where everyone can thrive, deliver and grow. 
One way that we measure engagement is through our 
Employee Voice surveys. Employees are encouraged 
to voice their opinions through these regular surveys, 
which solicit feedback on a wide range of topics 
including employee well-being, safety, and diversity, 
equity and inclusion.
Our Employee Voice surveys are administered by 
Gallup, an organization that helps companies define, 
measure and improve employee engagement. We 
began measuring engagement through Gallup in 
2014. Since then, PPG has continued to strengthen 
our enterprise engagement approach, as proven by 
the introduction of The PPG Way and The PPG Way to 
Lead, greater manager accountability for engagement, 
and a stronger focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Our 2022 Employee Voice Survey had record 
participation, with 87% of employees voicing their 
opinions. Our participation rate was higher than the 
average Gallup Benchmark. We also achieved our 
highest ever engagement score, aligning PPG’s 
engagement growth rate with the top 25% of 
Gallup’s clients.
As validation of the efforts we have made to measure 
employee engagement and act on the results, PPG 
was recognized with a 2023 Gallup Exceptional 
Workplace Award. This award is designed to celebrate 
organizations that position the engagement of 
their people at the center of their business strategy 
and weave that commitment throughout their 
organizational culture.
275,401
unique awards through the 
One PPG Recognition and 
Rewards Program
participation in Gallup 
Employee Voice surveys
faster engagement growth 
than comparable companies
87%
3x
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The productivity, motivation and engagement
of our workforce has direct impact on PPG’s
financial performance. 
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In addition to our engagement surveys, we have a 
constant pulse on our employees’ needs, listening and 
learning from our employees during town halls and 
leadership roundtables where senior leaders discuss 
and answer employees’ top questions.
Based on our surveys and other employee feedback, 
we recognize that our people value flexibility in their 
working environment, now, more than ever. We offer 
opportunities for remote and hybrid work where 
possible, and continued to optimize hybrid and flexible 
working arrangements in 2022. Noting that many of 
our employees in production, distribution and retail 
are location-bound, we also piloted programs in 2022 
to offer flexibility in scheduling and working hours for 
these employees. 
In 2022, we introduced the PPG Way to Lead — our 
new leadership competency model, which connects 
our leadership behaviors to our values. The PPG 
Way to Lead is a science-based model with specific 
behaviors that employees at all levels can use to 
become better leaders. In 2022, we introduced the 
new leadership index as part of our engagement 
survey to track how we are growing our leadership 
skills. Learn more about our approach to developing 
leadership capabilities in the Learning and Leadership 
Development section.
We also expanded our One PPG Recognition 
and Rewards platform beyond The PPG Way and 
milestone achievements, such as birthdays and PPG 
anniversaries, and incorporated The PPG Way to Lead. 
This global recognition program allows employees to 
recognize their colleagues with a simple thank you and 
rewards points that employees can redeem for gift 
cards or other items. Nominations are tied to The PPG 
Way tenants or The PPG Way to Lead competencies to 
show how an employee is living our core values.
Despite these successes, PPG was not immune to the 
retention issues that many companies and industries 
have been experiencing. Our voluntary turnover rate 
remained higher than pre-pandemic levels. 
Turnover remained highest among our frontline 
employees in retail and manufacturing - environments 
that were most impacted by the pandemic. These 
employee groups are less likely to benefit from flexible 
work arrangements because of the nature of their 
positions, which means that they may face challenges 
balancing personal and home care responsibilities. 
Recognizing these challenges, over the past year 
we looked at segments of the workforce who have 
been most impacted by the current economic 
environment, launching a global analysis of the wages 
of these segments. By the end of 2023, we will have 
reviewed the wages of our frontline workers globally. 
Additionally, we evolved our onboarding program to 
quickly prepare new hires for success. We continue 
to monitor our employee turnover and look for 
opportunities to improve the employee experience.
Turnover Rate Percent	
	
	
Overall
Voluntary
Involuntary
2019
18.16
13.02
5.14
2020
17.61
11.74
5.87
2021
20.00
15.20
4.80
2022
22.80
17.40
5.40
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Our approach to employee engagement
Culture: The PPG Way
The PPG Way aims to enable, empower and 
encourage each employee to embrace our company 
culture. The six core tenets of the PPG way embody 
a culture of ownership, empowerment, and 
inclusiveness. They serve as a cultural roadmap for 
all employees as we strive to achieve our purpose of 
protecting and beautifying the world. The PPG Way 
was launched in 2019, and has consistently guided 
our efforts since its introduction.
We have an ongoing focus on the six tenets of The 
PPG Way throughout the organization through training 
that helps inspire and align our people. We recognize 
the critical influence that leadership has on culture, 
and emphasize that our people leaders should 
embody The PPG Way. We also translate our culture 
into concrete leadership skills and behaviors through 
the PPG Way to Lead.
Every single day at PPG:
We partner with customers to create 
mutual value. 
We are insightful, dedicated and proactive. 
We have intimate knowledge of the market 
and our customers. We focus on practical 
solutions that make a difference. 
We are “One PPG” to the world. 
We are better and stronger together. We leverage 
our scale to reach new markets and introduce 
innovative technologies as we differentiate and 
disrupt our markets. 
We trust our people every day, in every way. 
We enable and empower our people to make the 
right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and 
respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable. 
We make it happen. 
We have a passion for winning. We achieve. 
We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring 
our best energy to our work. We decide and act 
intelligently and quickly. 
We run it like we own it. 
We respect one another by being responsible 
and accountable. We always act in the 
best interest of our company, customers, 
shareholders and our communities. 
We do better today than yesterday – every day. 
We continuously learn. We develop our people to 
grow our businesses.
The PPG Way
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Listening to our people
We believe that a highly engaged workforce is 
best created and sustained through candid and 
continuous dialogue. Our listening strategy includes a 
variety of methods to collect company-wide feedback 
throughout the year, including regular surveys. We use 
an annual Gallup Employee Voice survey and a brief, 
annual pulse survey to understand trends within the 
organization and measure individual performance 
of our people leaders. Results are shared with team 
leaders with key insights to continue to improve 
employee engagement. 
Employee Voice survey results are also used to 
score our managers’ performance using a variety of 
metrics, including a leadership accountability index 
and an inclusion index. Internal research has shown 
that the factors measured by these indices have 
direct impacts on employee engagement. Results 
of the leadership accountability index and inclusion 
index are incorporated into people managers’ annual 
performance reviews to ensure accountability.
Recognition 
We understand that recognition is an important 
contributor to employee engagement. To recognize 
employees for the impact of their contributions, we 
have a range of formal awards programs focused on 
excellence in sales, sustainability, health, wellness 
and other core areas.
Our formal employee recognition program, the 
One PPG Recognition & Rewards Program, allows 
employees to show their appreciation for their 
colleagues. Employees receive either a simple thank 
you message or rewards points that can be redeemed 
for gift cards and other items. 
Attraction and retention 
We take a holistic view of employee attraction and 
retention, recognizing that engagement, benefits, 
compensation, working environment, growth 
opportunities, diversity, equity, inclusion and more 
influence the decision-making of prospective and 
current employees. PPG leverages many forms of 
recruitment, including working with external agencies, 
to attract talent. We offer competitive and attractive 
compensation packages and work to understand the 
hiring landscape to remain competitive in our search 
for talent.
Turnover rate is another measure that we consider 
alongside the results of our engagement surveys. We 
work to understand the causes of voluntary turnover 
and remedy issues where they arise.
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Learning and 
Leadership 
Development
Our people are our most important 
competitive advantage. 
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Our learning and leadership development highlights in 2022
When we provide opportunities for our people to 
develop their capabilities and advance their careers, 
we increase employee engagement and fulfillment 
with their work.  Furthermore, our ability to increase 
our global footprint, grow organically and create 
breakthrough innovations is built on the diverse 
knowledge, skills and commitment of our people 
living The PPG Way.
54,655
15,240
total learning courses 
available to PPG employees
employees participated
in The PPG Way to Lead 
micro-learnings
employees participated
in Inclusion 2.0 training
total hours of training
through LinkedIn Learning
employees participated
in the Emerge Leadership 
program
total hours of training
through Udemy Business
total hours of training
through Rosetta Stone
1,214
27,938
82
10,308
managers participated
in The PPG Way to Lead 
leader roundtables
1,000
of eligible employees 
participated in our 
performance review process
84%
72,146
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The PPG Way to Lead
Our training and development programs aim to instill The PPG Way throughout our workforce (learn more about The PPG Way here). We introduced The PPG Way to Lead 
in 2022, which establishes a consistent understanding of leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities that applies to every PPG employee. We introduced this framework to 
provide additional clarity and consistent guidance for what great leadership looks like at PPG. The PPG Way to Lead defines six core competencies for all employees and three 
additional competencies for people leaders. Developing these competencies result in increased retention, stronger engagement, better business performance and helps our 
employees grow their careers.
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As part of the launch, we made resources available to 
all employees so they could understand how The PPG 
Way to Lead applies to their role and professional 
development at each level of the company, including:
•	 Releasing a series of micro-learning modules to
	 explain each competency in The PPG Way to Lead
•	 Facilitating sessions with managers and senior
	 leadership to explain how they bring The PPG Way
	 to Lead to life in their role
•	 Mapping existing training programs in the Learning
	 Management System (LMS) to the nine
	 competencies of The PPG Way to Lead
•	 Creating the Global Learning Curriculum, an easy-
	 to-access and -navigate resource that houses all
	 learning and development programs offered to our
	 people
We also laid the groundwork for the core competencies 
defined in The PPG Way to Lead to be fully integrated 
into our annual goal setting. This helps ensure that 
employee advancement and career development 
aligns with the focus areas of The PPG Way to Lead, 
and keeps our people engaged.
We focus on offering our people a mix of new 
experiences, open platform mentoring & structured 
coaching. We have been upgrading systems to new 
ways of learning by adopting just-in-time materials 
& learning on-the-go tools. A few of our learning and 
leadership development highlights in 2022 include: 
•	 Inclusion 2.0: We launched our hybrid inclusion
	 workshop, Inclusion 2.0. The program combines
	 a self-paced virtual course with live discussions
	 sessions via Microsoft Teams that provide an open
	 and safe environment for participants to understand
	 each other’s lived experiences. Inclusion 2.0
	 is open to all PPG employees, and helps build
	 awareness of our conscious and unconscious
	 biases.
•	 Leader as a Coach: We launched a program
	 entitled Leader as a Coach to develop coaching
	 capabilities in our senior people leaders. The three-
	 month program equips our managers with 
	 techniques that help drive employee performance 
	 and engagement with a collaborative, coaching 
	 leadership style. Participants in the program learn 
	 how to develop trust with their teams, improve their 
	 coaching skills, increase their confidence as 
	 leaders, and ultimately drive better business 
	 performance. 
•	 LinkedIn Learning and Udemy Learning:
	 We integrated courses offered through LinkedIn 
	 Learning and Udemy Business into the LMS. This 
	 enables employees to search for development 
	 topics through the LMS and automatically have 
	 external digital resources populated from vetted 
	 external vendors.
•	 Engagement Training: We developed three 
	 engagement trainings aimed at increasing people 
	 engagement scores. These included an all-
	 employee training on accountability, and a 
	 manager’s primer and toolkit for engagement.
•	 Sustainability Learning: We released three 
	 Sustainability 101 video modules, which are 
	 available to all employees through the LMS, to 
	 help them better understand core sustainability, 
	 decarbonization and climate change concepts. The 
	 videos were viewed more than 2,000 times. In early 
	 2023, we also introduced 36 learning audiocasts 
	 that cover topics ranging from mass balance to 
	 biodiversity.
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Our approach to learning and leadership 
development
Learning and skill development
We continuously invest in learning and skill 
development initiatives to ensure our employees are 
properly trained, productive and engaged at every 
stage of their careers. Our global learning strategy, 
built on The PPG Way and The PPG Way to Lead, is 
focused on delivering training to the right people, at 
the right place and at the right time. We leverage our 
Performance Management process to ensure our 
employees get to discuss with their managers and 
document their growth goals every year. This allows 
them to explore new projects, leverage existing 
programs, tools and resources to develop individual 
needs and interests, and in turn develop organization-
wide capabilities.
Our ongoing offerings include a range of virtual 
facilitator-led workshops, self-paced external learning 
platforms and Evolve, our LMS available through 
Workday.
When employees complete a course across these 
platforms, we ask them to respond to a brief survey on 
their experience. We calculate net promoter scores 
(NPS) based on these survey results and review any 
programs that fall short of our expectations. We 
also hold focus groups with program participants to 
understand the strengths and weaknesses of our 
programs. These feedback mechanisms give our 
dedicated training team an indication of how we can 
improve our suite of training modules over time.
Some highlights of our ongoing internal training 
programs include: 
•	 DE&I capability building: As part of our efforts
to drive diversity, equity and inclusion throughout 
PPG, we offer training through our LMS as well as 
facilitated, interactive workshops on unconscious 
bias to our people managers and employees. Our 
virtual prerequisite is offered in 10 languages and 
in-person sessions are offered in 11 languages to 
ensure that they are widely accessible to our staff. 
The training focuses on understanding the harmful 
prejudices that stem from the tendency to organize 
social worlds by categorizing groups and people. 
•	 Developing sales capabilities: We offer a suite
of virtual training modules and virtual instructor-led 
sessions based on our best-in-class sales training 
programs. Anyone in our sales organization can 
take Selling Skills to learn how to develop rapport 
with clients, close sales and retain customers. 
Managers are encouraged to take courses on 
Professional Sales Coaching, which helps them 
develop their teams. This year, to drive One 
PPG sales excellence and profitable growth, we 
implemented The Selling Machine People Cog. This 
allowed us to provide our sales organization with 
a full lifecycle development process to effectively 
hire, develop and reward all sales employees 
against a consistent framework.
•	 Supporting professional development:
We offer all of our employees access to virtual 
Career Growth Workshops to support their 
professional development. The workshops guide 
employees through the process of creating a career 
development plan and preparing for effective 
conversations with management about their 
professional growth. We also provide training to our 
people managers to ensure they understand how 
to support their teams, including best practices for 
empowering their staff and giving useful feedback.
We supplement our internally managed training by 
providing access to external learning platforms. 
Examples of the resources available to our employees 
include:
 
•	 LinkedIn Learning: LinkedIn Learning is one of the
world’s largest online learning platforms featuring 
topic-specific content created by leading experts. 
Courses offered cover many aspects of professional 
and personal development, ranging from time 
management and leadership skills to training on 
specific software, such as Microsoft Excel. 
•	 Rosetta Stone: Rosetta Stone is a series of best
in-class language programs that we use to offer 
PPG employees eLearning and live tutorials in 
24 languages. Many of our employees in Latin 
America, Europe and the Middle East use Rosetta 
Stone to take English language classes, which 
helps foster global collaboration across PPG. 
•	 Udemy Learning: Udemy offers courses that cover
a range of topics including development, IT, 
design, leadership, sustainability and marketing. 
The platform includes personalized learning 
and actionable insights to help participants stay 
engaged and reach their educational goals.
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Leadership development
When filling leadership positions, we balance internal 
promotions and external hiring to leverage the skills 
already present across the enterprise while bringing 
new talent and diverse ideas into the company. We 
provide development opportunities across PPG 
so our people can grow into effective leaders and 
advance in their careers. 
Our approach to leadership development focuses 
on experience, exposure and education. We offer a 
wide array of development opportunities that include 
performance and learning plans, extensive on-the-
job training, ongoing formal and informal feedback, 
structured development programs, peer learning 
opportunities, coaching and mentoring.
 
