PPG Industries Corporate Sustainability Report - 2008

2008 Corporate
Sustainability Report

Table of Contents
A Message from the Chairman .................................. 4

Company Profile ........................................................ 5

Ethics and Compliance .............................................. 8

Corporate Governance ............................................ 10

Business Performance .............................................. 12

Energy and the Environment ..................................... 15

Employees and the Workplace ................................. 22

Community Involvement and Social Performance ..... 26

Awards and Recognition ........................................... 30

Scope of Report ....................................................... 31

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Conservation, Education and Wings of Wonder
Each year, monarch butterflies make the journey from Canada Today, PPG’s participation in
and the United States to Mexico, where they spend the winter the Wings of Wonder program
months. This remarkable annual migration has presented serves as a link between
PPG Industries and the communities in which it operates with students in both countries.
a unique opportunity to help safeguard natural habitats and, Students communicate
at the same time, provide young students with a hands-on regularly as they share their
educational experience. observations and discoveries.
PPG’s efforts have helped
Since 1994, PPG has partnered with the Wildlife Habitat establish and maintain a valuable
Council to promote environmental stewardship through outdoor classroom integrated into
habitat conservation and development on company-owned the educational curriculum in
properties. PPG and the council have created Certified Wildlife both communities.
Habitats at five PPG facilities in the United States, Canada, and
Mexico. Through the Wings of Wonder program of the WHC,
PPG employees have devoted hundreds of volunteer hours to
construct butterfly gardens and teach school children about
butterfly ecology, migration, and the importance of pollination
to agricultural development and conservation.

PPG’s Monroeville, Pa., USA, Chemicals Center and its San
Juan del Rio, Mexico, automotive coatings plant both involve
local schools in the study of butterflies’ life cycles. Teachers
from the Monroeville area have visited the monarch butterfly
reserves in Mexico and explored the biodiversity of pollinators
such as moths, bees, hummingbirds and even fruit bats.
Educators have met with PPG employees in San Juan del Rio to
share their experience in creating and preserving the butterflies’
habitat. The PPG volunteers have in turn helped local teachers
create a meadow at the company’s facility to serve as an
outdoor classroom and research venue.


A Message from the Chairman
For more than 125 years, PPG Industries has grown and thrived by making sound business decisions. With the intent of
ensuring the company’s long-term viability and success, these decisions have also been made with the best interests of
people, profitability and the planet in mind.

Now, with the publication of PPG’s first corporate sustainability report, it is our intention to paint a clear picture of who we
are, what we believe, and how we conduct our business. And while this is our first report, I think you’ll see that PPG is
no stranger to the concepts of sustainable business practices. In fact, I would submit to you that sustainability has been
an underlying principle for all of PPG’s actions since its founding in 1883. More importantly, I believe that this report will
demonstrate just how strongly the company’s ethics and values influence the smart choices PPG makes every day.

So, what is PPG’s approach to sustainability? For us, it has two elements. Sustainability is first and foremost about being
a successful business. We do what we do in order to ensure the success and lasting presence of our company for the
benefit of our customers, our suppliers, our shareholders, our employees and our neighbors. But, we also act in a way
that not coincidentally helps to ensure the life and resilience of our economies, our environment and our society.
We believe that these two views of sustainability – sustaining PPG and sustaining the world – are not mutually
exclusive, but are very compatible.

In this report, you’ll read about the steps we’ve taken to transform our company from
a North American-centric commodity materials manufacturer to the leading global
coatings and specialty products provider. This extends beyond just making products.
You’ll see how PPG’s innovations are helping to address some of the world’s most
pressing problems related to energy, the environment, security and other issues.
You’ll read about our performance with regard to the environment and energy,
some of the ambitious goals we’ve set, and our progress toward meeting them.
Lastly, you’ll read about our commitment to society and the people who
make it so diverse and vibrant. And, you’ll learn how PPG is giving back
to our communities.

