• Created the new position and appointed our first Vice President of Global Sustainability and developed a dedicated sustainability team;
• Established a framework of oversight responsibility for all major elements of our ESG efforts by our Board and its committees;
• Refocused and renamed our Technology and Environment Committee as the Sustainability and Innovation Committee, with a key focus on tracking our sustainability progress and evaluating climate risks and opportunities;

• Integrated the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Framework into our business strategic planning process in order to better understand our risks and opportunities; and
• Established groundwork to define and quantify our scope 3 emissions in order to establish Science-Based Targets aligned with the Paris Agreement.

One example of our commitment to environmental sustainability is PPG’s Carrollton, Texas facility, which has partnered with Constellation, a leading energy solutions provider, to power its paint manufacturing operations with clean, renewable energy from the 200 megawatt Big Star Solar Project. Through a 10-year agreement, PPG will procure approximately 4.6 million kilowatt hours of energy per year from Big Star, avoiding more than 3,200 metric tons of carbon emissions annually, the equivalent of taking more than 700 cars off the road according to U.S. EPA estimates.

Furthermore, PPG worked alongside an energy company to develop a combined heat and power plant that launched in 2021 to support its automotive and industrial coatings manufacturing facilities in Caivano and Quattordio, Italy. Through the partnership, the cogeneration plant burns natural gas to produce electricity then recaptures the heat that is often lost in conventional power generation facilities. That heat is then transmitted to the PPG plant through a system that connects the two facilities, resulting in a 15% reduction in carbon emissions.

In addition to our operations and our customers’ operations, PPG recognizes its role in minimizing the environmental impact of our products throughout their entire life cycle. Our Product Stewardship Management System and an updated sustainable product assessment process are the bedrocks of our process.

To ensure sustainable business practices, the management system covers the full scope of the product life cycle – from material sourcing to product development and application, including hazard communication and chemical regulatory compliance, safe transport of dangerous goods and customer response to end-of-life requirements.