Highlights of our structured leadership development 
programs include:
•	 Essentials of Leadership: Our frontline leadership
program, Essentials of Leadership (EOL), focuses 
on developing leaders and managers across 
the organization. EOL provides new leaders with 
the right mindset, skills, and tools to lead more 
effectively, which ultimately builds engagement 
from participants and their teams. The program 
is delivered in six modules by virtual or in-person 
sessions. EOL’s structured curriculum ensures 
global alignment and consistent guidance for 
developing managers and supervisors. 
•	 Emerge: The Emerge Leadership Program helps
guide our future executives through an 11-12 
month program. Participants are nominated for 
participation based on exemplary performance 
in a people leadership role and having potential 
to grow into a larger scale role. The program is 
a series of four facilitated sessions focused on 
peer coaching, mentorship from PPG’s leadership 
team and networking skills. Participants are given 
opportunities to practically apply their insights to 
real business challenges and learn from their peers. 
•	 Leader as a Coach: The Leader as a Coach
program aims to develop coaching capabilities 
in our senior people leaders. Over three months, 
participants in the program learn how to develop 
trust with their teams, improve their coaching skills, 
increase their confidence as leaders and ultimately 
drive better business performance.
•	 Online mentoring and coaching: Any employee
at PPG can access our online One PPG Mentoring 
program. The program aims to support insightful, 
respectful connections across PPG. Prospective 
mentors take a mandatory series of e-learning 
courses that determine if they are qualified to act 
as a mentor, and then set up a profile with their 
qualifications. Employees interested in signing up 
as mentees can search through these profiles to 
select the right mentor to support their personal 
development.
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Safety and 
Health
The most important PPG core value is the 
safety and health of all employees.
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Goal: To ensure progress against our goal 
of zero injuries, we strive to achieve an 
improvement of at least 5% per year in our 
injury and illness rate.
Achieved an annual I&I reduction rate of 
0.7% compared to the 2017 baseline
We seek to ensure that our employees and 
contractors watch out for one another and return 
home safely each and every day.
As a result of our continued focus on safety 
and health, we experienced no fatalities of PPG 
employees or PPG supervised contractors in 2022. 
Despite improvements at individual sites, our overall 
PPG illness and injury (I&I) rate increased in 2022 
from 0.26 to 0.30. The increase was primarily driven 
by a few legacy sites and our recent acquisitions. 
These acquisitions include sites with higher injury 
and illness rates than the PPG average. We begin 
measuring PPG I&I rates from the date of acquisition, 
and do not recalculate our baseline to include new 
sites. As we implement our EHS management system 
at the recently acquired sites, we expect injury and 
illness rates to decrease in line with the rest of our 
business. As an example, following PPG’s acquisition 
of COMEX® in 2014, we saw a 95% reduction in their 
I&I rate.
In 2022, we had 0.18 Tier I and 0.09 Tier II process 
safety incidents per one million hours worked. 
Around 48% of the 2022 incidents were primarily 
caused by human error, which we resolved by making 
procedural and system changes. A little over 25% of 
the incidents resulted from malfunctioning equipment 
while around 19% of incidents were caused by 
improperly designed equipment. These incidents 
were resolved by modifying inspection programs, 
reviewing equipment design, and repairing or 
replacing inadequate equipment.
Our safety and health highlights in 2022
229
PPG ERGO CUP® 
submissions
sites covered by ISO 14001 
integrated global certificate
58
sites audited for 
compliance with EHS 
management system, other 
PPG requirements and 
government regulations 
60
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We have expanded our approach to measuring the 
EHS culture at every PPG site over the past year. We 
added a safety index to our Gallup pulse surveys in 
2022, which measures engagement of our employees 
in EHS processes. We are using this information, 
in combination with progress in advancing leading 
safety indicator performance measured at each of our 
sites, to create an EHS culture maturity index. Each 
of our sites will be assigned a score that shows how 
much progress they have made in implementing the 
PPG EHS management system and how well they are 
fostering an EHS culture. We are planning to roll out 
the index in 2023.
Other key highlights from our work in 2022 include:
•	 Industrial hygiene: In 2022, we completed an
upgrade to our industrial hygiene software across 
all of our sites. The new system helps PPG more 
efficiently manage potential environmental hazards 
to which PPG employees and contractors could be 
exposed through their work.
•	 Human and Organizational Performance
(HOP) Program: We launched our HOP program at 
20 additional sites in 2022. The HOP program is 
aimed at reducing manufacturing process errors, 
which may result in impacts on product quality or 
staff injuries. While many HOP principles are used 
at our sites globally, at year’s end, more than 45 
sites globally executed a full HOP implementation 
to teach employees how to predict, prevent and 
identify system improvement opportunities that 
could otherwise result in errors. Approximately 
13,600 employees were engaged in the HOP 
implementations.
•	 Injury prevention: We re-launched several
injury prevention training programs in 2022 that 
had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, 
including behind-the-wheel driver safety training 
for new employees, classroom training in large 
groups and rapid improvement workshops aimed 
at improving adherence to the implementation of 
our EHS management system. We also launched an 
enhanced, multimedia training program to help our 
store employees avoid strains and sprains.
•	 Smart driving: We started to test a new mobile
phone application in the U.S. that uses a cell 
phone’s built-in accelerometer to measure factors 
of unsafe driving such as hard braking, fast 
acceleration, hard turns and more. The application 
provides PPG drivers with constructive feedback 
after each trip to help them drive more safely. 
•	 Safety and Health Awards: We presented PPG
Safety and Health Awards to 39 sites in 2022 
as part of our overall Sustainability Awards 
program. Safety and Health awards are given to 
our facilities that achieve excellent safety and 
health performance through the implementation 
of our EHS management system. The award 
criteria include both overall performance scores 
and leading indicators which illustrate that all 
elements of the PPG EHS management system are 
implemented well.
•	 PPG Ergo Cup Awards: Out of 229 global
nominations, our Architectural Coatings team 
earned the 2022 PPG Ergo Cup Award for the 
development of a 5-gallon pail lift assist system. 
The simple device helps to address significant 
ergonomic risks associated with moving 5-gallon 
paint pails – which typically weight approximately 50 
pounds – by reducing stress and strain on the back 
and shoulders. Historically, these types of injuries 
have contributed to the leading cause of injuries 
throughout our global operation. Following its 
development, the system has been installed in 40 
stores in the U.S. and Canada with plans to expand 
to all sites.
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Multi-year data highlights
Global health and safety performance
Employees and supervised workers
Fatalities
PPG Injury and
Illness Rate
Total Recordable
Incident Rate
Lost Workday
Rate
Occupational
Disease Rate
Number
Rate
2022
0
0
0.30
1.45
0.59
0.40
2021
0
0
0.26
1.14
0.82
0.17
2020
0
0
0.26
0.99
0.37
0.12
2019
0
0
0.32
1.29
0.47
0.15
2018
1
0.0019
0.27
1.25
0.85
0.09
The fatality rate is the number of fatalities multiplied by 200,000 and divided by the number of work hours. A PPG injury and illness (I&I) is defined 
as an injury or illness that is significant enough that it is unlikely to go unreported, regardless of the reporting culture in the region or site. PPG I&Is 
include fatalities, fractures, surgeries, hospitalizations, 30 or more days of lost work and other similar criteria. The PPG I&I rate is the number of 
injuries and illnesses that meet this definition multiplied by 200,000 and divided by the number of work hours. Total recordable incident rate is the 
number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable injuries multiplied by 200,000 and divided by the number of work hours. 
Lost workday rate is the number of injuries and illness that resulted in days away from work or restricted activity multiplied by 200,000 and divided by 
the number of work hours. Occupational disease rate is the number of illnesses multiplied by 200,000 and divided by the number of work hours.
Process safety performance
Per million hours worked
Number of tier one
incidents
Tier one incidents per
million hours worked
Process safety total
incident rate
Process safety incident
severity rate
2022
21
0.18
0.27
1.19
2021
5
0.04
0.06
0.09
2020
13
0.02
0.07
0.07
Process safety total incident rate is the number of incidents multiplied by 1,000,000 and divided by the total annual hours worked by employees, 
contractors and subcontractors. Process safety incident severity rate is the total severity score for all process safety incidents multiplied by 1,000,000 
and divided by the total annual hours worked by employees, contractors and subcontractors.
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2022 health and safety performance by region
Employees and supervised workers
Fatalities
PPG Injury and
Illness Rate
Total Recordable
Incident Rate
Lost Workday
Rate
Occupational
Disease Rate
Asia Pacific
0
0.18
0.90
0.60
0.38
Europe, Middle
East and Africa
0
0.18
0.91
0.70
0.11
Latin America
0
0.05
0.74
0.05
0.50
North America
0
0.64
2.66
0.81
0.62
Global
0
0.30
1.45
0.59
0.40
2022 contractor health and safety performance by region
Fatalities
PPG Injury and
Illness Rate
Total Recordable
Incident Rate
Lost Workday
Rate
Occupational
Disease Rate
Asia Pacific
1
0.20
0.60
0.30
0.10
Europe, Middle
East and Africa
0
0.39
0.91
0.26
0.00
Latin America
0
0.97
2.13
0.39
0.00
North America
0
1.14
2.67
0.00
0.00
Global
1
0.51
1.21
0.27
0.04
Fatality was a non PPG supervised contractor.
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Please see the data index section for a list of our process safety incidents in 2022.
Root Cause Pareto Chart for PSM Tier I & II 
Incidents in 2022
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Our approach to safety and health
EHS Management System
We implement our EHS policy globally using the PPG 
EHS management system, which was developed 
in accordance with Coatings Care, Responsible 
Care and ISO standards. The system addresses 
all personnel, including contractors who work at 
PPG-owned and operated facilities, as well as PPG 
employees working in third-party facilities. Our 12 EHS 
elements form the cornerstone of the management 
system and contain underlying principles and defined 
requirements.
We hold an ISO 14001 integrated global certificate, 
which covers 58 sites. Many of our sites are also 
certified to the standard for their location-level 
management systems.
Our EHS management system requires all locations to 
evaluate compliance with PPG and other requirements 
through assigned self-assessment tools and the 
completion of risk assessments, including job safety 
analyses, process hazard analyses and chemical 
risk assessments. These assessments must be 
conducted by experienced personnel, including 
experts outside of PPG, when appropriate.
Our EHS management system also establishes a clear 
expectation that all employees actively participate 
in the implementation of the EHS management 
system and be engaged in the EHS implementation 
process, through interactions such as peer-to-peer 
observations and membership in focus teams that are 
dedicated to implementing or improving aspects of 
the EHS management system. 
We use a global electronic data management system 
for all EHS incidents. This EHS data system includes a 
suite of modules to streamline the collection, tracking 
and dissemination of information related to life-critical 
requirements.
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Process Safety
PPG’s global EHS management system includes 
elements of process safety management. This 
approach provides a consistent set of requirements 
to all facilities globally in addition to any applicable 
regulatory requirements. 
When process safety incidents occur, the PPG team 
works to contain any impact to the surrounding 
environment and thoroughly investigates the incident 
to determine the root cause. The team ensures 
corrective actions are applied systematically in 
response to each incident, which may include 
redesigning processes, modifying maintenance 
methods, working with our suppliers to improve 
equipment, or standardizing procedures and training 
employees to utilize HOP principles. We analyze 
incidents across the business each year to identify 
common causes. The analysis is used to identify 
improved methods and training to enhance our 
performance. 
We recognize the importance of training our workforce 
to strengthen our culture of safety and health, and drive 
risk recognition and accountability at all levels of the 
organization. Plant managers and operations directors 
globally are trained to recognize the importance of 
a strong process safety culture and understand and 
abide by PPG’s requirements for process safety. 
Through training courses, managers also assess 
the process safety culture of their sites. Our training 
courses offer pre-work and interactive in-class activities 
to understand regulatory standards, process safety 
management requirements and recognition elements, 
and tools to sustain a healthy process safety  culture.
Preventing injury and illness
PPG tracks injuries and illnesses according to PPG’s 
internal standard and according to U.S. Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. 
We also initiated tracking incidents according to the 
ASTM E2920-19 record-keeping standard, which 
allows PPG to easily benchmark performance against 
peer companies. While our injury and illness rate is 
relatively low compared to the majority of companies 
we have benchmarked, we do have opportunities for 
improvement, specifically in the areas of slips, trips, 
falls and ergonomics.
Our EHS data system provides the tools to identify, 
report, record and investigate incidents, analyze root 
causes and trends, correct deficiencies and share and 
adopt relevant lessons learned. 
Historically, motor vehicle accidents are one of our 
injury risks with highest severity. PPG offers driver 
safety training and education programs in every 
country in which we operate to ensure our team 
members have the tools and resources to effectively 
manage this risk. Training includes driving coaching for 
new employees, classroom training in large groups and 
rapid improvement workshops. We also ensure that all 
company vehicles have excellent crash ratings, and we 
invest in advanced safety features such as collision-
avoidance systems and backup cameras. Learn more 
in the Transportation section.
Strains and sprains are a frequent injury occurrence 
among our employees. In addition to regular training 
and monthly knowledge sharing sessions, PPG has 
held an annual ERGO CUP® competition since 2004 
which recognizes initiatives that minimize or eliminate 
ergonomic risks in our operations. Projects are 
submitted from all business units and functions across 
PPG. Winners are determined from each business 
unit, and an annual, global winner is selected. Top 
entries compete in a national ERGO CUP® competition 
presented by the Institute of Industrial and System 
Engineers.
Safety 365, which is PPG’s safety awareness initiative, 
continues to empower our employees to keep safety 
as an important focus every day and to speak up if 
they see something that could be made safer. The 
program centers around a monthly safety theme that is 
supplemented with weekly tips, which are reviewed at 
all levels of the organization for application regardless 
of location or activity.
In addition, we are working to implement Human and 
Organization Performance (HOP) tools at our locations. 
HOP tools teach employees how to predict, prevent, 
and manage errors that could result in injury, including:
•	 A focus on high-risk tasks with a pre-task brief
•	 Stop and seek help as a tool when one is unsure of
an activity in which they are to engage
•	 Three-part communication to increase effectiveness
•	 Procedure writing enhancements and step-by-step
procedure adherence
•	 Verbalize, point and touch as a tool to be used in
conjunction with Walk-the-Line processes aimed at 
reducing spills and releases
A HOP maturity matrix has been developed and will be 
incorporated into PPG’s standardized site scorecard 
in 2023. This scorecard includes both leading and 
lagging EHS indicators, and each site must use a risk 
prioritization tool annually to rank 80 EHS aspects and 
incorporate the top aspects into the following year’s 
site work plan.
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COVID-19 Response
PPG has enacted enhanced protocols to manage 
our business in the constantly evolving environment 
created by COVID-19. We implemented proven, safe 
operating processes based on local community data, 
and have provided ongoing guidance to facilities and 
employees across the organization to ensure they are 
compliant with local guidance. Across our operations, 
we have implemented best practice hygiene 
techniques, altered our processes to enable social 
distancing, and launched systems to track employees 
affected by COVID-19. Where possible, we have 
introduced tools and policies that enable our people 
to work more flexibly, including working remotely and 
staggering shifts and breaks. 
PPG products continue to play an essential role in a 
variety of industries’ pandemic responses. Our paints, 
coatings and specialty materials help create life-
critical products for the healthcare, defense, food and 
beverage, hygiene, agriculture, energy, public works 
and electronics industries, among others.
Industrial Hygiene
PPG protects the health of all employees and 
supervised contractors through our comprehensive 
industrial hygiene program, which has been in place 
for more than 50 years. The program centers on the 
anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of long-
term (chronic) and acute occupational health risks.
PPG employs credentialed toxicologists and industrial 
hygienists to oversee all aspects of our global 
program, and we continually improve it as knowledge 
of potential hazards and risk-control processes 
evolve. We use formal processes to identify potential 
occupational health hazards by reviewing and 
analyzing information provided by suppliers of raw 
materials used in our manufacturing processes, as 
well as publicly available scientific literature. We also 
regularly review changes to published exposure 
limits from suppliers, governmental bodies and 
organizations, such as the American Conference 
of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), 
to determine the basis for assessing exposure 
to chemical substances. We use exposure-limit 
changes and risk assessments of process tasks to 
define annual exposure monitoring plans for each 
manufacturing location.
PPG’s manufacturing facilities are required to assess 
exposures to a defined list of substances and 
tasks where potential health risks are presented. 
We evaluate the results of these assessments to 
identify the need for improvements in manufacturing 
processes, facilities, training, personal protective 
equipment and medical surveillance.
PPG also works to eliminate substances of concern 
from our products and processes. Additional 
information can be found in the Product Stewardship 
section. Our internal industrial hygiene laboratory 
analyzes air monitoring samples and is accredited 
by the American Industrial Hygiene Association 
(AIHA). We also use contract laboratories accredited 
by AIHA or applicable national governmental 
bodies. We maintain exposure measurement 
results in a centralized data management system 
used by our operations teams globally. This system 
tracks compliance with the annual sampling plans, 
results relative to applicable exposure limits and 
implementation of any corrective actions necessary 
to reduce exposures. 
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Integrating acquisitions
When new facilities or companies join PPG through 
an acquisition, PPG’s EHS and Product Stewardship 
teams deploy a due diligence and integration 
process, viewed as a best practices, to ensure 
alignment with and adoption of PPG EHS standards 
and PPG’s EHS management system. Prior to the 
purchase of an acquisition, the PPG team begins a 
regimented, four-phase due diligence and integration 
process to evaluate the acquired company’s EHS and 
product stewardship compliance practices as well as 
their EHS maturity. We conduct an initial assessment 
within 60 days of an acquisition and provide scores 
to the site teams to help prioritize gaps between their 
performance and the expectations defined by the 
PPG EHS management system.
From the initial assessment and after the purchase, 
a detailed action plan is developed to address any 
deficiencies to PPG’s EHS management system and 
related programs. The implementation of the action 
plan generally spans 24 months, with priority placed 
on regulatory compliance and key risk management 
topics. At the end of the 24-month period, the 
acquired operations undergo a corporate EHS audit 
to validate the integration plan effectiveness and 
verify compliance with any identified regulatory gaps. 
After the first audit, new operations are incorporated 
into the corporate audit cycle based on their risk 
profile and EHS and product stewardship metrics 
performance. As part of the acquisition integration 
and ongoing corporate audit process, we identify and 
monitor the need for capital expenditures to improve 
compliance and reduce risks. 
PPG maintains an oversight audit plan conducted 
as part of our Corporate Compliance Assurance 
Program. Each of these efforts promotes a continuous 
improvement process to protect employees, our 
communities, customers and the environment and to 
achieve mature EHS performance levels.
EHS Governance and Oversight
To ensure the requirements in the PPG EHS 
management system remain effective in protecting 
our employees and the communities in which we 
operate and to ensure they comply with current 
regulations while incorporating evolving best 
practices from our facilities, we have established 
more than 70 topic teams. Each team focuses on 
a specific requirement, with an expectation for the 
team to meet at least two times per year. An internal 
subject matter expert leads each topic team, which 
comprises permanent members from each region 
to maintain engagement with the site subject matter 
champions. Ad hoc members are added to develop 
and provide additional subject matter expertise.
The PPG EHS management system requires each 
of our locations to have an active EHS leadership 
team that provides oversight, governs decisions 
and drives continuous improvement regarding the 
implementation of the EHS management system 
and other PPG and legal requirements. This team 
is expected to be led by top management, such 
as business leaders and the plant manager, and 
have cross-functional membership that includes 
the location’s leadership team, department 
representation and hourly employees. Ultimately, this 
team meets either on a monthly or quarterly basis to 
shape necessary plans and take required actions to 
realize our EHS policies and principles.
Our internal organizational structure includes EHS 
directors in all four major regions in which PPG 
operates. This organization ensures that our EHS 
approach is consistent across our operations. The 
regional directors, key business EHS directors and 
global center of excellence directors are charged 
to continuously advance PPG’s EHS expertise and 
implement our global EHS management system 
consistently and efficiently. These directors report to 
our vice president of EHS, who has ultimate oversight. 
Key leading and lagging indicators of our EHS 
performance are distributed throughout PPG using 
a Power BI dashboard. The Operating Committee, 
Sustainability and Innovation Committee of the PPG 
Board of Directors, and the PPG Board of Directors 
regularly reviews EHS data.
Customer Health and Safety
PPG’s commitment to health and safety extends 
to our customers. Our products are not only 
manufactured safely in our facilities, but also 
transported, used and disposed of safely by our 
customers. Safe use and disposal instructions and 
safety data sheets are available for all products. 
Our product stewardship and technical experts 
are also available to provide consultation on safe 
product use and disposal. We also have longstanding 
partnerships with organizations focused on circularity 
and waste reduction. To learn more, visit our Product 
Stewardship section.
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Wellness
PPG is committed to fostering a global 
culture of health.
Goal: Employ active wellness programs
at 100% of our facilities globally by 2025. 
We are advancing our vision of creating a global 
culture of health, enabling our employees and their 
families to prioritize mental and physical well-being 
through a range of health and wellness activities. 
PPG also worked to ensure that the wellness 
programs offered meet the unique needs of each 
individual location. We considered the number of 
employees at each site and the nature of the business 
activities being undertaken. Based on this information, 
we worked to tailor the wellness programs offered 
based on the unique conditions at each site. Our 
larger sites with more than 50 employees continue to 
be evaluated using our Wellness Scorecard, while our 
smallest sites, primarily company-owned stores, may 
have only a small number of employees and require a 
more customized evaluation. 
Our wellness highlights in 2022
One of PPG’s wellness priorities for 2022 was to 
better connect PPG as a global team, including EHS, 
medical and HR representatives from each region 
globally. This was done by updating the PPG Culture 
of Health Strategy, which defines our vision, goals, 
roles and responsibilities, and directives on how to 
achieve them. Our global wellness team also piloted 
an ergonomics stretching challenge in each region, 
which was well received.
61%
of PPG locations 
globally have active 
wellness programs.
of locations with active 
wellness programs achieved 
the highest level, diamond, 
on their Wellness Scorecard
languages in which 
monthly global wellness 
newsletters are available
67%
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Mental health support in Australia
Mental health is a key component of overall 
health and well-being. In addition to supporting 
our employees’ mental health, PPG seeks 
opportunities to leverage its reach and its products 
to support wellness initiatives in the community.
Having recognized mental health as a significant 
issue for the Australian road transport, 
warehousing and logistics industries, an outreach 
program called “Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds” 
(HHTS) is aiming to tackle it head on. HHTS 
provides mental health resources and information 
to truck drivers, warehousing, and distribution 
center staff across the country. Launching a new 
outreach program in 2022, the HHTS Roadshow 
aimed to increase awareness and ensure their 
resources were reaching their target audiences. 
PPG’s Automotive Refinish business in Australia 
and New Zealand and longstanding customer 
Fleetmark Group​ worked together to support the 
project. Fleetmark played a key role in creating 
branding for the HHTS Roadshow Truck, while PPG 
provided the automotive refinish products required 
to paint it.  
The HHTS Roadshow attended a series of 24 
industry events across Australia in 2022, where 
it offered mental health support resources and 
promoted education materials tailored to the 
needs of the heavy vehicle and supply chain sector. 
For more information go to www.healthyheads.org.au
Our approach to wellness
PPG’s approach to wellness is based on Four Wellness 
Absolutes – nutrition, exercise, health screenings and 
mindfulness/stress management – which research 
identifies as key to overall well-being. Every wellness 
program and tool we offer addresses one or more of 
these absolutes. Empowering people at each of our 
locations to determine the best wellness initiatives 
based on employee needs, sharing their successes 
globally, and recognizing their achievements all 
support our culture of wellness.
Wellness tools
PPG’s Wellness Culture of Health Catalog and 
Program Strategy is a collection of wellness programs 
offered at our sites around the world. The catalog 
allows our employees to share successful ideas and 
describe how best to implement them and features 
sections for each of the Four Wellness Absolutes. 
Program examples include the hydration challenge 
(nutrition), stretching sessions (exercise), know your 
numbers (health screenings) and massage therapy 
(mindfulness/stress management).
A critical component of wellness is mental health. PPG 
values work-life balance and desires to support our 
team members as they navigate their varied work and 
home responsibilities. To meet the evolving needs 
of our employees, we offer mental health initiatives, 
including our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 
resources and well-being materials to support 
employees and their families. Furthermore, our 
Employee Resource Networks (ERNs) regularly use 
wellness tools to provide programming and other 
resources to their members. For more information on 
ERNs, see the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion section. 
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Wellness Scorecard and awards
PPG’s sites can register their wellness activities and 
track progress over time using a Wellness Scorecard. 
Sites receive a score based on the wellness programs 
offered and employee participation in wellness 
programs. Each location has the opportunity to earn 
points for programs in which their site participates. At 
the end of each year, awards are given based on the 
wellness level achieved by each site, according to the 
following range:
Bronze (300 points)
Silver (600 points)
Gold (900 points)
Diamond (1,200 points)
Eligible programs align with our Four Wellness 
Absolutes, and include weight-loss challenges, 
health screenings, fitness classes and better sleep 
programs. 
We recognize high-performing sites with our annual 
Wellness Awards, part of PPG’s global Sustainability 
Awards program. Wellness Awards are given based 
on the number of points a site earns on the Wellness 
Scorecard in each calendar year. Many regions also 
offer locally tailored awards, which can include gifts or 
other recognition for wellness activities.
Wellness program governance
The Global Wellness Council and the Wellness 
subcommittee of our corporate Sustainability 
Committee sets the overall strategy and tracks our 
progress globally. The Global Wellness Council is 
a team of enthusiastic employee volunteers that 
meets monthly to develop wellness resources, share 
leadership responsibilities and integrate wellness 
throughout the company. 
Our manager, occupational health and wellness, 
oversees the implementation of the company’s global 
wellness programs. They work closely with our PPG 
Benefits and Total Worker Rewards teams to create 
programming and raise awareness for initiatives 
aimed at improving the health and well-being of our 
employees. 
PPG recognizes the importance of delivering wellness 
programs and services in a way that allows everyone 
at PPG to participate in our global culture of health. 
Each of our sites is encouraged to maintain a wellness 
committee, program and champion to communicate 
our wellness messages and implement the various 
global, regional and local programs. We also maintain 
a dedicated email address that offers support for 
wellness programs to any PPG employee.
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Community 
Engagement
We bring color and brightness to our 
neighbors and communities around 
the world.
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Our community engagement highlights in 2022
Our community engagement highlights in 2022
Our purpose to Protect and Beautify the World 
guides our actions to serve our communities and 
neighbors. PPG and the PPG Foundation collaborate 
with our global colleagues, community partners and 
other stakeholders to help our communities thrive. 
$16.2MM
giving by PPG and 
the PPG Foundation 
in 2022
employee volunteer 
hours in 2022
25,000+
people impacted through 
the Colorful Communities 
program from 2015- 2022
8.2MM
473
Colorful Communities 
projects completed
from 2015-2022
of paint (176,000 liters) 
donated from 2015-2022
46,500 
gallons
students reached by 
education programs 
in 2022
2.6MM+
650+
worldwide partners
in 2022
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In 2022, our efforts represented a continued focus 
on advancing education, delivering community 
sustainability and encouraging PPG employee 
volunteerism. Visit the Communities section of the 
PPG website for more information about how we are 
creating vibrant communities around the world. 
Education
PPG has long been committed to supporting 
education in the communities where we are active. 
Diversity, equity and inclusion is integrated into all that 
we do as we aim to accelerate pathways for diversity 
in STEM fields. Our goal is to build the next generation 
of diverse and innovative science, technology, 
engineering and math (STEM) leaders by inspiring 
learning and cultivating careers for students of all ages. 
In 2022, we reached more than 2.6 million students 
across the education programs that we support. 
Highlights in 2022 across our education priority area include:
Science center support: Science centers play a 
vital role in fostering a love of STEM by providing 
opportunities for hands-on learning. We collaborate 
with science centers around the world, supporting 
color-related exhibits, special science exhibitions 
and the development of on-site chemistry labs. This 
year, we supported the opening of two new labs with 
science center partners, including the PPG STEM 
Lab at the Discovery World Museum in Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, and the PPG STEAM Studio at the Museum 
of Discovery in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Advancing diversity in STEM: In support of our 
mission to inspire more women to work in STEM-
related fields, we worked with nonprofit Casa Hacker 
to launch a new program in Sumaré, Brazil called 
Girls in Tech. This program offers high school girls 
an opportunity to participate in after school classes 
on a range of technology-related subjects, including 
computer programming, robotics and 3D printing. At 
the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we supported 
the Bridge to the Chemistry Doctorate Program 
which aims to increase the number of students from 
historically underrepresented groups who complete a 
Ph.D. degree in chemistry.
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Hands-on learning: PPG partnered with Centrum 
JongerenCommunicatie Chemie (C3), a Dutch 
education nonprofit, to launch an online platform 
that supports young students with chemistry 
and life sciences and inspires future school and 
career choices in STEM. PPG also supported 
the development of another C3 project in which 
students create their own paint factory online, making 
choices in categories such as raw materials, energy, 
packaging and transportation that help them learn 
about sustainability.
Community Sustainability
As an employer and a community partner, we play a 
role in protecting the communities of which we are 
part. PPG helps meet essential needs, deliver disaster 
relief, support equal opportunities, and brighten 
community spaces through our Colorful Communities 
program.
Highlights across our community sustainability efforts in 2022 include:
Colorful Communities: PPG’s Colorful Communities 
program unites the power of innovative PPG paint, our 
employee volunteers and monetary commitments to 
brighten neighborhoods and make a positive impact. 
Our employees completed  87 Colorful Communities 
projects this year, bringing the total number of projects 
completed to 473 since the program’s inception in 
2015. Over the summer, we focused on transforming 
classrooms into colorful and engaging environments 
as a way to inspire students and staff as they returned 
to learning spaces after the challenges presented by 
the COVID-19 pandemic. This effort, our New Paint For 
a New Start campaign, took place in July and reached 
36 schools around the world, impacting more than 
23,000 students and teachers.
•	 At Ciudad de Brasilia school in Santiago, Chile, 
	 more than 115 volunteers helped 550 students 	
	
