PPG Reports Progress
Toward Sustainability Goals
PPG Industries recently outlined its progress toward the company’s 2020 sustainability goals in its 2013 Corporate
Sustainability Report, which is now available online at www.ppg.com/csr.
In 2013, the company increased ener-
gy efficiency; improved employee safety,
health and well-being; and strengthened
its pipeline of sustainable new products.
Highlights of the company’s progress last
year include:
•Achieved one of the lowest injury
and illness rates in company history,
decreasing the rate by 12 percent;
• Significantly reduced energy intensity and greenhouse-gas-emissions
intensity due to initiatives including
the separation of its former commodity chemicals;
• Reduced air emissions, water consumption and water discharge;
• Achieved 21 percent of sales from
sustainable products;
• Implemented wellness programs in
more than 115 PPG manufacturing
sites around the world;
• Increased engagement initiatives in
PPG communities; and
• Distributed more than $5.3 million
in charitable funds globally.
“PPG’s values and history of sustainable business practices are reflected in
our actions and embedded in the guiding principles that shape the company’s
commitments to customers, employees,
shareholders, neighbors and suppliers,”
said Jane Valenta, PPG vice president of
environment, health and safety. “Through
the efforts of our employees globally, PPG
today is a stronger, more sustainable business that is positioned to deliver increased
value for all stakeholders.”
BASF Wins 2014 Automotive
News PACE Award
BASF was named a 2014 Automotive
News Premier Automotive Suppliers’
Contribution to Excellence (PACE)
Award winner in the product category
for the Ultramid A3L polyamide resin.
The mold-in-color high touch, high gloss
black product was used on Ford interior
door switch bezels. The award recognizes
automotive suppliers for superior inno-
vation, technological advancement and
business performance.
BASF won in the product category,
which recognizes innovations in new
products, components or systems that
have significant market impact and act
as “game changers” in the automotive
industry. The specially formulated resin
BASF created to achieve the mold-in-col-
or, high gloss application uses Ultramid
polyamide and enables the elimination of
surface finishes on interior trim. The in-
novation is a first for the industry, result-
ing in fewer production steps and interior
components that demonstrate excellent
scratch and mar resistance, plus high col-
or, gloss and depth-of-image appearance.
The 20th annual PACE Awards were
presented by Automotive News, Ernst &
Young and the Transportation Research
Center Inc. (TRC Inc.) The competi-
tion is open to suppliers who contribute
products, processes, materials or services
directly to the manufacture of cars or
trucks. BASF earned the PACE Award
following an extensive review by an inde-
pendent panel of judges. CW
Index to Companies
This index gives the starting page for a department or feature with a significant reference to a manufacturer of paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants
Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.
AkzoNobel........................................................................................... 10, 20, 26
Axalta Coating Systems............................................................................. 10, 20
BASF ................................................................................................8, 10, 24, 42
PPG..................................................................................................8, 18, 26, 30
Nippon............................................................................................................ 10
Renner Coatings.............................................................................................. 22
Sherwin-Williams ...................................................................................... 18, 26
Tikkurila ......................................................................................................... 18
