Data Highlights
Overview of PPG’s economic, environmental and social impact
Data Highlights |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
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Economic |
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Net sales from continuing operations (millions) |
$14,270 | $14,748 | $15,374 | $15,146 | $13,834 |
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Net income from continuing operations (millions) |
$543 | $1,369 | $1,323 | $1,243 | $1,056 |
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Adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations |
$5.64 | $5.86 | $5.92 | $6.22 | $4.44 |
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Dividends per share |
$1.56 | $1.70 | $1.86 | $1.98 | $2.10 |
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Environmental1 |
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Percent of sales from sustainably advantaged products |
31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 35 |
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Total waste disposed (thousand metric tons) |
209.54 | 146.94 | 140.88 | 106.59 | 85.45 |
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Waste disposal intensity (metric tons per 100 metric tons of production) |
4.16 | 3.52 | 3.35 | 2.68 | 2.33 |
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Hazardous waste generated (thousand metric tons) |
101.01 | 110.26 | 111.96 | 105.20 | 87.89 |
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Recycled or recovered hazardous waste (percent) |
51 | 49 | 48 | 46 | 50 |
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Non-hazardous waste generated (thousand metric tons) |
213.40 | 115.65 | 107.70 | 73.69 | 62.05 |
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Recycled or recovered non-hazardous waste (percent) |
25 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 33 |
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Water withdrawn (million cubic meters) |
19.4 | 19.3 | 18.34 | 17.94 | 14.5 |
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Net water consumption (million cubic meters) |
7.96 | 11.1 | 9.65 | 9.99 | 7.13 |
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Water intensity (cubic meters per metric ton of production) |
3.85 | 4.62 | 4.36 | 4.51 | 3.95 |
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Energy consumption (million gigajoules) |
23.11 | 13.23 | 13.4 | 12.72 | 10.45 |
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Total energy intensity (gigajoules per metric ton of production) |
4.59 | 3.17 | 3.18 | 3.2 | 2.84 |
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Direct energy intensity (gigajoules per metric ton of production) |
3.07 | 1.86 | 1.89 | 1.88 | 1.65 |
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Indirect energy intensity (gigajoules per metric ton of production) |
1.52 | 1.31 | 1.29 | 1.32 | 1.2 |
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Total greenhouse gas emissions (million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents) |
1.85 | 1 | 0.98 | 0.92 | 0.76 |
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Total greenhouse gas emissions intensity (metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production) |
0.37 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.21 |
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Direct (Scope 1) greenhouse gas emissions intensity (metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production) |
0.18 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.08 |
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Indirect (Scope 2) greenhouse gas emissions intensity (metric tons of emissions per metric ton of production) |
0.19 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 |
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Spills and releases rate (total spills and releases per 1,000 employees) |
1.48 | 1.84 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.24 |
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Social |
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Total employees |
47,000 | 47,200 | 47,300 | 47,600 | 46,900 |
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Fatalities |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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PPG injury and illness rate |
0.31 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.3 | 0.23 |
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Sites implementing a wellness program (percent of sites with 50 or more employees) |
73 | 70 | 58 | 70 | 70 |
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Charitable contributions (millions) |
$9.80 | $10.50 | $9.10 | $11.80 | $13.00 |
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Sites implementing the PPG Community Engagement Framework (percent) |
70 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 80 |
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Employee volunteer hours2 |
8,577 | 17,000 | 24,802 | 36,000 | 3,587 |
1 Environmental data changes from prior reporting reflect adjustments for acquired and divested locations from the 2017 baseline onward. Energy data also includes adjustments for closed locations.
2 Volunteer hours for 2016 through 2018 are for our COLORFUL COMMUNITIES® program only. Data for 2019 and 2020 is for the Colorful Communities program and Charity Partner program in Europe, Middle East and Africa.