	 by painting the walls of the school’s courtyard and 		
	 corridors, including a nature-themed mural made 
	 from a student’s drawing.
•	 At TEDA No.1 Kindergarten in Tianjin, China, PPG 	 	
	 volunteers created engaging spaces for students to 	
	 learn and grow and revitalized the building’s exterior 	
	 after it faced damage due to weathering.
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Delivering disaster relief: In response to the war 
in Ukraine, we made a commitment to support 
Ukrainian refugees, with a focus on humanitarian 
relief and longer-term recovery support. PPG invested 
more than $830,000 to support a variety of relief 
organizations that impacted refugees mainly in 
the Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, 
Hungary and Romania. These funds provided 
direct relief and also helped schools, charities 
and government entities expand their educational 
infrastructure and provide additional after-school 
care as families integrate into their new communities. 
Our people have also made use of PPG Employee 
Volunteer Grants (EVGs) to secure funds for more 
than 35 charities and governmental entities where 
they volunteered their time. The funding has helped 
organizations provide food, shelter, necessities, 
medical care, counseling, job placement and other 
services. In addition, dozens of local material 
collections were organized in our locations in more 
than 10 countries and more than 30 sites participated.
Equal opportunity communities: We support social 
justice efforts that provide access to opportunities 
across our communities, and work closely with 
our Employee Resource Networks to identify 
organizations that meet the needs of historically 
excluded populations. This year, we continued our 
relationships with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 
Chinese for Affirmative Action, Tegan and Sara 
Foundation, Center for Policing Equity and Equal 
Justice Initiative, among others.
Employee Engagement
We aim to activate the talent and time of our 
global network of employees to make a difference 
where they live, work and play. We encourage our 
employees to support causes that they believe in, 
and inspire them to improve the lives of others in their 
communities.
Some highlights from our employee engagement 
program include:
Applying our unique skills: PPG employees brought 
their expertise to bear, including by participating 
in career panels, mentoring opportunities and 
volunteering in classrooms to foster a love of STEM. 
As an example, in Texas, 35 PPG employee volunteers 
from Aerospace and Architectural Coatings joined 
partner STREAM Global Innovations for a full day 
of interactive engineering-related activities at Sam 
Rayburn STEAM Academy Elementary School. In 
Brazil, more than 70 employees volunteered with long-
standing partner Junior Achievement to help prepare 
1,400 students for the workforce by sharing insights on 
STEM career paths and workplace ethics.
Amplifying our employee efforts: We support PPG 
employees who are making a positive impact in their 
community by maximizing their impacts. In 2022, 
we provided more than $825,000 in matching gifts 
grants, including donations to 19 partner organizations 
selected by employees to be a part of our Charity 
Partner Program in EMEA. Learn more about other 
employee programs here. 
In 2017, we set a goal for 100% of sites to meet the 
Community Engagement Framework requirements 
by 2025, which are outlined later in this section. 
Over the years, PPG sites around the world have 
consistently improved how they have engaged with 
their communities, and increasing numbers have met 
the requirements of the Community Engagement 
Framework (70% in 2022). We believe that our people 
are well positioned to build on this strong foundation 
without necessarily following the structure of the 
Framework. As such, we will continue to encourage 
adherence to the Framework and provide tools and 
resources to help sites accomplish their community 
engagement activities, but we will no longer report on 
this goal.
For more detail on these programs and many others, 
visit our PPG Community website. 
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Data highlights
2022 Giving by Priority Area
Education
$9,100,000
Community Sustainability
$6,100,000
Employee  Engagement
$930,000
2022 Community Investments
Community engagement-related marketing
$345,000
Colorful Communities program
$2,500,000
Business unit contributions
$2,000,000
Global giving grants
$2,500,000
PPG Foundation
$8,500,000
Product donations
$295,000
Employee  volunteer hours
25,000
Our approach to community engagement
Community Engagement Strategy
We contribute to communities around the world 
through the unique talents of our employees and 
financial contributions from PPG and the PPG 
Foundation. We align our giving and community 
engagement resources in powerful ways across three 
priority areas where we can make the greatest impact:
•	 Education
•	 Community sustainability
•	 Employee engagement
We help students connect with science-related 
inspiration and advanced learning, providing support 
at various points of their education continuum. Our 
funding aims to advance opportunities for STEM 
learning through engaging, hands-on programming 
for young students and via vehicles for higher learning.
In all that we do, we integrate and uphold our values 
of diversity, equity and inclusion. Together with our 
community partners, employees and investments, 
we work to support underrepresented groups around 
the world. Our community engagement support 
helps elevate Black communities and people of color, 
veterans, women, LGBTQ+ populations, economically 
disadvantaged individuals and families, older adults 
and people with special abilities. We have committed 
to provide $20 million by 2025 to advance racial 
equity in the U.S., and are committed to activating 
our community engagement and grant opportunities 
through a DE&I lens.
Our Colorful Communities initiative is the centerpiece 
of our community sustainability efforts. This global 
program brings PPG paint and volunteers together to 
transform community spaces in need of a refresh.
Since the Colorful Communities program launched in 
2015, PPG employees have positively impacted more 
than 8.2 million people and completed 473 projects 
in nearly 50 countries. Our research report in 2020, 
“Exploring the Impact of Color on Classrooms” found 
that painting classrooms with colors intended to 
enhance learning can improve classroom experiences 
and engagement for both students and teachers. As 
a result, we have focused our efforts to ensure our 
expertise is supporting positive educational outcomes 
for students around the world. 
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Within employee engagement, we provide a wide 
variety of structured volunteer events, funding 
opportunities, and systems to support our people 
and nonprofit partners. We provide matching gifts for 
our employee donations and additional funding to 
eligible organizations through our Matching Gifts and 
GIVE volunteer grant programs. Eligible employees 
can also access eight hours of paid time off for 
volunteering per calendar year.
Community Engagement Framework
The PPG Community Engagement Framework sets 
out priority actions for community engagement that 
our facilities and sites are expected to implement. 
These actions are designed to develop and maintain 
relationships with key community constituents, 
governmental agencies and charitable organizations, 
as well as encourage employee involvement in our 
local communities. The framework serves as both 
a policy document and practical resource for site 
leaders.
PPG sites are assigned one of four program levels 
based on their size, type of operations and potential 
impacts on their local communities. During the year, a 
site is asked to fulfill certain community engagement 
actions that align with its corresponding level. For 
each action, the framework provides suggestions 
for implementation and resources to assist with 
execution. Historically, we have surveyed our sites 
annually to measure the degree to which they 
implemented the items associated with each 
program level.
Community Engagement Governance
Our global community engagement strategy is 
overseen by the executive director of the PPG 
Foundation and global corporate social responsibility. 
The executive director also leads grantmaking 
efforts in the U.S. through the PPG Foundation, with 
support from internal foundation agents who are 
based in local communities. Global giving is directed 
by regional communications leaders in EMEA, Latin 
America and Asia Pacific. They are supported by local, 
in-country staff who execute the activities.
The foundation is governed by a board of directors, 
and global giving is governed by a committee 
comprised of PPG’s CEO and leaders from the 
legal, human resources, finance and science and 
technology functions and a business unit leader. 
Local giving is overseen by PPG leaders in each 
region, and supported by local, in-country staff.
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Governance
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Our governance progress in 2022
We review and update our policies regularly to ensure 
they support us in meeting our high standards of 
integrity and professional conduct. Key policy updates 
and other governance developments in 2022 include:  
•	 Board composition, refreshment: At our 2022 	
	
	 Annual Meeting, shareholders approved a 
	 Board-sponsored proposal to amend PPG’s Articles 	
	 of Incorporation to provide for the annual election 	 	
	 of all directors. The Board is currently comprised of 		
	 12 members, divided into three classes. Terms of 	 	
	 the classes are staggered, with one class standing 		
	 for election each year. Pursuant to our amended 	
	
	 Articles of Incorporation, all directors will be 
	 elected annually beginning at PPG’s 2025 
	 Annual Meeting. 
•	 Refreshed Code of Ethics:
	 Our refreshed Code of Ethics was adopted by our 	 	
	 Board effective May 1, 2022. The updated Code
	 is easier for our employees to understand and
	 navigate. The updated document is available on
	 our website.
•	 Data privacy policies: We restructured the 	
	
	 governance of data privacy to ensure that we’re the 		
	 best possible stewards of sensitive information. The 	
	 Audit committee is now responsible for overseeing 		
	 PPG’s global data privacy policies and initiatives, and 	
	 receives updates on progress at least annually.
•	 IP Protection Executive Committee: We 	 	
	
	 established a new management committee to 	
	
	 ensure our intellectual property is being 
	 appropriately safeguarded.
Governance 
Overview
We have an unwavering commitment
to strong corporate governance,
ethics and compliance. 
At PPG, we hold ourselves to a high standard of 
integrity and professional conduct. This means not 
only ensuring compliance with the law, rules and 
regulations, but also upholding our values, code of 
ethics and voluntary commitments.
25%
of Board members
are diverse by gender 
of Board members 
are diverse by racial 
background
25%
Board members 
are independent
10 of 12
of Executive Committee 
members are women 
(as of May 1, 2023)
33%
employees trained on 
compliance topics
35,000
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Governance: Board oversight of ESG
Enterprise risk management
Cybersecurity
Data privacy
Corporate governance oversight
Recommending new directors and executive officers
Government affairs and political activities
Shareholder engagement
ESG program governance
Environmental
Social
Governance
Employee health and safety
Environmental programs
Product stewardship
Remediation activities
Sustainability programs and performance
Climate change risks and opportunities
Culture and purpose
Employee engagement
Employee development
Executive compensation
Pay equity
Audit Committee
Human Capital Management 
and Compensation Committee
PPG Board 
of Directors
ESG strategy
Succession planning
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Community engagement and 
charitable programs
Nominating and 
Governance Committee
Sustainability and 
Innovation Committee
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Multi-year data highlights
Investigations by Region
2020
2021
2022
Asia Pacific
56
83
94
Europe, Middle East and Africa
72
74
83
Latin America
120
124
131
United States and Canada
335
376
403
Total
583
657
711
Disciplinary Actions 
2020
2021
2022
Warning
165
200
216
Counseling
155
119
N/A
Financial
6
7
10
Suspension
11
3
11
Termination
119
127
173
A single allegation may be made against multiple individuals and 
could result in multiple disciplinary actions. The 2022 data include 
only investigations closed as of Jan. 31, 2023.
We no longer report counseling as a disciplinary action resulting from 
an investigation. This reflects an ongoing evolution in our approach 
to disciplinary action. We are continuing to offer counseling whenever 
it is warranted, but favor written disciplinary actions in instances of 
substantiated allegations.
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Substantiation Rate (Percent)
PPG
Benchmark
2022
62
52
2021
56
45
Benchmarks represent comparisons to other manufacturing 
companies with 50,000+ employees. Data for 2022 are as of 
Jan. 31, 2023.
Anonymous Reports (Percent)
PPG
Benchmark
2022
37
47
2021
36
47
Benchmarks represent comparisons to other manufacturing 
companies with 50,000+ employees. Data for 2022 are as of 
Jan. 31, 2023.
Case Intake Method
Helpline
Proxy
2022
352
359
2021
326
331
2020
318
275
2019
282
268
In 2022, we opened 711 investigations encompassing 
1,034 allegations of employee misconduct. Of the 
allegations closed as of year’s end, 62% were 
substantiated and resulted in 410 disciplinary actions. 
50% of these reports came through the PPG Ethics 
Helpline in the form of phone or internet submissions. 
We received the remainder through internal sources, 
including direct communications to the compliance 
department, human resources and management. 
In addition, we have implemented processes to better 
track post-investigation corrective actions, including 
piloting a survey to seek feedback from people 
who reported an issue that was substantiated. The 
survey’s intent is to focus on understanding reporters’ 
satisfaction with the handling of the investigation 
process. Specifically, the survey seeks to understand if 
the reporters felt that they were treated with respect in 
the process and that their concerns were handled in a 
professional and timely manner.
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We received 62 responses to this survey in 2022. Of the responses we received:
77%
of survey participants felt 
that their investigation was 
completed in a fair, unbiased 
and confidential manner
of survey respondents said 
that they were treated with 
respect throughout the 
investigation
79%
of respondents said they 
were satisfied with the 
timeliness of the investigation
71%
of respondents said they 
would recommend the 
Helpline to a colleague
66%
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2022 APAC Compliance Knowledge Contest
In 2022, we redoubled our efforts to reach all PPG 
employees with ethics and compliance training and 
encouraged regional and site-level initiatives to build 
compliance culture. This enables managers to tailor 
initiatives to their unique context and helps us identify 
initiatives that we can scale across our global footprint.
The PPG China operations department and the Asia 
Pacific compliance department worked together 
to launch a knowledge contest for our operational 
employees, who may not have regular access to 
electronic training resources. The contest began with a 
knowledge sharing campaign that included distributing 
informational posters, reviewing materials during daily 
and weekly meetings, email outreach and promotions 
through Yammer and WeChat. 
The contest encouraged employees to commit 
PPG’s strict compliance requirements to memory, 
and rewarded the highest scoring participants with 
small gifts. More than 1,400 employees participated 
across the region, 94% of the total number of 
eligible employees. A total of 288 participants 
advanced to the final stage of the contest and 
earned a prize.
 