It is our intent to issue this report every two years. And, it is my personal
hope that this report serves not as a static document, but as an invitation
to a dialogue:

• A dialogue with customers about innovation and partnership,

• A dialogue with employees and potential employees
about the opportunities that exist in working at PPG,

• A dialogue with shareholders about the continued strength
of our business performance,

• And a dialogue with residents of communities where
we have operations about ways that PPG can continue
to be an employer and neighbor of choice.

Ultimately, if we are successful in establishing and maintaining these
exchanges of ideas, it will be not only PPG, but all of us, that benefit.

Sincerely,

Charles E. Bunch
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer


2008 Segment Net Sales
Company Profile
About Us
PPG Industries, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
USA, is a global supplier of paints, coatings, optical
products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass and fiber
glass. Sales in 2008 were $15.8 billion. The company
has more than 140 manufacturing facilities and equity
affiliates and operates in more than 60 countries around
the globe. At the end of 2008, PPG employed more than
42,800 people across the world. PPG employees and Performance Coatings (30%)
retirees own about 8 percent of the firm’s outstanding
Industrial Coatings (25%)
stock. As owner-operators, PPG’s people share a deep
sense of pride and a firm commitment to their company. Architectural Coatings EMEA (14%)
PPG is a publicly owned company, with shares traded on Optical & Specialty Materials (7%)
the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PPG).
Commodity Chemicals (12%)
Glass (12%)
NOTE: Glass figures include Automotive Glass & Services business through Sept. 30, 2008.

PPG’s Reportable Segments
PERFORMANCE COATINGS ARChITECTURAL COATINGS – EMEA
AEROSPACE. Leading supplier of sealants, coatings, maintenance ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS – EMEA
chemicals, transparencies and application systems, serving original (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Supplier of market-
equipment manufacturers and maintenance providers for the leading paint brands such as Sigma Coatings, Seigneurie,
commercial, military, regional jet and general aviation industries, Johnstone’s, Trilak, Primalex and Dekoral for the trade and
and transparent armor for military land vehicles. retail markets.
ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS – AMERICAS AND ASIA/PACIFIC.
Produces paints, stains and specialty coatings for the commercial,
OPTICAL AND SPECIALTY MATERIALS
maintenance and residential markets under brands such as OPTICAL PRODUCTS. Produces optical monomers, including
Pittsburgh, Olympic, Taubmans and Ivy. CR-39 and Trivex lens materials, photochromic dyes, Transitions
photochromic ophthalmic plastic lenses, NXT high-performance
AUTOMOTIVE REFINISH. Produces and markets a full line of sunlenses and polarized film.
coatings products and related services for automotive and commercial
SILICAS. Produces amorphous precipitated silicas for tire,
transport/fleet repair and refurbishing, light industrial coatings and
battery separator and other end-use applications and Teslin
specialty coatings for signs. Also manages premier CertifiedFirst substrate used in applications such as radio frequency
collision-shop alliance. identification (RFID) tags and labels, e-passports, driver’s
PROTECTIVE AND MARINE COATINGS. Leading supplier of licenses and identification cards.
corrosion-resistant, appearance-enhancing coatings for the marine,
infrastructure, petrochemical, offshore and power industries. Produces COMMODITY ChEMICALS
the Amercoat, Freitag, PPG High Performance Coatings and Sigma CHLOR-ALKALI AND DERIVATIVES. Producer of
Coatings brands. chlorine, caustic soda and related chemicals for use in
chemical manufacturing, pulp and paper production, water
INDUSTRIAL COATINGS treatment, plastics production, agricultural products and
AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS. Supplier of automotive coatings many other applications.
and services to auto and truck manufacturers. Products include
electrocoats, primer surfacers, base coats, clearcoats, bedliners, GLASS
pretreatment chemicals, adhesives and sealants. FIBER GLASS. Manufacturer of fiber glass reinforcement
INDUSTRIAL COATINGS. Produces coatings for appliances, materials for thermoset and thermoplastic composite applications,
agricultural and construction equipment, consumer products, serving markets such as wind energy, energy infrastructure and
electronics, automotive parts, residential and commercial construction, transportation. Produces fiber glass yarns for electronic printed
wood flooring, kitchen cabinets and other finished products. circuit boards and other specialty applications.