“	Compliance is always the foundation of
	 our corporate culture and the long-term
	 success of the company.”
	 James Dai,
	 PPG compliance director, Asia Pacific
Our governance approach
Corporate Governance 
PPG is governed by a Board of Directors in 
accordance with our Corporate Governance 
Guidelines. As of December 31, 2022, the PPG Board 
of Directors was made up of 12 members. PPG’s Board 
is actively engaged in developing our strategy and 
overseeing its execution, including major business 
and organizational initiatives, capital allocation 
priorities and potential business development 
opportunities. The Board uses its experience 
in manufacturing, global business, science and 
technology, and marketing to oversee the execution 
of our strategy and capital allocation and works with 
senior management to guide our strategy.
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Managing risk and compliance
The Executive Risk Committee (ERC), comprising the 
Executive Committee and the director of corporate 
audit services, leads our enterprise risk management 
processes, including our annual risk assessment. 
While the Audit Committee has primary responsibility 
for overseeing enterprise risk management, our entire 
Board is actively involved in risk management for PPG 
by engaging periodically with company officers and 
other employees as appropriate. 
The Audit Committee of the Board is also responsible 
for overseeing ethics and compliance. We maintain 
an executive-level Global Ethics and Compliance 
Committee chaired by our CEO, as well as regional 
committees chaired by our regional business leaders.
Our compliance office is headed by our chief 
compliance officer (CCO), who reports to our senior 
vice president and general counsel. The CCO 
also reports to the Audit Committee two times per 
year. Employees in our global compliance office 
oversee general ethics and compliance matters, 
investigations, export compliance, data privacy, 
corporate security, ethics and compliance training 
and more. They are supported by hundreds of 
employees worldwide who help implement specific 
codes, policies and initiatives.
We conduct a global legal and compliance risk 
assessment every two years. The most recent 
assessment occurred in late 2021. We survey more 
than 200 country, regional and global leaders 
representing all our functions and business units 
regarding 44 legal and compliance risks across nine 
risk categories. We execute risk mitigation plans 
for the top ten residual risks by region identified by 
these assessments. The nine risk categories that we 
considered in our most recent risk assessment are:
•	 Anti-corruption
•	 Corporate compliance and culture
•	 Safety and protection of assets
•	 Export practices
•	 Proprietary information
•	 Employee relations
•	 Records management/retention
•	 Data privacy
•	 Third-party management
Codes and policies
The PPG Global Code of Ethics, which is available in 
32 languages, sets forth the principles that apply to all 
employees – everywhere and in every circumstance. 
Supplementing the code are specific policies 
and procedures that include our Global Export 
Control Policy, Gifts, Sponsorships and Charitable 
Contributions Policy, Anti-Corruption Policy, Due 
Diligence Procedure for Third Party Intermediaries, 
Social Media Policy and Denied Country Policy. 
Training and communications
Our employees have access to online trainings 
in multiple languages through our Learning 
Management System. These trainings cover, among 
other topics, anti-corruption, competition law, 
conflicts of interest, export compliance and the PPG 
Global Code of Ethics. We also deliver in-person 
training in every region, with particular focus in higher-
risk regions and for higher-risk topics.
Our ethics intranet site provides information on 
training resources, policies and procedures as well 
as a mechanism for reporting ethics and compliance 
concerns. We also communicate with all employees on 
ethics and compliance topics throughout the year via:
•	 Virtual meetings highlighting ethics and 
	 compliance topics
•	 Manager toolkits including presentation materials 		
	 and discussion points
•	 Topic-specific flyers and materials distributed to
	 U.S. manufacturing locations
•	 Discussion guides designed to help managers lead 	
	 conversations on ethics and compliance topics.
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Additionally, our “Speak Up Challenge” provides 
a high-level review of our ethics and compliance 
investigations in the prior period, offers an in-depth 
look at a specific ethics or compliance issue and 
encourages employees to report concerns. Past 
topics have included diversity, equity and inclusion, 
unprofessional behavior, workplace violence, 
sexual harassment, and the value in speaking up/
investigation process.
We conduct two virtual roundtables each year with 
our businesses and functions to review the status of 
the business’ and functions’ ethics and compliance 
training, ethics investigations, PPG Ethics helpline 
activity and third-party due diligence program.
Reporting and investigations
The PPG Ethics Helpline is available for all employees 
and third parties, including customers and suppliers, 
to ask ethics and compliance questions or to report 
a concern anonymously. The helpline is managed 
by an independent, third-party firm with multilingual 
representatives who are trained to listen carefully, ask 
questions and document the situation accurately and 
anonymously. 
Individuals also can contact several management 
resources, including our human resources staff or 
chief compliance officer (CCO), to report concerns. 
It is against PPG policy to retaliate against anyone for 
making a good-faith report of a violation of law or the 
PPG Global Code of Ethics.
Our compliance office handles all reported issues, 
with each taken seriously and appropriately 
addressed. Each case is assessed by an 
appropriately assigned functional or regional 
investigator or team. Investigators review and 
preserve relevant documentation, conduct interviews, 
communicate relevant findings, prepare a final 
report, and identify and ensure the completion of any 
appropriate corrective actions. Disciplinary actions 
are the responsibility of the human resources team in 
conjunction with legal, compliance and the business.
Although the complexity of any allegation may 
necessitate an extensive investigation, our goal is 
to close the investigation and case report in a timely 
manner. The person who reports the issue through the 
helpline is given a case number to anonymously check 
the status of their report throughout the process. To 
encourage involvement and promote transparency, 
we provide data on reported ethics concerns to our 
employees throughout the year.
We track post-investigation corrective actions, 
including by surveying people who reported 
substantiated issues. Surveys focus on understanding 
the reporter’s satisfaction with the handling of their 
concern to ensure that respondents are treated with 
respect and that concerns are handled in a professional 
and timely manner.
 
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Sustainability governance
Our Sustainability organization is responsible for 
developing our corporate sustainability strategy and 
working alongside our businesses and functions 
to execute that strategy. The organization is led 
by the vice president of global sustainability, and 
collaborates with teams across PPG to drive our 
environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts, 
including reducing the environmental impact of 
operations, mitigating climate change impacts, 
identifying opportunities to increase sales of 
sustainably advantaged products and growing PPG’s 
positive impact on communities in which it operates. 
The sustainability organization is assisted by our 
management-level Sustainability Committee, which 
assists with creating action plans and ESG policies.
The vice president of global sustainability serves as 
the risk owner for ESG, and is responsible for:
•	 Working with other risk owners and across the 	
	
	 organization to facilitate and drive action on 
	 the top-tier ESG risks
•	 Defining and monitoring appropriate leading and 	 	
	 lagging indicators associated with these risks
•	 Bringing other insights that might be considered 	 	
	 relevant to the ERC for holistic, integrated 
	 management of ESG risk across PPG
PPG’s programs, initiatives and activities in the 
areas of environment, health, safety, technology and 
sustainability are overseen by The Sustainability and 
Innovation Committee of the Board, with support 
from other Board-level committees depending on the 
issues and risks involved. The Board engages with 
management on ESG strategy, climate change risks 
and opportunities, and has oversight of the tracking 
of our sustainability progress. The vice president 
of global sustainability reports progress to the 
Sustainability and Innovation Committee three times 
per year, and the full Board of Directors once per year.
To learn more about governance of our diversity, 
equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts, visit the DE&I 
section. 
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Human 
Rights
We respect the dignity and
human rights of all people. 
As stated in our Global Code of Ethics, we are 
committed to compliance with all laws pertaining 
to freedom of association, privacy, collective 
bargaining, immigration, working time, wages and 
hours in our operations throughout the world. We 
also uphold laws prohibiting forced, compulsory 
and child labor, human trafficking and employment 
discrimination..
Our human rights highlights in 2022
We engage with EcoVadis, a leading business 
sustainability ratings company, to help understand 
our supplier performance and approach to managing 
labor and human rights in their operations. The 
average score of PPG suppliers in 2022 was above 
EcoVadis’ market average score.
One of our focus areas in 2022 was incorporating 
suppliers from our 2021 acquisition of Tikkurila into 
our systems and processes. We have been working 
to merge Tikkurila’s supplier platform with EcoVadis, 
which helps promote consistency in how we measure 
and manage supplier performance. At the end of 
2022, 60% of rated Tikkurila suppliers had been 
consolidated into PPG’s EcoVadis platform, and 
we reached 100% in early 2023.  Learn more in the 
Supplier Sustainability section. 
Our approach to human rights in our operations
We understand that upholding human rights extends 
beyond avoiding oppression through issues such as 
modern slavery or unsafe working conditions, and 
have a comprehensive strategy to protect human 
rights throughout our operations. Key components 
of our strategy are outlined throughout this report, 
including:
Diversity, equity and inclusion: We are committed 
to valuing differences among us in experience, 
perspective, background, race, age, national origin, 
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/
or expression, culture, interests, geography and style. 
We strive for a collaborative environment in which 
everyone is embraced for their differences and has 
the chance to succeed. Learn more in the Diversity, 
Equity and Inclusion section.  
Equal opportunity: We base employment decisions 
on job qualifications and merit, which include 
education, experience, skills, ability and performance. 
We give equal employment opportunity to – and will 
not discriminate against – individuals on the basis of 
any status protected by applicable laws. 
Safety and health: A key PPG value is ensuring our 
people return home safely each day. We are actively 
working toward a goal of zero injuries by engaging 
with our employees to improve our operating 
practices around the world, investing in a safe work 
environment and running our business with sound 
operating practices. Learn more in the Safety and 
Health section.
41%
of suppliers have agreed 
to our Global Supplier Code 
of Conduct since the launch 
of our eProcurement system 
in 2021
suppliers assessed
through ECOVADIS™
700+
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Community support: Our commitment extends into 
the communities where we operate. We dedicate 
financial contributions, apply our products and use 
the power of our employee volunteers to address the 
needs of our local communities and transform lives. 
Learn more in the Community Engagement section. 
Environmental impact: We are also committed to 
preserving and protecting the environment in which 
we operate at all our locations around the world. 
Minimizing the footprint of our operations is an 
ongoing focus, and our locations are guided by our 
sustainability goals. Learn more in the Environmental 
Overview section. 
Product stewardship: Our vigorous product 
stewardship program aims to minimize the human 
health and environmental impacts of our products 
throughout their entire life cycle and to eliminate 
substances of concern from our products. We have 
standards and processes in place to help ensure our 
products are developed, used and disposed of safely. 
Learn more in the Product Stewardship section. 
Our approach to human rights in the value chain
We expect all of our contractors, suppliers and 
other business partners to respect and uphold our 
commitment to human rights in their operations. 
Our suppliers are a core focus of our human 
rights due-diligence process. We evaluate their 
commitment and adherence to human rights through 
our supplier onboarding process, assessments of 
our high-risk suppliers globally and annual audits of 
selected suppliers.
Policies
Our Global Supplier Code of Conduct clarifies our 
expectations in the areas of business integrity, 
labor practices, employee health and safety, and 
environmental management. Specific requirements 
relating to human rights include:
•	 Treating employees fairly, including with respect to 	
	 wages, working hours and benefits
•	 Prohibiting all forms of forced or compulsory labor
•	 Prohibiting the use of child labor
•	 Respecting employees’ right to freedom of 	
	
	 association and collective bargaining, consistent 	 	
	 with local laws
•	 Providing safe and healthy working conditions
•	 Complying with all applicable environmental laws 	 	
	 and regulations, and having processes in place 	
	
	 to sustainably manage waste, air emissions, energy 	
	 consumption and water
•	 Delivering products and services that meet 	
	
	 applicable quality, health and safety standards
Our Supplier Sustainability Policy builds upon our 
Global Supplier Code of Conduct by establishing 
expectations for sustainability within our supply 
chain. This policy reinforces our expectations that our 
suppliers, as well as their subcontractors, will comply 
with applicable laws and adhere to internationally 
recognized environmental, social and corporate 
governance standards. Each supplier must evaluate 
and maintain sustainable processes and raw material 
sources throughout their supply chain. We encourage 
our suppliers to innovate and develop products that 
require less material and energy to produce.
Additional information about the steps we have taken 
to ensure human rights are respected in our own 
operations and our supply chain also can be found 
in our California Transparency in Supply Chains Act 
Statement and Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking 
Statement. 
We incorporate the supply base of any of our recent 
acquisitions into our vendor management processes. 
Our standard acquisition integration process includes 
having suppliers attest to the Supplier Sustainability 
Policy and ethics standards. This approach ensures 
that all PPG suppliers understand and meet our 
expectations.
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Supplier engagement and management 
Suppliers use our global eProcurement (ePro) 
platform’s supplier portal to do business with PPG. This 
includes completing an electronic acknowledgement 
of our Global Supplier Code of Conduct and Supplier 
Sustainability Policy and indicating compliance with 
data privacy laws as they pertain to any relationship 
with PPG.
We engage with EcoVadis to leverage assessment 
processes, tools, resources and insights to drive 
sustainability standards and practices throughout our 
global supply chain. Key assessment areas include 
labor and human rights, which cover employee health 
and safety, working conditions, child labor, forced 
labor, human trafficking, diversity, discrimination and 
harassment. EcoVadis sustainability intelligence 
provides broad-scale supply chain risk screening and 
mapping, supplier sustainability metric scorecards 
with actionable ratings, and audit and improvement 
management capabilities. This information helps us 
align our suppliers’ practices with PPG’s sustainability 
commitments.
See the Supplier Sustainability section for additional 
details on how we address human rights as part of our 
procurement process. 
Industry collaboration
Many human rights risks stem from industry-
wide challenges. We participate in many industry 
collaborations to support a collective approach to 
upholding human rights around the world.
We are a founding member of the RESPONSIBLE MICA 
INITIATIVE®  (RMI), which aims to mobilize the supply 
chain to eradicate child labor in India’s mica mines 
through traceability efforts and community building 
activities. RMI’s holistic approach focuses on three 
program pillars:
•	 Mica supply chain mapping and implementing 	
	
	 workplace standards for mica collection 
	 and processing
•	 Community empowerment, including improving 	
	
	 educational resources and alternative means of 	
	
	 livelihood, in villages that provide the mica workforce
•	 Legal frameworks for the mica sector, including 	
	
	 advocacy for laws and regulations that support 
	 workers and operators of mica mines, processors 	 	
	 and exporters
We participate in a range of other industry associations 
and initiatives that support human rights. Learn more in 
the Stakeholder Engagement section. 
Ensuring Supplier Compliance
We expect suppliers to immediately report any 
suspected violations of our Global Supplier Code of 
Conduct through the PPG Ethics Helpline or other 
specified channels. In the event of any non-compliant 
activity or violation of the Code, the supplier may be 
required to provide a detailed corrective action plan 
to address the deficiency. We reserve the right to 
terminate our relationship with any supplier that cannot 
demonstrate compliance with the Code.
Employees, suppliers and other third parties can 
anonymously report suspected human rights violations 
within our operations and those of our suppliers 
through the PPG Ethics Helpline. The helpline is 
managed by an independent, third-party firm, and we 
investigate each allegation thoroughly and fairly.
Additional information on the helpline and our 
expectations for a high standard of integrity and 
professional conduct for employees and business 
partners can be found in the Governance Overview 
section. 
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Supplier 
Sustainability
We select suppliers that share our 
sustainability commitment and support 
continued improvement throughout our 
value chain. 
In addition to our work to improve the efficiency 
of our own operations, we work to understand the 
environmental and social impacts of our value chain 
and reduce the negative impacts of our suppliers. 
Our supplier sustainability highlights in 2022
In 2022, we spent over $10 billion with 
more than 17,000 suppliers globally on raw 
materials, indirect products and services,
and the transportation of goods.
Over the last year, we continued to increase 
our understanding of suppliers’ sustainability 
performance and capabilities.
We launched a new internal Supplier Sustainability 
Tracker in 2022, which helps identify ongoing 
sustainability programs and initiatives that support 
improvements in supplier performance. Our Chief 
Procurement Officer shares the most impactful 
programs identified through the tracker at quarterly 
town hall meetings to increase awareness of leading 
practices and identify opportunities to enhance the 
capabilities of other suppliers.
We continued to expand the use of EcoVadis, a 
leading third-party ratings organization, to evaluate 
our suppliers’ sustainability practices. As of the end 
of 2022, over 700 of our suppliers have responded to 
surveys and been rated by EcoVadis.
In early 2023, our work has been focused on 
onboarding suppliers from recent acquisitions to 
ensure that our supplier management is consistent 
across PPG. We have been working to merge 
Tikkurila’s supplier platform with EcoVadis, which 
helps promote consistency in how we measure and 
manage supplier performance. At the end of 2022, 
60% of Tikkurila suppliers had been consolidated into 
PPG’s EcoVadis platform, and we reached 100% in 
early 2023.
3%
of additional diverse 
spend identified through 
existing suppliers
of invited suppliers have 
responded to EcoVadis
70%
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Our EcoVadis Program will continue to cover PPG’s 
top-spend suppliers. In addition, we plan to extend 
the scope of the program to suppliers that may 
pose high risk, including country/geographical and 
industry risks. Together with the EcoVadis team, we 
are working to implement a tool for quick supplier risk 
assessment.
Beyond the EcoVadis evaluations, we have shifted the 
focus of our internal supplier evaluations to review our 
most critical and highest risk suppliers. We identify 
suppliers for more in-depth review based on country- 
and industry-specific risks.
Through 2022, we worked with a third party to 
promote growth in our Supplier Diversity Program in 
the U.S. Our partner helped us to identify an additional 
3% of diverse spend through existing suppliers, and 
sourcing of potential new suppliers that meet the 
diverse supplier criteria.
Excellent Supplier Awards
We recognize suppliers for performance that 
consistently exceeds our requirements with 
the Excellent Supplier Awards, our highest-
level recognition for vendors. Our procurement, 
business and functional teams evaluate 
nominated suppliers for their quality, delivery 
reliability, accurate documentation, innovation, 
responsiveness, commercial value, compliance, 
service and sustainability. Suppliers are ultimately 
recognized for performance in one of three 
categories: competitive advantage & value, 
sustainability and supplier diversity. There were 
eleven awardees in 2022.
Supply Chain Traceability 
partnership with Porsche
Traceability is critical to confirming claims that 
products are sourced and manufactured with 
minimal social and environmental harm. PPG 
is working closely with partners to enhance 
the accessibility of detailed information about 
production processes throughout the supply 
chain. 
In one such partnership, PPG is the sole 
coatings company working with Porsche on a 
project managed by Circularise, a transparency 
and traceability start-up that uses blockchain 
to track and share information across complex 
supply chains. Circularise enables the secure 
sharing of information related to carbon 
emissions, lifecycle analyses, health & safety, 
human rights, transportation information 
and more. The company’s use of blockchain 
is important because it allows participants 
to share verifiable data without the threat of 
exposing proprietary information about their 
product composition or processes. 
Circularise’s solution is built on Ethereum 
blockchain, which uses the proof of stake 
method of validation. Proof of stake is less 
energy intensive than proof of work, which is the 
method employed by some other blockchain 
applications. 
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Data highlights
Average EcoVadis score of suppliers
Supplier sustainability audits by region	
	
	
Supplier sustainability audits by region
On-site audits
Remote audits
Europe, Middle 
East and Africa
26
1
U.S. and Canada
27
170
Asia Pacific
7
1
Latin America
17
29
These audit results are in line with previous years and met 
PPG’s expectations.
Our approach to supplier sustainability
We expect our suppliers and their subcontractors to 
fully comply with all applicable laws and to adhere 
to internationally recognized environmental, social 
and governance standards. We also expect our 
suppliers to minimize the negative environmental 
impacts from their operations and products, and to 
continuously improve their performance. Our Global 
Code of Ethics, Supplier Sustainability Policy and 
Global Supplier Code of Conduct clearly state our 
expectations for every supplier.
Globally, we work to comply with evolving regulations 
that impact our operations, and expect the same from 
our suppliers. These regulations include the Modern 
Slavery Act of 2015 in the UK; General Data Protection 
Regulation (GDPR) in the EU; Registration, Evaluation, 
and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) in the EU; 
and other third-party due-diligence screenings for 
compliance purposes.
We are constantly working to improve our supplier 
sustainability programs. We benchmark our 
performance against peers, improve our reporting 
and program visibility, consistently expand our 
programs and provide training to our staff. We 
also create long-term plans on joint-sustainability 
initiatives with third-party organizations to drive
future change.	
	
Visibility across the supply chain
Our procurement and sourcing teams use a standard 
eProcurement (ePro) platform where all global 
suppliers are registered. Within ePro, suppliers can 
acknowledge our Global Supplier Code of Conduct, 
Sustainability Policy, and confirm compliance with 
data privacy laws as they pertain to any relationship 
with PPG. Across our operations in the United States 
and Canada (USCA) and Europe, Middle East and 
Africa (EMEA) regions, we also use ePro for procure 
to pay (P2P). We intend to extend ePro P2P into our 
operations in Latin America and Asia Pacific in the 
future.
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Overall
PPG Supplier Average Score
EcoVadis Average Score
Environment
Ethics
Sustainable
Procurement
Labor &
Human
Rights
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We maintain an internal global spend visibility 
database to help identify and manage potential high-
risk suppliers throughout the supply chain. We assess 
both our critical raw material, indirect, and logistics 
suppliers, and high-risk suppliers throughout the 
value chain. Critical suppliers are identified based on 
our total procurement spend, while high-risk suppliers 
may be identified based on geographic position, 
industry and other factors. We evaluate and monitor 
more than 1,000 suppliers based on these criteria 
each year to gauge current or potential risks present 
in our value chain.
PPG works with EcoVadis, a leading third-party ratings 
organization that assesses responsible practices of 
more than 60,000 companies worldwide, to evaluate 
the sustainability of suppliers across our supply 
base. EcoVadis evaluates suppliers across four key 
segments:
•	 Environment: Energy consumption, product use, 	 	
	 customer health and safety, and biodiversity
•	 Labor and human rights: Employee health 
	 and safety, working conditions, child labor, forced 	 	
	 labor, human trafficking, diversity, discrimination 
	 and harassment
•	 Ethics: Corruption and anticompetitive practices
•	 Sustainable procurement: Supplier environmental 	
	 and social practices
Suppliers receive an EcoVadis scorecard which 
provides an overall corporate social responsibility 
performance rating, and allows them to benchmark 
their performance against peers in the same industry. 
Our procurement organization uses these insights to 
make sourcing decisions and drive improved supplier 
performance.
We collaborate with external partners to incentivize 
broader systemic action in particularly high-risk 
geographic areas and industries. As an example, 
we are founding members of the Responsible Mica 
Initiative, which aims to enable a responsible and 
sustainable mica supply chain in India. Learn more in 
the Human Rights section. 
Monitoring supplier performance
Our Procurement organization works across our 
departments, regions and businesses to identify, 
assess and audit potential and existing suppliers 
on an ad-hoc or scheduled basis.
Suppliers are selected for audits based on an 
assessment which may include factors such as 
business impact, supply chain risk, product category, 
supplier development, quality requirements and 
sustainability performance. We evaluate suppliers on 
criteria which may include:
•	 Product and process reviews
•	 Production process: formulations, packaging 
	 and shipping
•	 Financial stability
•	 Quality systems: key controls, inspection and
	 testing, abnormality reporting and continuous 	
	 improvement
•	 Human rights and regulatory performance
•	 Environmental, health and safety performance
•	 Contamination prevention
•	 Other: training, industry-specific certifications, 	
	
	 sustainability processes and contingency plans
Suppliers that perform well are moved to or 
maintained in PPG’s approved supplier pool. Low 
scoring suppliers may be placed on a performance 
improvement plan and face temporary suspension
or discontinuation of business, depending on the 
audit findings.
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Supplier diversity
Our Supplier Diversity program aims to increase 
opportunities for diverse suppliers, and ultimately 
drive PPG spend to qualified diverse suppliers. Our 
company and communities benefit when we provide 
equal opportunities for diverse suppliers to compete 
for our business.
Our Supplier Diversity program supports this effort by 
working across four focus areas:
•	 Data and technology: Building data systems
	 and capabilities within PPG to identify qualified
	 suppliers
•	 Operational program elements: Ensuring that 	
	
	 qualified suppliers are included in sourcing projects 	
	 and supported as needed
•	 Resources to drive results: Facilitating leadership 	
	 and buyer awareness, support and collaboration
•	 Effective outreach: Reaching out to qualified 	
	
	 suppliers, putting on events, and raising awareness 	
	 of the program internally and externally
The diverse supplier program applies to the USCA 
region of PPG, primarily in the United States. The 
program is supported by our Procurement Center 
of Excellence, which helps identify tools, suppliers 
and best practices to share across the program 
participants. To be considered for the Supplier 
Diversity program, suppliers must meet requirements 
laid out by certifying entities and government 
agencies. Qualifying suppliers include U.S. owned and 
privately held businesses that are owned by veterans, 
minorities, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community, people 
with disabilities and women.
Engaging with suppliers
Each year, we also recognize suppliers whose 
performance consistently exceeds our expectations 
with our Excellent Supplier Awards. Suppliers are 
nominated based on quantitative and qualitative 
criteria, including commercial value, innovation, 
service, sustainability, quality and compliance. 
Awards are given to outstanding suppliers across our 
suppliers, logistics providers and energy providers.
In addition to helping suppliers evaluate and improve 
their sustainability performance, we seek their help 
in improving our own. We are increasingly gathering 
detailed information on the sustainable attributes 
of the raw materials used in our formulations.  We 
identify products that contain bio-based materials, 
recycled content and are lower toxicity chemicals. 
Discussions with our largest suppliers regarding 
areas of collaboration on sustainable raw materials 
will continue to increase as we look to improve 
the sustainability of our products. Expanding the 
information available to our procurement teams 
helps us manage the environmental and social 
impacts of our procurement decisions. Other 
examples of supplier engagement include asking 
suppliers to provide more environmentally conscious 
products, recycling packaging used to ship materials 
to our facilities and offering more fuel-efficient 
transportation services.
Learn more in the Stakeholder Engagement section. 
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Responsible 
Minerals 
Sourcing
PPG is committed to ethical business 
conduct and responsible sourcing.
We work diligently with our global supply chain 
partners to reduce the negative impacts on people 
and communities associated with conflict minerals 
or other minerals sourced from areas where there is 
a risk of human rights abuses in the supply chain of 
these minerals.
PPG is committed to ethical business conduct and 
responsible sourcing. We work diligently with our 
global supply chain partners to ensure our products 
do not incorporate conflict minerals, cobalt, mica, and 
silicon from entities that directly or indirectly finance 
conflict or may be linked to human rights abuses in an 
attempt to support the development of economy in 
certain high-risk areas. 
Many of the raw materials we use that contain conflict 
minerals pass through a variety of intermediaries 
before reaching our company. We do not purchase 
directly from the smelters or the producers of the 
minerals in our raw materials. Therefore, we must rely 
on our suppliers to identify the sources of the minerals 
in our raw materials and to declare the conflict mineral 
status of their products, as stated in our Responsible 
Minerals Sourcing Policy.
Consistent with our commitment to social 
responsibility and sustainability, we expect 
each of our suppliers to:
•	 Conduct due diligence on its supply chain in 	
	
	 accordance with the Organization for Economic	
	
	 Co-Operation and Development’s Due Diligence 	 	
	 Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of 
	 Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
•	 Determine the source of any conflict minerals or 	
	
	 products containing conflict minerals that are 
	 supplied to us
•	 Provide the conflict minerals source information 	
	
	 that is necessary to support our due diligence 	
	
	 and reporting obligations under the SEC’s Conflict 		
	 Minerals rules
•	 Notify us if a supplied product contains conflict 	
	
	 minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of 		
	 Congo (DRC) or surrounding countries
We also work with the suppliers of other minerals of 
concern to trace the origin of these minerals in an 
effort to ensure that our suppliers are meeting their 
obligations under PPG’s Supplier Code of Conduct. 
Suppliers that are not able to provide adequate 
information about the source of any conflict minerals 
or other minerals of concern in the products supplied 
to PPG shall be evaluated by our procurement 
department and may be denied future PPG business.
To learn more, read our most current Conflict Minerals 
Report.
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Cybersecurity 
and Data Privacy
Our security protocols and practices 
ensures the protection of sensitive 
information and systems.
We apply stringent cybersecurity and data privacy 
protocols and practices throughout our systems. 
Our approach ensures the protection of our 
information, and that of our customers and others.
Cybersecurity
PPG’s cybersecurity program is designed to protect 
and preserve the confidentiality, integrity and 
continued availability of all information that we own 
or is in our care. Our program is based on the U.S. 
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) 
standards and other applicable industry standards.
Our cybersecurity program includes:
•	 a cyber incident response plan that provides 	
	
	 controls and procedures for timely and accurate 	 	
	 reporting of any material cybersecurity incident(s)
•	 easy-to-use tools for employees to report potential 	
	 phishing emails 
•	 annual security training for employees, including 	
	 periodic phishing testing to ensure our employees 	
	 remain vigilant and compliant with our expectations
•	 periodic testing of cybersecurity posture using 
	 third parties
Our vice president and chief information officer (CIO) 
oversees our cybersecurity program. The PPG Board 
of Directors’ Audit Committee, which has oversight 
of cybersecurity risk, receives a bi-annual report and 
briefing from the CIO and chief information security 
officer (CISO) on cybersecurity matters. In addition, 
the full Board receives periodic briefings from the CIO 
on our cybersecurity program and any other relevant 
cybersecurity matters.
The full Board and the Audit Committee also 
periodically receive updates about the results of 
exercises performed by advisors that provide an 
independent assessment of our cybersecurity 
program and internal response preparedness. 
We maintain insurance covering certain costs that we 
may incur in connection with cybersecurity incidents.
Data Privacy
Our internal data privacy policies are designed to 
prevent unauthorized access to, and disclosure of, 
personal information using a range of operational 
and technological safeguards. Our employees also 
receive training on data privacy concepts to prevent 
any misuse of personal information. When we share 
personal information with third parties, we take 
contractual measures to ensure such information 
is protected and processed in accordance with 
applicable laws. We closely monitor evolving data 
privacy and data protection legislation around the 
world and update our policies and procedures to 
comply with current regulations.
We have a global data privacy manager responsible 
for ensuring the ongoing compliance of PPG’s data 
privacy and data protection policies and procedures, 
who reports to our chief compliance officer (CCO). 
The CCO oversees our data privacy program and 
provides regular reports to the PPG Board of 
Directors’ Audit Committee. 
Our privacy notices and statements outline how 
we collect, use and protect personal information 
provided to PPG. When personal information is no 
longer required, we destroy, anonymize or dispose 
of it using secure methods in accordance with 
applicable requirements.
Learn more, access our Global Data Privacy 
Statement and contact us at our privacy website. 
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Transparency
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About this 
Report
We are committed to transparent
reporting on our ESG performance.
PPG recognizes the importance of clear, 
accurate reporting on the ways that we manage 
sustainability-related risks, act on opportunities and 
understand the impacts of our business on all of our 
stakeholders. We aim to consistently advance our 
disclosure as we improve our approach to managing 
sustainability-related issues.
This report has been prepared in accordance with 
the newly updated Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 
Standards, the Sustainability Accounting Standards 
Board (SASB) Chemical Industry Standard and the 
Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures 
(TCFD) Recommendations. 
Unless otherwise noted, the information and data 
contained in this report cover all employees, PPG 
locations and joint ventures where we maintain at 
least 50% ownership. Monetary figures are U.S. 
dollars unless otherwise noted.
In 2022, we once again engaged Lloyd’s Register 
Quality Assurance to provide limited assurance 
on our scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas data. 
We are confident our internal processes provide 
sufficient oversight regarding the accuracy of all other 
information we present, and we continue to explore 
assurance options to provide independent verification 
of our disclosure as expectations evolve.
This report, inclusive of the 2022 reporting year, 
contains forward-looking statements that reflect our 
current views about our business plans, initiatives and 
objectives, which may change based on subsequent 
developments.  
We encourage you to provide feedback on this report 
and our sustainability performance via email, a 
short online survey or a letter sent to PPG, One PPG 
Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15272, Attention: Corporate 
Communications.
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Data Index
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Process Safety Incidents
Event type
Root cause(s)
Corrective actions
Tier
Spill/release during non-bulk material movement
Human error
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
I
Work methods/work instructions - Vague guidance, 
Correct methods or instructions not used
Change: Procedure/work practice change
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Equipment/process - equipment malfunctioned
Change: Procedure/work practice change
II
Warnings: Warning signs, lights, beacons, strobes, floor 
markings
Eliminate/engineer: Engineering or process control that 
IS monitored by process control circuitry, engineering or 
process control NOT monitored by process control circuitry
Other non-risk: Investigate or analyze the problem
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Equipment/process - improperly designed
Other non-risk: Investigate or analyze the problem
II
Repair: Repair only the equipment that failed and caused 
the risk
Eliminate/engineer: Change to equipment/machine that 
eliminates the risk
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Equipment/process - improperly designed
Repair: Repair only the equipment that failed and caused 
the risk
I
Work methods/work instructions - work instructions 
not correct
Other non-risk: Investigate or analyze the problem
Change: Procedure/work practice change
Guarding: Fence, guard, or proximity device (non-
interlocked)
Inspection: Conformance to requirements or condition 
monitored via management intervention process system 
and/or routine inspect
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Process Safety Incidents
Event type
Root cause(s)
Corrective actions
Tier
Spill/release caused by equipment failure/offsite 
environmental impact
Equipment/process - no or missed preventive maintenance
Other non-risk: Investigate or analyze the problem
I
Work environment - general environment (hot, cold, wet, 
tight places, etc.)
Inspection: Checklist, inspection, or add to preventative 
maintenance schedule, inspect, and repair all related 
equipment, and add to preventative maintenance program
Work methods/work instructions - vague guidance
Eliminate/engineer: Hazard reduction by substitution with 
lower hazard
Repair: Repair only the equipment that failed and caused 
the risk
Guarding: Fence, guard, or proximity device (non-
interlocked)
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Human error
Inspection: Checklist, inspection, or add to preventative 
maintenance schedule
II
Equipment/process - no or missed preventive maintenance
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
Spill/release during non-bulk material movement
Human error
Change: Procedure/work practice change
I
Work methods/work instructions - vague guidance
Intervention: Re-training of person involved
Work environment - congestion
Eliminate/engineer: Hazard elimination by change to 
process or materials
Other non-risk: Investigate or analyze the problem
Spill/release caused by equipment failure/Employee
injury with hospitalization and surgery
Work methods/work instructions - instructions not available, 
no, or inadequate training
Change: Procedure/work practice change
I
Equipment/process - equipment malfunctioned
Warnings: Warning signs, lights, beacons, strobes, floor 
markings
Eliminate/engineer: Hazard elimination by change to 
process or materials
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Equipment/process - equipment malfunctioned
Conduct reliability testing on failed equipment
II
Other non-risk: Investigate or analyze the problem
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Process Safety Incidents
Event type
Root cause(s)
Corrective actions
Tier
Spill/release caused by equipment failure/employee injury 
without hospitalization
Human error
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
I
Work methods/work instructions - work methods not correct
Other non-risk: Ancillary action with no risk reduction 
capability
Change: Procedure/work practice change
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Equipment/process - equipment malfunctioned, excessive 
wear and tear
Repair: Repair only the equipment that failed and caused 
the risk
II
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Work environment - congestion
Warnings: Warning signs, lights, beacons, strobes, floor 
markings
I
Work methods/work instructions - no or inadequate training
Spill/release caused by equipment failure
Human error
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
I
Equipment/process - improperly designed, no or missed 
preventive maintenance
Change: Procedure/work practice change
Eliminate/engineer: Hazard elimination by change to 
process or materials, engineering or process control 
that IS monitored by process control circuitry
Inspection: Checklist, inspection, or add to preventative 
maintenance schedule
Spill/release during non-bulk material movement
Work environment - mobile equipment interface
Change: Procedure/work practice change
II
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Equipment/process - equipment malfunctioned
Repair: Repair only the equipment that failed and caused 
the risk
II
Spill/release caused by equipment failure
Equipment/process - equipment malfunctioned, improperly 
designed
Eliminate/engineer: Change to equipment/machine that 
eliminates the risk
I
Work methods/work instructions - Work methods not 
correct
Guarding: Fence, guard, or proximity device (interlocked to 
shut down equipment)
Change: Procedure/work practice change
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
Inspection: Inspect and repair all related equipment, and 
add to preventative maintenance program
Conduct hazard and operability study (HAZOP)
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Process Safety Incidents
Event type
Root cause(s)
Corrective actions
Tier
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Equipment/process - control logic failure
Eliminate/engineer: Engineering or process control that IS 
monitored by process control circuitry
I
Change: Procedure/work practice change
Conduct hazard and operability study (HAZOP)
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Human error
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
I
Equipment/process - improperly designed
Eliminate/engineer: Change to equipment/machine that 
eliminates the risk
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Work methods/work instructions - vague guidance
Eliminate/engineer: Hazard elimination by change to 
process or materials
II
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Human error
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
I
Work methods/work instructions - vague guidance
Other non-risk: Ancillary action with no risk reduction 
capability
Equipment/process - equipment malfunctioned
Repair: Repair only the equipment that failed and caused 
the risk
Eliminate/engineer: Hazard elimination by change to 
process or materials
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Human error
Warnings: Warning signs, lights, beacons, strobes, floor 
markings
II
Work methods/work instructions - vague guidance
Repair: Repair only the equipment that failed and caused 
the risk
Intervention: Re-training of person involved
Other non-risk: Experimental solution - results unknown
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Work environment - congestion
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
I
Work methods/work instructions - vague guidance
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Process Safety Incidents
Event type
Root cause(s)
Corrective actions
Tier
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Human error
Other non-risk: Investigate or analyze the problem
II
Intervention: Coaching/counselling of person involved
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Work methods/work instructions - instructions not available
Inspection: Checklist, inspection, or add to preventative 
maintenance schedule
I
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Human error
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
I
Spill/release/chemical splash but no injury
Equipment/process - equipment malfunctioned
Repair: Repair only the equipment that failed and caused 
the risk
I
Spill/release/chemical splash but no injury
Human error
Change: Procedure/work practice change
II
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Human error
Other non-risk: Investigate or analyze the problem
I
Equipment/process - improperly designed, inadequate 
alarms or warning system
Change: Procedure/work practice change
Work methods/work instructions - correct methods or 
instructions not used, no or inadequate training, instructions 
not available
Eliminate/engineer: Engineering or process control that IS 
monitored by process control circuitry
Organizational/management causes - workplace 
organizational conditions
Training: Re-training of all affected employees
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Human error
Intervention: Discipline of person involved
I
Spill/release during manufacturing process
Human error
Inspection: Checklist, inspection, or add to preventative 
maintenance schedule
I
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Multi-year data highlights
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Economic	 	
	