PACKAGING COATINGS. Supplier of coatings, inks, compounds, PERFORMANCE GLAZINGS. Produces glass that is fabricated
pretreatment chemicals and lubricants for metal, glass and plastic into products primarily for commercial construction and residential
containers for the beverage, food, general line and specialty markets, as well as solar photovoltaic panels and concentrated
packaging industries. solar panels.


Performance Coatings Industrial Coatings

Our Vision Our Objectives
• To continue to be the leading coatings and specialty Fundamental to our success is our ability to implement
products company breakthrough initiatives to solve problems, achieve
• To be true to our values and ethics operational excellence and maintain the lowest cost
• To grow by being an integrated, market oriented enterprise position in the supply chain.
• To achieve consistent sales and earnings growth
• To provide superior shareholder returns • Be the top-ranked supplier to our customers
• Grow our earnings per share by 10% per year
Our Values • Achieve an average return on capital (ROC) of 15%
Fundamental to who we are is an unwavering commitment • Attain 30% of sales from products that are 4 years old or less
to high ethical standards and integrity. We implement • Increase output per employee by at least 5% per year
our strategies across all levels of the organization in an
uncompromising, ethical manner.

Mark Smith, a welder
• Dedication to the customer - We are in business to
from PPG’s Lake
serve customers. We focus on our markets and dedicate
Charles, La., USA,
ourselves to meeting the products and services needs
chemical plant is
of our customers.
the company’s first
• Respect for the dignity, rights and contributions of
winner of the PPG
employees - We operate safe, healthful and harassment-
Environmental Health
free workplaces that value diversity, promote teamwork
and Safety (EHS) Gold
and reward performance. We develop our people through
Award. Smith was on
continuous learning, creating an environment where
the PPG team that
opinions are expressed and respected.
developed procedures
• Recognition of the concerns and needs of society -
for “hot tapping”
PPG recognizes its responsibility to preserve and protect
chlorine tank cars
the global environment in which the company operates.
involved in accidents,
To this end, we run our businesses using sound
so their contents can
environment, health, safety and product stewardship
be safely offloaded
practices while providing product solutions that reduce
before they vaporize
energy consumption and minimize environmental
into the air.
impact. We communicate with the public, participate in
governmental processes, and support local communities.
• Value of supply chain relationships - We leverage
supplier competencies and develop relationships that
focus on mutual, continuous improvement and a shared
responsibility to meet our customer requirements.
• Responsibility to shareholders - We are a
performance-focused company committed to the
stewardship of the corporation and to delivering
returns to PPG’s owners.


Architectural Coatings – EMEA Optical and Specialty Materials Commodity Chemicals Glass

Engaging Stakeholders
As PPG strives to continually improve its sustainable practices,
open communication and cooperation with its stakeholders is
critical at all levels. While the company does not maintain a
formal process for identifying stakeholders, PPG determines those
entities involved and affected by its operations through the normal
course of its business. PPG engages its stakeholders, which
include customers, prospects, the communities and governments
in which it operates, shareholders, financial analysts, and
employees in a variety of ways.

Individual business units coordinate engagement with their
customers and prospects. PPG’s businesses provide extensive
information about their products, including safe handling practices
outlined in safety data sheets and labels. The company also
provides training, where appropriate, and various systems to
address questions and concerns.

Business units also coordinate dialogue with citizens of
communities where PPG has operations. The company
communicates with relevant government officials through
managers at each local facility in addition to other levels
of the company including PPG’s leadership team and CEO.

Shareholders, investors and financial analysts are engaged
through PPG’s Proxy Statements, Annual Reports, other filings
and news releases. Shareholders can communicate with the
company’s directors and senior management about any issues
regarding PPG and the conduct of its business at PPG’s annual
meetings, or they may also send communications to the board Twice a year, PPG’s management holds a meeting and webcast
or the independent directors individually or as a group. to keep employees informed about the company’s performance.

To engage PPG employees, supervisors and managers
encourage their teams to raise issues and ask questions.
PPG’s CEO holds employee meetings and webcasts twice
a year, and quarterly employee meetings are encouraged
throughout the company. PPG also operates a Global Ethics
Hotline by which employees can communicate concerns,
ask questions, offer suggestions and share insights.