	
	
Net sales (millions)
$15,374
$15,146
$13,834
$16,802
$17,652
Net income from continuing operations (millions)
$1,323
$1,243
$1,056
$1,420
$1,028
Adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations1
$5.92
$6.22
$6.12
$6.77
$6.05
Dividends per share
$1.86
$1.98
$2.10 
$2.26
$2.42
Environmental2	
	
	
	
	
Percent of sales from sustainably advantaged products
32%
33%
35%
38%
39%
Total waste disposed (thousand metric tons)
144.89
112.49
89.68
90.18
116.70
Waste disposal intensity (metric tons per 100 metric tons of production)
3.02
2.46
2.10
2.05
2.79
Hazardous waste generated (thousand metric tons)
117
113
94
96
88
Recycled or recovered hazardous waste (percent)
50%
47%
52%
54%
53%
Non-hazardous waste generated (thousand metric tons)
116
82
71
74
101
Recycled or recovered non-hazardous waste (percent)
25%
35%
37%
38%
25%
Water withdrawn (million cubic meters)
19.15
18.73
15.28
17.72
17.73
Net water consumption (million cubic meters)
4.58
4.58
1.99
3.35
3.09
Water intensity (cubic meters per metric ton of production)
3.99
4.09
3.57
4.03
4.24
Energy consumption (million gigajoules)
14.24
13.45
11.12
12.92
12.71
Total energy intensity (gigajoules per metric ton of production)
2.96
2.94
2.60
2.94
3.04
Direct energy intensity (gigajoules per metric ton of production)
1.74
1.70
1.48
1.75
1.77
Indirect energy intensity (gigajoules per metric ton of production)
1.22
1.23
1.13
1.19
1.27
Total greenhouse gas emissions 
(million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents)
1.03
0.96
0.80
0.87
0.87
Total greenhouse gas emissions intensity 
(metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production)
0.21
0.21
0.19
0.20
0.21
Direct (scope 1) greenhouse gas emissions intensity 
(metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production)
0.09
0.09
0.08
0.09
0.09
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Indirect (scope 2) greenhouse gas emissions intensity 
(metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production)
0.13
0.12
0.11
0.11
0.11
Spills and releases rate (total spills and releases per 1,000 employees)
1.32
1.25
1.24
1.28
1.50
Social
Total employees (average)
47,300
47,600
46,900
49,300
52,000
Fatalities
1
0
0
0
0
PPG injury and illness rate
0.27
0.32
0.26
0.26
0.30
Sites implementing a wellness program (percent)
(from 2018-2021 we reported percent of sites with 50 or more employees)
58%
70%
70%
90%
61%
Charitable contributions (millions)
$9.1
$11.8
$13.0
$13.3
$16.2
Sites implementing the PPG Community Engagement Framework (percent)
70%
65%
80%
80%
70%
Employee volunteer hours3
24,802
36,000
3,587
11,750
25,000
1 Beginning in 2021, the Company reports adjusted earnings per diluted share excluding amortization expense relating to intangible assets from completed acquisitions. Adjusted earnings per diluted share for 2020 has been 	 	
recast to exclude acquisition-related amortization expense. For detailed information regarding these adjustments, see the Regulation G Reconciliation in Item 7 of our 2022 Form 10-K.
2 Environmental data changes from prior reporting reflect adjustments for acquired and divested locations from the 2017 baseline onward. Energy data also include adjustments for closed locations.
3 Volunteer hours for 2018 are for our Colorful Communities program only. Data for 2019-2022 is for the Colorful Communities program and Charity Partner program in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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Disclosure
2022 ESG Report Location
External Link
Additional Detail
Omission
General Disclosures
GRI 2:
General Disclosures 2022
2-1 Organizational Details
About PPG
2022 Annual Report & Form 10-K
2-2 Entities included in the 
organization’s sustainability 
reporting
About PPG
2022 Annual Report & Form 10-K 
(pages 3-9) Worldwide Operations
2-3 Reporting period, frequency 
and contact point
About This Report
PPG’s 2022 ESG Report covers 
all of the entities included in its 
consolidated financial reporting.
2-4 Restatements of information
Indicated, when necessary, 
throughout the report.
2-5 External assurance
Emissions
GHG Assurance
2-6 Activities, value chain and 
other business relationships
About PPG
Products Overview
Supplier Sustainability
2022 Annual Report & Form 10-K 
(pages 3-9)
2-7 Employees
People Overview
2-8 Workers who are not 
employees
This information is not available, 
PPG does not track data on 
workers who are not employees 
at a global level.
2-9 Governance structure and 
composition
Governance Overview
Board of Directors
2023 Proxy Statement
(page 11-12)
Corporate Governance Guidelines
2-10 Nomination and selection of 
the highest governance body
Nominating and Governance 
Committee
2-11 Chair of the highest 
governance body
Board of Directors
2-12 Role of the highest 
governance body in overseeing 
the management of impacts
Sustainability and Innovation 
Committee
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External Link
Additional Detail
Omission
General Disclosures
GRI 2:
General Disclosures 2022
2-13 Delegation of responsibility 
for managing impacts
Governance Overview
2-14 Role of the highest 
governance body in sustainability 
reporting
Our ESG Report is reviewed by 
our Board of Directors.
2-15 Conflicts of interest
Corporate Governance Guidelines 
Global Code of Ethics
2-16 Communication of critical 
concerns
Governance
2-17 Collective knowledge of the 
highest governance body
Governance Overview
Our Sustainability Committee’s 
work is reviewed by our Board 
of Directors’ Sustainability 
and Innovation Committee. 
The Sustainability Committee 
establishes policies, programs 
and procedures, including 
metrics, to help us better 
understand and address 
sustainability in our business 
practices in order to remain a 
leader in the business segments 
in which we participate.
2-18 Evaluation of the 
performance of the highest 
governance body
Corporate Governance Guidelines
2-19 Remuneration policies
2023 Proxy Statement
(pages 36-75)
2-20 Process to determine 
remuneration
Human Capital Management 
and Compensation Committee
2-21 Annual total compensation 
ratio
2023 Proxy Statement
(page 71)
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External Link
Additional Detail
Omission
General Disclosures
GRI 2:
General Disclosures 2022
2-22 Statement on sustainable 
development strategy
To Our Stakeholders
Sustainability Vision, Values, 
Approach
2-23 Policy commitments
Governance
Human Rights 
Environment Overview
Safety and Health 
Product Stewardship
Global Code of Ethics
Code of Ethics for Senior 
Financial Officers
Global Anti-Corruption Policy
2-24 Embedding policy 
commitments
Supplier Sustainability 
Human Rights 
Environment
Governance Overview
Safety and Health 
Product Stewardship
Global Code of Ethics
2-25 Processes to remediate 
negative impacts
Global Code of Ethics
2-26 Mechanisms for seeking 
advice and raising concerns
PPG Ethics Helpline
Stakeholders and other 
interested parties may send 
communications to the Board, the 
independent directors (individually 
or as a group) or the lead director 
in writing by sending them in care 
of our corporate secretary at PPG, 
Inc., One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania 15272.
2-27 Compliance with laws and 
regulations
Waste, Spills and Releases 
Water, Water Non-Compliances
2022 PPG Annual Report & Form 
10-K, Legal, Regulatory, Item 
3. Legal Proceedings (page 13) 
Environmental Matters
(page   61-63)
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External Link
Additional Detail
Omission
General Disclosures
GRI 2:
General Disclosures 2022
2-28 Membership associations
Stakeholder Engagement
2-29 Approach to stakeholder 
engagement
Stakeholder Engagement
2-30 Collective bargaining 
agreements
2022 PPG Annual Report & Form 
10-K, Human Capital
(page 7)
Material Topics 
GRI 3: Material Topics 2022
3-1 Process to determine 
material topics
Priority issues
3-2 List of material topics
Priority issues
Our global prioritization 
assessment identified priority 
issues from a stakeholder and 
financial impact perspective. For 
the purpose of reporting to the 
GRI, material topics have been 
designated based on those with 
the most significant impacts on 
the economy, environment, and 
people, including impacts on their 
human rights.
Decarbonizing PPG operations, supply chain, and customer emissions
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
3-3 Management of material 
topics
Energy
Emissions
Climate-related risks and 
opportunities
GRI 201: Economic Performance 
2016
201-2 Financial implications and 
other risks and opportunities due 
to climate change
Climate-related risks and 
opportunities
GRI 302: Energy 2016
302-2 Energy consumption 
outside of the organization
Energy
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Additional Detail
Omission
Decarbonizing PPG operations, supply chain, and customer emissions
GRI 302: Energy 2016
302-2 Energy consumption 
outside of the organization
This information is not available, 
PPG is unable to estimate energy 
consumption outside of the 
organization.  PPG is working to 
understand electricity use in our 
upstream and downstream value 
chain.
303-3 Energy intensity
Energy
302-4 Reduction of energy 
consumption
Energy
302-5 Reductions in energy 
requirements of products and 
services
This information is not 
aggregated at the company level. 
We calculate the contribution to 
energy reduction of individual 
products, but have not been 
able to calculate the overall 
contribution of PPG products
and services.
GRI 305: Emissions 2016
305-1 Direct (scope 1) GHG 
emissions
Emissions
GHG Assurance
305-2 Energy indirect (scope 2) 
GHG emissions
Emissions
GHG Assurance
305-3 Other indirect (scope 3) 
GHG emissions
This information is not available, 
due to gaps in our understanding 
of GHG emissions in our value 
chain. We are working with our 
suppliers and customers to 
complete our scope 3 GHG 
inventory, and intend to report 
our indirect emissions in our 
next ESG report, which will be 
published in 2024. 
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External Link
Additional Detail
Omission
Decarbonizing PPG operations, supply chain, and customer emissions
GRI 305: Emissions 2016
305-4 GHG emissions intensity
Emissions
GHG Assurance
305-5 Reduction of GHG 
emissions
Emissions
305-6 Emissions of ozone-
depleting substances
305-7 Nitrogen oxides, sulfur 
oxides, and other significant air 
emissions
Emissions
GRI 308: Supplier Environmental 
Assessment
308-1 New Suppliers that were 
screened using environmental 
criteria
PPG does not have a global policy 
for pre-screening suppliers for 
environmental criteria.
308-2 Negative environmental 
impacts in the supply chain and 
actions taken
Supplier sustainability
Managing interactions with water as a shared resource
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
3-3 Management of material 
topics
Water
GRI 303: Water and Effluents 
2018
303-1 Interactions with water as a 
shared resource
Water
303-2 Management of water 
discharge-related impacts
Water
303-3 Water withdrawal
Water
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Additional Detail
Omission
Managing interactions with water as a shared resource
GRI 303: Water and Effluents 
2018
303-4 Water discharge
Water
GRI 303: Water and Effluents 
2018
303-5 Water consumption
Water
GRI 306: Effluents and Waste
306-3 Significant Spills
Waste
Using circular economy principles to reduce impacts from materials and waste
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
3-3 Management of material 
topics
Waste
GRI 301: Materials 2016
301-1: Materials used by weight 
or volume
PPG does not report data on 
the materials used to produce 
and package our products 
and services, as this data is 
confidential. 
301-2 Recycled input materials 
used
PPG is unable to report a figure for 
the total amount of recycled input 
materials used to manufacture our 
primary products and services, as 
this data is not aggregated at a 
global level.
301-3 Reclaimed products and 
their packaging materials
PPG is unable to report an 
aggregate figure for reclaimed 
products and packaging 
materials, as this data is not 
aggregated at a global level.
GRI 306: Waste 2020
306-1 Waste generation and 
significant waste-related impacts
Waste
306-2 Management of significant 
waste-related impacts
Waste
306-3 Waste generated
Waste
306-4 Waste diverted from 
disposal
Waste
306-5 Waste directed to disposal
Waste
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External Link
Additional Detail
Omission
Ensuring safe work environments and promoting employee well-being
GRI 3: Material topics 2021
3-3 Management of material 
topics
Safety and Health
GRI 403: Occupational Health 
and Safety 2018
403-1 Occupational health and 
safety management system
Safety and Health
403-2 Hazard identification, 
risk assessment and incident 
investigation
Safety and Health, Preventing 
injury and illness 
Governance, Codes and Policies
403-2 Hazard identification, 
risk assessment and incident 
investigation
Safety and Health
403-3 Occupational health 
services
Wellness
403-4 Worker participation, 
consultation and communication 
on occupational health and safety
Safety and Health
403-5 Worker training on 
occupational health and safety
Safety and Health
403-6 Promotion of worker health
Safety and Health
Wellness
403-7 Prevention and mitigation 
of occupational health and 
safety impacts directly linked by 
business relationships
Safety and Health
403-8 Workers covered by an 
occupational health and safety 
management system
Safety and Health
403-9 Work-related injuries
Safety and Health
403-10 Work-related ill health
Safety and Health
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External Link
Additional Detail
Omission
Maintaining positive community relationships
GRI 3: Material topics 2021
3-3 Management of material 
topics
Community Engagement
GRI 413: Local Communities 
2016
413-1 Operations with local 
community engagement, impact 
assessments and development 
programs
Community Engagement
413-2 Operations with significant 
actual and potential negative 
impacts on local communities
Safety and Health
Product Stewardship
Community Engagement
None of our operations had actual 
significant negative impacts on 
local communities during the 
reporting period. Our approach 
to managing potential negative 
impacts is discussed throughout 
this report.
Fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive work force
GRI 3: Material topics 2021
3-3 Management of material 
topics
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
GRI 405: Diversity and Equal 
Opportunity 2016
405-1 Diversity of governance 
bodies and employees
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
2023 Proxy Statement, (page 11)
Diversity of Our Directors
EEO-1 (United States)
405-2 Ratio of basic salary and 
remuneration of women to men
This data is not available at a 
global level. We are working to 
improve the quality of this data 
and intend to report against this 
indicator in the future. 
GRI 406: Non-discrimination
406-1 Incidents of discrimination 
and corrective action taken
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Governance Overview
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Additional Detail
Omission
Addressing chemical-related social and environmental impacts, real and perceived
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
3-3 Management of material 
topics
Product Stewardship
GRI 416: Customer health and 
safety 2016
416-1 Assessment of the health 
and safety impacts of product and 
service categories
Sustainably Advantaged Products
Product Stewardship
416-2 Incidents of non-
compliance concerning the health 
and safety impacts of products 
and services
This data is not available at a 
global level.
GRI 417: Marketing and Labeling 
2016
417-1 Requirements for product 
and service information and 
labeling
Product Stewardship
417-2 Incidents of non-
compliance concerning product 
and service information and 
labeling
This data is not available at a 
global level.
417-3 Incidents of non-
compliance concerning marketing 
communications
This data is not available at a 
global level.
Providing ESG training and career progression pathways for our people
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
3-3 Management of material 
topics
Learning and Leadership 
Development
GRI 404: Training and education 
2016
404-1 Average hours of training 
per year per employee
This data is tracked in a 
decentralized manner due to 
variability in training across our 
sites and business units, and 
cannot be reported at a global 
level.
404-2 Programs for upgrading 
employee skills and transition 
assistance programs
Learning and Leadership 
Development
404-3 Percentage of employees 
receiving regular performance 
and career development reviews
Learning and Leadership 
Development
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Additional Detail
Omission
Upholding human rights in PPG’s supply chain
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
3-3 Management of material 
topics
Human Rights
Supplier Sustainability
GRI 407: Freedom of 
Association and Collective 
Bargaining 2016
407-1 Operations and suppliers 
in which the right to freedom 
of association and collective 
bargaining may be at risk
Human Rights
Global Code of Ethics
GRI 408: Child Labor 2016
408-1 Operations and suppliers 
at significant risk for incidents of 
child labor
Human Rights
GRI 409: Forced or Compulsory 
Labor 2016
409-1 Operations and suppliers 
at significant risk for incidents of 
forced or compulsory labor
Human Rights
GRI 414: Supplier Social 
Assessment 2016
414-1 New suppliers that were 
screened using social criteria
Supplier Sustainability
GRI 414: Supplier Social 
Assessment 2016
414-2 Negative social impacts 
in the supply chain and actions 
taken
Supplier Sustainability
Human Rights
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Topic
Accounting Metric
Category
Code
Location/Response
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Gross global scope 1 emissions, percentage covered under emissions-limiting
regulations
Quantitative
RT-CH-110a.1
Emissions
Discussion of long-term and short-term strategy or plan to manage scope 1
emissions, emissions reduction targets and an analysis of performance against
those targets
Discussion and Analysis
RT-CH-110a.2
Emissions
Air Quality
Air emissions of the following pollutants: (1) NOX (excluding N2O), (2) SOX, (3)
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and (4) hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
Quantitative
RT-CH-120a.1
Emissions
Energy Management
(1) Total energy consumed, (2) percentage grid electricity, (3) percentage
renewable, (4) total self-generated energy
Quantitative
RT-CH-130a.1
Energy
Water Management
(1) Total water withdrawn, (2) total water consumed, percentage of each in
regions with high or extremely high baseline water stress
Quantitative
RT-CH-140a.1
Water
Number of incidents of non-compliance associated with water quality permits,
standards and regulations
Quantitative
RT-CH-140a.2
Water
Description of water management risks and discussion of strategies and
practices to mitigate those risks
Discussion and Analysis
RT-CH-140a.3
Water
Hazardous Waste Management
Amount of hazardous waste generated, percentage recycled
Quantitative
RT-CH-150a.1
Water
Community Relations
Discussion of engagement processes to manage risks and opportunities
associated with community interests
Discussion and Analysis
RT-CH-210a.1
Community Engagement
Workforce Health & Safety
(1) Total recordable incident rate (TRIR) and (2) fatality rate for (a) direct
employees and (b) contract employees
Quantitative
RT-CH-320a.1
Safety and Health
Description of efforts to assess, monitor and reduce exposure of employees
and contract workers to long-term (chronic) health risks
Discussion and Analysis
RT-CH-320a.2
Safety and Health
Product Design for Use-phase Efficiency
Revenue from products designed for use-phase resource efficiency
Quantitative
RT-CH-410a.1
Sustainably Advantaged Products
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Topic
Accounting Metric
Category
Code
Location/Response
Safety & Environmental
Stewardship of Chemicals
(1) Percentage of products that contain Globally Harmonized System of
Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) Category 1 and 2 Health and
Environmental Hazardous Substances, (2) percentage of such products that 
have undergone a hazard assessment
Quantitative
RT-CH-410b.1
Product Stewardship
Discussion of strategy to (1) manage chemicals of concern and (2) develop
alternatives with reduced human and/or environmental impact
Discussion and Analysis
RT-CH-410b.2
Product Stewardship
Genetically Modified
Organisms
Percentage of products by revenue that contain genetically modified organisms
(GMOs)
Quantitative
RT-CH-410c.1
Not applicable to PPG products.
Management of the Legal &
Regulatory Environment
Discussion of corporate positions related to government
regulations and/or policy proposals that address
environmental and social factors affecting the industry
Discussion and Analysis
RT-CH-530a.1
As a global manufacturer of paints, coatings 
and specialty materials, we operate in a 
business environment that includes risks. 
To identify these risks, we annually employ 
an enterprise risk assessment framework 
that involves PPG executives and Board 
members to prioritize the risks based on 
magnitude and likelihood of occurrence. 
Management is responsible for the devel-
opment and execution of mitigation plans 
for key risks on a continuous basis.
2022 Form 10-K, Item 1A (page 9)
2023 Proxy Statement
Product Stewardship
Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities
Stakeholder Engagement
Government Affairs
Operational Safety, Emergency
Preparedness & Response
Process safety incidents count (PSIC), process safety total incident rate (PSTIR)
and process safety incident severity rate (PSISR)
Quantitative
RT-CH-540a.1
Safety and Health
Number of transport incidents
Quantitative
RT-CH-540a.2
Transportation
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Requirement
Link or reference
Additional detail
Governance
Governance (a) – Describe the board’s oversight of 
climate-related risks and opportunities
2023 Proxy statement, Framework for Board Oversight 
of ESG
Governance Overview
Our Sustainability organization is responsible for developing our corporate sustainability strategy 
and working alongside our businesses and functions to execute that strategy. The organization 
is led by the vice president of global sustainability, and collaborates with teams across PPG to 
drive our environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts, including assessing and managing 
climate-related risks and opportunities. 
PPG’s programs, initiatives and activities in the areas of environment, health, safety, technology 
and sustainability are overseen by The Sustainability and Innovation Committee of the Board, with 
support from other Board-level committees depending on the issues and risks involved. The Board 
engages with management on ESG strategy, risks and opportunities, and has oversight of the 
tracking of our sustainability progress.
Governance (b) – Describe management’s role in 
assessing and managing climate-related risks and 
opportunities
2023 Proxy statement, Framework for Board 
Oversight of ESG
Governance Overview
Environment Overview
Climate-related Risks and Opportunities
Sustainably Advantaged Products
Supplier Sustainability
Strategy
Strategy (a) – Describe the climate-related risks and 
opportunities the organisation has identified over the 
short, medium and long term
Examples of climate-related risks and opportunities with 
associated strategies
Climate-related Risks and Opportunities
Our paints, coatings and specialty materials are key enablers of the transition to a low-carbon 
economy. We sell a wide range of products in varied markets around the world, and the company 
is well positioned to take advantage of climate-related opportunities. These factors help make our 
business resilient, and ensure that we will be able to respond appropriately to any climate-related 
occurrences. 
We have analyzed a range of climate scenarios and have incorporated important climate-related 
risks and opportunities into our growth strategy. See more detail on our scenario analysis exercise 
in the Climate-related risks and opportunities section.
Strategy (b) – Describe the impact of climate-related risks 
and opportunities on the organisation’s business, strategy 
and financial planning
Climate-related Risks and Opportunities
Sustainably Advantaged Products
Supplier Sustainability
Strategy (c) – Describe the resilience of the organisation’s 
strategy, taking into consideration different climate- 
related scenarios, including a 2 degrees C or lower 
scenario
Environment Overview
Climate-related Risks and Opportunities
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Requirement
Link or reference
Additional detail
Risk Management
Risk Management (a) – Describe the organisation’s 
processes for identifying and assessing climate-related 
risks
Climate-related Risks and Opportunities
PPG’s physical risk assessment process uses global climate models to assess the relative risk to 
our facilities from six climate change stressors. The assessment identifies the most at risk PPG 
sites for more detailed analysis and resiliency planning. Transition risks from climate change, 
including market impacts, are considered at the business unit level. Each of our businesses 
conduct a climate risk assessment to define priority risks and opportunities. This work is being 
integrated into the overall business strategy process. 
Climate-related risks are managed within the respective business or function based on the 
outcomes of the ERM process, the results of our physical risk assessment and input from our 
Sustainability function. This process is overseen by the Corporate Sustainability Committee. 
The vice president, global sustainability serves as the risk owner for ESG within the ERM process 
and is responsible for working across the organization to facilitate and drive action on many of the 
climate-related risks that we have identified. 
Our annual Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process separately identifies business and 
enterprise risks that could be related to climate change. The Enterprise Risk Committee (ERC) 
meets 3 times per year, and considers climate-related risk as one of many ESG-related risks. 
Through the standard ERM process, the ERC identifies climate-related risks, determines the 
company’s priorities for addressing those risks, and monitors progress of addressing these risks 
over time. We recognize that climate-related risks are also drivers of other risks, and are working 
to improve our consideration of these interconnected risks in our ERM processes. 
The vice president, global sustainability is accountable for reviewing the outcomes of the ERM 
process with functional teams and business leadership. Specific key performance indicators are 
provided to businesses and functions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from operations and 
from product solutions at customer sites.
Risk Management (b) – Describe the organisation’s 
processes for managing climate-related risks
Environment Overview
Climate-related Risks and Opportunities
Supplier Sustainability
Risk Management (c) – Describe how the processes for 
identifying, assessing, and managing climate-related 
risks are integrated into the organisation’s overall risk 
management
Governance Overview
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Requirement
Link or reference
Additional detail
Metrics and Targets
Metrics and Targets (a) – Disclose the metrics used 
by the organisation to assess climate-related risks 
and opportunities in line with its strategy and risk 
management process
Data index
Environment Overview
Climate-related risks and opportunities
Sustainably advantaged products
Supplier sustainability
Our 2025 goals have guided our work since their publication in 2017. While we continue to work 
toward these targets, we released our 2030 ESG targets in this report. By 2030, we aim to achieve 
a 50% reduction in GHG emissions from our own operations (scope 1 and 2 emissions), and a 30% 
reduction in GHG emissions in our value chain (scope 3 emissions). These targets are described in 
the 2022 Progress and Highlights section. 
Metrics and Targets (b) – Disclose scope 1, scope 2, and, 
if appropriate, scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 
and related risks
Emissions
Climate-related risks and opportunities
Metrics and Targets (c) – Describe the targets used by 
the organisation to manage climate-related risks and 
opportunities and performance against targets
2022 Progress and Highlights
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Examples of climate-related risks and associated PPG strategies
Climate-related risk
Potential financial impact and associated strategy
Physical risks from increased severity and frequency of severe weather
Damage from increasingly frequent and severe weather may lead to disruption in our supply chain, production delays and increased costs 
associated with remediating damage to our locations.
PPG undertakes detailed assessments to understand likely climate-related impacts on our facilities and the surrounding infrastructure. 
We work with sites with the nearest-term risks to define action plans to remediate the risk. Read more in the Climate-related Risks and 
Opportunities section.
Risk of increased government regulation and carbon pricing
PPG’s is exposed to a range of government regulations across our global footprint. Where governments pass carbon pricing regulations, 
we may be exposed to increased operating costs.
We are working to reduce our carbon emissions across our operations by increasing energy efficiency and working with partners to increase 
our renewable electricity sourcing.
Market risks
Market demands may shift in response to regulation and changing consumer sentiment, including if PPG falls behind our competitors in 
our sustainable product offerings. Shifting market demands may result in reduced revenue from some of our products and services.
PPG invests resources in research and development of new products and services in markets that support the transition to a low-carbon 
economy. We also work to find alternative markets for existing products by engaging with customers through regular strategic customer 
meetings.
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Examples of climate-related opportunities and associated PPG strategies
Climate-related opportunity category
Potential financial impact and associated strategy
Resource efficiency
Using fewer natural resources to produce our products saves us money, and helps reduce competition for scarce resources. 
We’re researching ways to make our products more efficient across their lifespan and improve circularity, which also helps us meet 
customer expectations to reduce environmental impact across the product lifecycle.
Learn more about our resource conservation work in the Environmental section.
Energy sources
Sourcing renewable energy offers opportunities to reduce our energy costs over time, and insulates us from price fluctuations of 
conventional energy production.
We work with external suppliers to increase the percentage of our electricity that comes from renewable sources. We source renewable 
energy through a variety of means, including direct investment, PPAs, renewable energy certificates and green tariffs.
Read our case study on purchasing renewable energy for our facility in Adrian, Michigan, in the Energy section. 
Products and services
Creating new products with lower environmental impact and communicating the sustainable attributes of our products offers opportunities 
to increase our revenue.
PPG has established processes to consider sustainability at each stage of our research and development pipeline. We also work with 
customers to identify their outstanding needs and help support their sustainability goals. We recognize that our customers are searching 
for new solutions and more sustainable products to help them reach their sustainability goals.
Read more in the Sustainably Advantaged Products section. 
Markets
Capturing opportunities to reach new markets allows PPG to increase revenues from our existing product portfolio.
We develop paints and coatings that are key enablers to industries that support the transition to a low-carbon economy, including coatings 
for batteries that are used in electric cars and for renewable power generation. Where we identify markets that will grow to support 
adaptation needs, we invest time and resources in understanding how PPG paints, coatings and specialty materials can support the 
industry. Our customer sustainability business partners meet regularly with our customers to identify new end uses for existing PPG 
products, and identify needs for new innovations.
Read more in the Sustainably Advantaged Products, Governance Overview and Product Stewardship sections. 
Resilience
PPG works to increase our business’ capacity to identify and adapt to impacts related to climate change, including those that stem from 
physical and transition risks. We consider climate-related risks in our enterprise risk management process and embed members of our 
sustainability organization throughout the business to help identify risks and opportunities.
Read more in Governance Overview and Climate-related Risks and Opportunities sections. 
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Sustainable 
Development 
Goals Index
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PPG’s contributions to communities and society 
align closely with the United Nations Sustainable 
Development Goals (SDGs). Our sustainability 
approach underpins product innovation, customer 
collaboration, resource efficiency and community 
contribution – each of which supports progress 
against the SDGs in some way.  
Our efforts also reflect the priorities captured in the 
Chemical Sector SDG Roadmap, which articulates 
how the sector can use its influence and innovation 
to support progress toward the SDGs. The roadmap 
is an initiative led by leading chemical companies 
and industry associations, convened by the World 
Business Council for Sustainable Development 
(WBCSD).
The table below shows the connections between 
the SDGs and our public environmental and social 
commitments, goals, policies and standards.
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SDG
PPG interaction with the SDGs
Relevant PPG commitments, goals, policies and standards
Responsible employer: provide living wages and benefits 
to employees
Investments and partnerships: strengthening and 
revitalizing communities and improving infrastructure
Innovative products: support affordable and accessible 
shelter and other basic goods
Our people strategy, community programs and partnerships, and innovative sustainably 
advantaged products each contribute to alleviating global poverty. 
Read about our work in the People Overview, Community Engagement, and Sustainably 
Advantaged Products sections of this report.
Improve food distribution: extend lifetimes of food and 
food packaging, maintain food quality and safety
PPG products are key enablers of safe, long term food packaging and storage. 
Read more in the Sustainably Advantaged Products section of this report.
Product stewardship: increased availability of products 
with health and safety benefits
Management of chemicals: safe production and 
distribution
We take responsibility for minimizing adverse human health and environmental impacts of our 
products at every stage of the product life cycle. We also have strict safety standards to minimize 
the environmental impact of our operations. 
Goal: On our path to eliminating spills, ensure that we achieve at least a 65% improvement in our 
spills and releases rate by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
Learn more in the Product Stewardship and Waste sections of this report.
Promote science education: fostering a love of STEM and 
supporting technical apprenticeships and skill building
PPG supports STEM education through our financial donations to educational programs and 
through our employee volunteer efforts in communities where we live, work and play. 
Goal: Implement the community engagement framework globally by 2025
Read more in the Community Engagement section of this report.
Supporting women’s success: implementing programs 
and management approaches that advance gender equity
Through our comprehensive DE&I strategy, we are working to improve equity and inclusion within 
PPG and in our communities. 
Goal: 34-36% representation of non-frontline, global female professionals by 2025
Learn more in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion section of this report.
Water management: reducing water use and ensuring 
responsible disposal
PPG ensures that water used at our facilities is treated and discharged responsibly. We are working 
to reduce the absolute amount of water that we use across our operations, and the water intensity 
that is required to produce our products. 
Goal: 20% reduction in water intensity by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
Read more about our water management in the Water section of this report.
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SDG
PPG interaction with the SDGs
Relevant PPG commitments, goals, policies and standards
Supporting production of renewable energy: creating 
products that support wind and solar industries
Addressing issue of climate change: Energy efficiency 
measures and renewable energy sourcing to reduce our 
impact
Building adaptive capacity: working with our supply chain 
to promote sustainable practices
PPG is supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy by creating new products, improving our 
energy sourcing and efficiency, and partnering with our suppliers to build adaptive capacity. 
Goal: Reduce energy consumption intensity by 15% by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
Goal: Increase renewable energy to 25% of total electricity usage exclusive of greenhouse gas 
(GHG) reductions by 2025
Goal: Reduce GHG emissions intensity by 15% measured in total tons discharged by 2025 from a 
2017 baseline
Read more in the Energy, Emissions, Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities, and Supplier 
Sustainability sections of this report.
Protecting quality of life: safe production and 
management of chemicals for our employees and 
communities
Upholding human rights: meeting labor standards and 
respecting human rights throughout our value chain
PPG works with EcoVadis, a leading business sustainability ratings company, to monitor 
compliance with labor and environmental standards in our value chain. 
Goal: Zero injuries. On our path to zero injuries, ensure that we achieve an improvement of at least 
5% per year in our injury and illness (I&I) rate
All PPG suppliers are expected to comply with our Global Supplier Code of Conduct.
Read more in the People Overview and Human Rights sections of this report. 
Promote resiliency: identifying new uses and products that 
reduce resource use and negative environmental impacts
We are constantly working to identify new uses for our existing products, and create innovative 
new products for our customers.
Goal: 40% of sales from sustainably advantaged products by 2025
Learn more in the Sustainably Advantaged Products and Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities 
sections of this report. 
Advocate for equality: global policies that support fair 
wages, safety and ethical standards
PPG is focused on becoming a more diverse and equitable company, and supports DE&I efforts 
in our communities. 
Goal: Invest $20 million by 2025 to advance racial equity in the U.S. by funding educational 
pathways for Black communities and people of color
Goal: 34-36% representation of non-frontline, global female professionals by 2025
Goal: 45-55% increase in headcount of Black, Latino and Asian employees across non-frontline, 
U.S.-based employee population by 2025
Goal: 50% global employee resource network and DE&I capability-building participation by 2025
Read more in the DE&I and Community Engagement sections of this report.
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SDG
PPG interaction with the SDGs
Relevant PPG commitments, goals, policies and standards
Supporting communities: paints and coatings protect 
and beautify means of transportation, buildings and other 
infrastructure
Our community engagement efforts protect and beautify community spaces and infrastructure 
around the world. 
Goal: Invest at least $10 million by 2025 through the PPG Colorful Communities initiative
Read more in our Products Overview and Community Engagement sections of this report.
Improve efficiency of production processes: Increase 
our efficiency, and enable resource efficiencies for our 
customers in other industries
Efficiency of our operations is paramount for PPG, and we are always looking for resource 
efficiency opportunities. 
Goal: 25% reduction in total waste disposal intensity by 2025 from a 2017 baseline
Goal: Achieve zero landfill status from process waste at 35% of PPG manufacturing and research 
and development locations
Goal: 35% of PPG manufacturing and research and development locations by 2025
Read more in the Waste and Sustainably Advantaged Products sections of this report. 
Product stewardship: Improving product formulations and 
design to avoid negative environmental impacts
PPG’s Environment, Health and Safety Policy outlines our commitment to producing and 
distributing products in a responsible manner. 
Read more in the Product Stewardship section of this report.
Maintaining standards of ethical business conduct: 
requiring compliance with PPG’s high ethical standards
Our Global Code of Ethics sets out the ethical principles that apply to all PPG people. 
Learn more about our standards, for PPG operations and throughout our value chain, in the 
Governance Overview and Supplier Sustainability sections of this report.
Collaboration: Working with NGOs and other 
stakeholders to advance our management of 
topics relevant to each goal
We work with all of our stakeholders, both to understand how we can better contribute to reaching 
the SDGs and to support our stakeholders in their own efforts. Learn more in the Stakeholder 
Engagement section of this report.
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Stakeholder 
Engagement
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We actively engage with internal and external 
stakeholders to understand the most important 
issues impacting our company, industry and the 
communities where we operate. We consider a 
stakeholder to be any individual or entity who can 
affect or be affected by our actions, objectives and 
policies. 
Each of our locations, businesses and functions is 
expected to engage its stakeholders effectively and 
on an ongoing basis. In this section, we explain how 
we establish and maintain productive relationships 
with our key stakeholder groups, and the key 
engagement topics.
PPG Engagement Strategy
Stakeholder Group: Employees
Typical engagement activities:
•	 Company wide CEO, business unit and site 
specific employee town hall meetings
•	 Video and email messages and informal 
question-and-answer sessions with leaders 
•	 Daily intranet articles, employee magazines and 
regional publications
•	 Global employee engagement surveys and 
initiatives 
•	 Training and development programs 
•	 Human Resources Service Center
•	 Family-inclusive activities, such as open houses 
•	 Employee resource networks and diversity-focused 
engagement events
•	 Connections with employees through social 
media channels
•	 Wellness programs
•	 Dispute-resolution programs
•	 Open-door programs
•	 Collective bargaining 
•	 Ethics helpline
•	 Quality programs 
•	 Recognition events
Stakeholder Group: Customers
Typical engagement activities:
•	 Ongoing relationship building 
•	 Strategic account management interaction 
•	 Trade shows and online events
•	 Connections and updates through social 
media channels
•	 Industry gatherings
•	 Technical and application support 
•	 Training sessions and workshops 
•	 Company-owned stores
•	 Broad distribution channels 
•	 Customer service call centers
•	 Advertising and marketing communications
Stakeholder Group: Suppliers
Typical engagement activities:
•	 One-on-one meetings
•	 Connections and updates through social media 
channels
•	 Industry and trade group involvement
•	 PPG Supplier Network
•	 Corrective Action Incident Reporting quality 
communication
•	 Supplier Sustainability Policy
•	 Global Supplier Code of Conduct
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Stakeholder Group: Investors and analysts
Typical engagement activities:
•	 Quarterly earnings announcements, conference 
calls and presentation materials
•	 News releases and U.S. SEC filings
•	 Annual Report and overview presentations
•	 Annual meeting of shareholders
•	 PPG Industry Deep Dive Presentation
•	 Presentations by PPG executives at financial and 
industry conferences
•	 One-on-one meetings 
•	 PPG Investor Center
•	 Annual publication of detailed information about our 
corporate governance and executive compensation 
program in our Proxy Statement
•	 Annual ESG outreach meetings with investors 
•	 Annual publication of ESG Report
Stakeholder Group: Government
Typical engagement activities:
•	 Activities reported to select federal agencies
•	 Visits with elected officials and agencies and 
international government officials
•	 PPG’s employee political action committee (PAC)
•	 Government affairs website
•	 Industry and trade association involvement
•	 Plant tours and site visits for government officials
Stakeholder Group: Philanthropies, nonprofits 
and nongovernmental organizations
Typical engagement activities:
•	 PPG Colorful Communities Program
•	 PPG Foundation grants and charitable donations
•	 Employee volunteering and giving programs
•	 Global giving programs (Asia Pacific; Europe, 
Middle East and Africa; and Latin America)
•	 China corporate social responsibility committee 
and program
•	 Canadian charitable contributions and employee 
programs
•	 Disaster response
•	 One-on-one meetings and site visits 
•	 Sponsorships
•	 News releases and earned media coverage 
•	 Family programs
Stakeholder Group: Residents of communities 
where PPG operates
Typical Engagement Activities
•	 PPG Colorful Communities program 
•	 Charitable giving programs
•	 Site visits by community emergency services 
•	 Local sponsorships
•	 Public education support and interaction 
•	 Community boards
•	 Open houses
•	 Community meetings and events 
•	 Community volunteerism 
•	 Community steering committees 
•	 Local media relations
•	 Industrial park membership 
•	 Community advisory panels 
•	 Hazardous waste collection events 
•	 Chamber of commerce memberships
•	 State or city industrial association memberships
•	 Permit hearings
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Key topics raised 2022
Stakeholder Group
Topics
Response
Employees
Attracting and retaining talent
We continue to invest in learning and leadership development to give our employees the knowledge and tools to be 
engaged at every stage of their careers. Learn more in the People Overview, Learning and Leadership Development 
and Engagement sections.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I)
Our DE&I vision, structure and commitments guide our DE&I focus across the company. We continue to make 
progress against our goals and disclose comprehensive diversity data about our workforce. Learn more in the 
Diversity, equity and inclusion section.
Safety and health
The safety and health of our employees is our most important core value. We are creating a global culture of safety 
and health, where our people and their families can prioritize mental and physical well-being. Learn more in the 
Safety and Health and Wellness sections.
Customers
Decarbonizing PPG operations, supply chain and customer emissions
While we’ve had an ongoing focus and goals for emission reduction in scope 1 and 2, in early 2022, we furthered 
our efforts and committed to setting near-term company-wide emission reductions targets through the Science 
Based Target initiative (SBTi). We have submitted targets to the SBTi for approval, which cover our direct (scope 1), 
indirect (scope 2) and value chain (scope 3) emissions. Learn more in the Emissions section.
Sustainability across the value chain
We expect our suppliers and their subcontractors to fully comply with all applicable laws and to adhere
to internationally recognized environmental, social and governance criteria. Learn more in the
Supplier Sustainability section.
Environmental impacts
We take a multifaceted approach to product stewardship that covers each stage of the product lifecycle: product 
development, manufacturing, distribution and customer use and disposal. By the end of 2022, we had a total of
180 scorecards tracking 253  substances of interest. Our restricted substances list  includes 1,147 substances
that are restricted for all uses, and 390 substances that are restricted for specific uses. Learn more in the
Product Stewardship section.
We are having continued discussions with raw material suppliers to identify potential high carbon emitting raw 
materials, partnering with these suppliers to identify more sustainable options.
Shareholders
Shareholder returns
Despite the challenges presented throughout 2022, our net sales totaled approximately $17.7 billion. We continued 
our legacy of returning cash to shareholders by extending our consecutive annual dividend payments to 123 years, 
including raising our annual dividend payout for the 51st successive year. Learn more in the About PPG section.
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Stakeholder Group
Topics
Response
Shareholders
ESG and sustainability progress
We look to our ESG and sustainability strategy to create value for PPG in the long term. We develop innovative, 
sustainably advantaged products and solutions that support our stakeholders in reaching their own environmental 
and social goals. Our progress is supported by our high standards of integrity and professional conduct.
Learn more in the 2022 Progress, Product Overview, Community Engagement and Governance sections.
Climate-related risks, building resilience in physical assets
In early 2022, we committed to setting near-term company-wide emission reductions targets through the Science 
Based Target initiative (SBTi) We have submitted targets to the SBTi for approval, which cover our direct (scope 1), 
indirect (scope 2) and value chain (scope 3) emissions. Learn more in the Emissions section.
In 2021, we conducted a climate scenario analysis to evaluate transitional and physical climate-related risks and 
opportunities. We have continued to expand our analysis of climate-related risks over the last year. To address 
climate risks, we maintain systematic business continuity planning and crisis management processes. Learn more 
in the Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities section.
Suppliers
Continuation of operations, raw material supplies, health and safety
A number of global suppliers were impacted by the weather events in February 2021 and subsequent loss of
energy supplies in Texas and other southern U.S. states. PPG continues to take an aggressive approach to
securing materials and carriers to minimize the impact to our customers.
Throughout the ongoing pandemic, we have enacted and adjusted protocols to protect our people, attract and 
retain talent and manage our business in this new environment. Learn more in the Safety and Health and People 
sections.
ESG and sustainability progress
PPG works with our suppliers around the world to encourage sustainability as a core value, aligned to our
high standards of integrity and professional conduct. Anything specific to scope 3 Learn more in the
Supplier Sustainability section.
Communities
Giving in priority areas: Education, community sustainability, employee 
engagement, and diversity, equity and inclusion
We amplify the unique talents of our employees and the financial contributions from PPG and the PPG Foundation 
to reach our global communities – helping students connect with STEM education and advanced learning,
transforming communities with bright colors and addressing evolving, essential needs around the world.
Learn more in the Community Engagement section.
Government Agencies
Product stewardship
In compliance with all legal and ethical procedures, our Government Affairs team works closely with
government stakeholders at the local, state, federal and international level to discuss environmental
stewardship, sustainability, transportation, infrastructure, energy and environment related issues. Learn
more on the following pages and in the Product Stewardship section.
European Union Green Deal (EUGD)
The EUGD includes a broad range of policies that will help to aid in the transformation of the EU’s economy to be 
more modern, resource efficient and competitive, with the ultimate goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2050. 
PPG created its EU Green Deal Committee comprised of cross-functional experts who will evaluate and ultimately 
respond to forthcoming policies and regulations. The team is monitoring more than 100 policies and evaluating 
in detail more than 24 policies, including those on energy, circularity,​ the use of certain substances like biocides, 
chemicals of concern and more. The EUGD impacts business in the EU and its member states, but is also
projected to have global impact.
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We take reports of potential off-site impacts from 
our operations very seriously, so after receiving 
odor reports from the community near our East 
Point, Georgia, Architectural Coatings facility, PPG 
took action. We moved quickly to understand 
the source of the odors and implement control 
measures.
A primary concern was the welfare of the 
community, so we commissioned a health 
risk assessment that enabled environmental 
professionals to evaluate air emissions from 
the facility. This risk assessment concluded 
that emissions from the East Point plant did 
not pose a concern of adverse health effects 
to the community or its residents. As the risk 
assessment was ongoing, we also worked with 
an external expert to study the potential causes 
of odors reported by the community. As part of 
this study, we developed a process for receiving 
and monitoring for community feedback, which 
allowed us to analyze the time and location 
each complaint for comparison against the 
plant’s processes and production schedules, as 
well as and meteorological conditions, to fully 
understand the source of the odors. We kept the 
community updated on our findings, and hosted 
community roundtable discussions to ensure 
transparency.
Based on the outcomes of these studies, PPG 
invested $500,000 in structural and process 
changes at the facility, which were successfully 
implemented in 2022. As a result, we’ve seen a 
decrease in community odor reports.
Working with our stakeholders in East Point, Georgia
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Industry and other associations
We actively work with the following industry 
associations by maintaining board and other 
leadership positions:
•	 American Chemistry Council (ACC)
•	 American Coatings Association (ACA) (Michael 
McGarry, PPG executive chairman and former CEO, 
served as Chair from April 2020 to April 2022)
•	 Ethics & Compliance Officers Association 
European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and 
Artists’ Colours Industry (CEPE) (Roald Johannsen, 
PPG vice president, Automotive OEM Coatings, 
serves as Chair until September 2024)
•	 Fédération des industries des peintures, encres, 
couleurs, colles et adhesives (FIPEC)
•	 The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
As members of these trade associations, PPG is 
an active participant in various environmental and 
sustainability committees within ACA and ACC.
We report sustainability metrics for some PPG 
businesses to ACC on a regular basis. These metrics 
are used to validate ACC’s sustainability metrics 
development effort under Responsible Care®, 
and to help the industry identify thematic risks or 
opportunities to consider.
In addition, we are an active participant in the 
RESPONSIBLE CARE® and COATINGS CARE® 
initiatives.
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We also have employees that belong to and actively 
engage with the following associations, which help 
companies collaborate and share best practices 
across industries:
•	 The World 50 Sustainability 50
•	 The Conference Board
•	 Green Chemistry Council
Political Contributions
We do not make any political contributions as a 
company to political parties or candidates.
In the United States, our employees have formed a 
political action committee (PAC). Under the umbrella 
of this independent, voluntary, registered committee, 
employees collect donations to politicians, political 
parties and associations and make decisions as 
to how the funds will be used. The PAC Executive 
Committee has broad employee representation and 
approves all political contributions made on behalf of 
the PAC. The PAC is governed by a series of internal 
policies and adheres to a strict set of by-laws.
In 2022, total PAC contributions totaled $124,600 to 
local, state and federal candidates for elected office 
representing the Republican and Democratic political 
parties.
Our PPG PAC contributions included those made to 
individual candidate political campaigns as well at 
other business PACs including our trade associations. 
There was no spending on ballot measures or 
referendums. The PPG PAC participates in political 
engagement on a case-by-case basis, guided by 
the key issues important to PPG PAC members. 
These issues include DE&I, energy and environment, 
infrastructure, regulatory reform, tax and budget, 
technology, and trade.
Political contribution receipts and disbursements are 
reported in detail and disclosed publicly on the U.S. 
Federal Elections Commission website.
A political contributions overview and more 
information on political activities is provided on the 
PAC website and our Government Affairs website. 
The largest public policy advocacy issues for the PAC 
in 2022 included infrastructure investment, tax and 
trade.
Advocacy
We engage with customers, nongovernmental 
organizations, government agencies and other 
stakeholders to ensure that we understand their 
requirements and they, in return, understand our 
position and requirements for efficient and sustainable 
business operations. As an example, we advocate for 
education and availability of clean energy. In 2022, PPG 
was a member of the steering committee and sponsor 
of the Clean Energy Action Forum held in Pittsburgh — 
our headquarters community.
Our advocacy efforts are global and encompass 
regulatory matters related to environment, health, 
safety and product stewardship. Our Regulatory 
and Emerging Issues Process helps our businesses 
track emerging issues and identify opportunities for 
advocacy based on risk and financial impact. We work 
closely with our businesses and technical community 
to ensure strong two-way communications and 
engagement as advocacy issues develop.
The PPG Advocacy Steering Committee works to 
promote alignment among our businesses and to 
provide direction on engagement. The committee 
meets routinely to monitor the progress of current 
advocacy efforts and review new initiatives. Though 
there are numerous chemical specific advocacy efforts 
underway, the following principles are applied to keep 
our messaging consistent: 
•	 Sound science
•	 Risk-based approach
•	 Practical solutions
We continue to engage with the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) on matters related to TSCA 
implementation under the Lautenberg amendments, 
such as workplace chemicals management and 
risk assessment. In Europe, we are closely following 
the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability under the 
EU Green Deal to ensure we provide comments 
to advocate for risk-based, sustainable solutions 
supported by sound science. In other parts of the 
world, such as Latin America, we are advocating for 
a risk-based chemicals management strategy as 
countries prepare chemical inventories.
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Previous
Reports
2020 
Sustainability 
Report 
2021 
Diversity, Equity 
and Inclusion 
Report
2021 
ESG 
Report
2022 
Annual Report 
& Form 10K
2019
Sustainability 
Report 
2016
Sustainability 
Report 
2015 
Sustainability 
Report 
2012
Sustainability 
Report 
2011
Sustainability 
Report 
2018
Sustainability 
Report 
2014 
Sustainability 
Report 
2010
Sustainability 
Report 
2017
Sustainability 
Report 
2013 
Sustainability 
Report 
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2015 
Executive 
Summary
2014 
Executive 
Summary

Previous
Reports
2008
Sustainability 
Report 
2009
Sustainability 
Report 
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Forward-Looking 
Statements
This ESG Report contains forward-looking statements 
that reflect PPG’s current views with respect to future 
events and financial performance. These statements 
involve risks and uncertainties. You can identify 
forward-looking statements by the fact that they do 
not relate strictly to current or historic facts. Forward 
looking statements are identified by the use of the 
words “aim,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” 
“estimate,” “project,” “outlook,” “forecast” and other 
expressions that indicate future events and trends. 
Many factors could cause actual results to differ 
materially from PPG’s forward-looking statements. 
Many factors could cause actual events to differ 
materially from PPG’s forward-looking statements.  
Such factors include statements related to the 
expected effects on our business of COVID-19, 
geopolitical events, global economic conditions, 
increasing price and product competition by our 
competitors, fluctuations in cost and availability of 
raw materials, energy, labor and logistics, the ability to 
achieve selling price increases, the ability to recover 
margins, customer and PPG inventory levels, our 
ability to maintain favorable supplier relationships 
and arrangements, the timing of and the realization 
of anticipated cost savings from restructuring 
initiatives, the ability to identify additional cost savings 
opportunities, the timing and expected benefits of 
our acquisitions, difficulties in integrating acquired 
businesses and achieving expected synergies 
therefrom, economic and political conditions in the 
markets we serve, the ability to penetrate existing, 
developing and emerging foreign and domestic 
markets, foreign exchange rates and fluctuations 
in such rates, fluctuations in tax rates, the impact 
of future legislation, the impact of environmental 
regulations, unexpected business disruptions, and 
the unpredictability of existing and possible future 
litigation. However, it is not possible to predict or 
identify all such factors. Unlisted factors may present 
significant additional obstacles to the realization of 
forward-looking statements. While the list of factors 
presented here is considered representative, not 
such list should be considered to be a complete 
statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. 
This ESG Report also includes forward-looking 
statements regarding our sustainability; safety and 
health; cybersecurity; culture; diversity, equity and 
inclusion; community engagement; and related goals, 
commitments and strategies.
Our actual future results, including the achievement 
of our targets, goals or commitments, could differ 
materially from our projected results as the result of 
changes in circumstances, assumptions not being 
realized, or other risks, uncertainties and factors.
Consequences of material differences in the results 
compared with those anticipated in the forward 
looking statements could include, among other 
things, lower sales or income, business disruption, 
operational problems, financial loss, reputational 
harm, legal liability to third parties, other factors set 
forth in the Risk Factors sections of our most recently 
filed periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, 
any of which could have a material adverse effect 
on PPG’s consolidated financial condition, results of 
operations or liquidity. Any forward-looking statement 
speaks only as of the date on which such statement 
is made, and PPG undertakes no obligation to update 
any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of 
new information, future events or otherwise. You are 
advised, however, to consult any further disclosures 
we make on related subjects in our reports to the 
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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