As PPG works to continually improve its processes for engaging
stakeholders, it is committed to exploring new ways of gathering
input and facilitating an open dialogue on issues of interest.

Ethics and Compliance
Since its founding in 1883, one of PPG’s most valuable assets has been its reputation for being an honest, fair and capable
company with which to do business. Over the course of its history, the company has demonstrated its ability to operate in a
clear, open and accountable manner by establishing policies that ensure integrity and fair business practices.

PPG’s Global Code of Ethics
In 1989, PPG established the Global Ethics and Compliance Each new PPG employee, no matter where in the world he or
Committee. Headed by the chairman and CEO, the committee she works, receives a copy of the PPG Global Code of Ethics.
was formed to set and review ethics-related policies and Currently published in 19 different languages, and available
practices within PPG. Soon after its formation, the committee both in printed form and on the Web, it provides an ethical
issued the PPG Global Code of Ethics, A Guide to Corporate framework upon which to base everyday decisions. Its four
Conduct, which sets forth the principles that apply to all PPG categories encompass the firm’s breadth of activities:
people, everywhere and in every circumstance.
• Relationships with customers, suppliers and competitors
While the committee and the code have both evolved over time, • Protection of corporate assets and preparing
the PPG Global Code of Ethics provides a clear unwavering set accurate financial statements
of standards for business conduct, underpinned by the following • Responsibilities to the public, public officials
commitments: and the environment
• As a global organization, respect for local customs
• To furnish goods and services that meet and laws
our customers’ and society’s needs
• To provide employees with a safe, healthy
and fulfilling work environment
• To afford our shareholders a superior return
on investment
• To contribute as a good corporate citizen to each
nation and community in which we operate


A Daily Focus on Ethics
Ethics at PPG go well beyond the text of the code alone; they
are a constant part of the conversation and culture within
the company. To stay current, PPG invests considerable time
and resources developing its own customized ethics training
program. Every employee at manager level or above is required
to complete ethics and compliance training, as is every
employee involved in purchasing, law or finance. Training for
current and potential corporate leaders often includes practice
scenarios for tackling key ethical dilemmas. Each year, an
estimated 14,500 PPG employees from around the world
participate in the company’s online ethics training program.

In addition, PPG encourages employees to ask legal or ethics-
related questions, in any language, through its “Ask the Experts”
feature on the company’s ethics intranet sites. PPG has
committed to providing a response to these questions within
two business days.

The PPG Ethics Hotline provides an important, toll-free vehicle by
which employees can report unethical, illegal, or questionable
business activity. The hotline is managed by independent, third-
party firms whose representatives are trained to listen carefully,
ask questions, and document the situation accurately – while
maintaining the employee’s anonymity. Each call is investigated
and brought to appropriate resolution. In the 10 years since
its institution, the Ethics Hotline has received more than 1,000
calls from employees.

As a global company, PPG expects its employees to follow local Each year, an estimated
laws while demonstrating the highest level of ethical compliance 14,500 PPG employees
at all times. Ethics compliance is also an immediate focal point from around the world
in integrating employees from newly acquired companies. For participate in the company’s
example, upon the completion of PPG’s acquisition of SigmaKalon, online ethics training program.
a worldwide coatings producer previously based in Uithoorn,
Netherlands, with manufacturing operations in Europe and
other countries around the world, all employees
received information on the company’s Code
of Ethics within days of joining PPG. Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers
PPG puts a special emphasis on promoting transparency in its reporting and
ethical conduct in financial management. The company requires the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or
controller, and/or other officials performing similar functions in every location to
adhere to a specific and additional Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers.
This code emphasizes compliance with regulations of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission; federal, state and local government laws applicable
to PPG; and the rules of other regulatory agencies. PPG prides itself on its
leadership in the area of financial ethics, as evidenced when there were no
substantial changes required to comply with the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, since the company already had similar financial reporting controls and
procedures in place.


Corporate Governance
PPG Industries is governed by a 10-member Board of Directors, nine of whom are not employees of the company.
Charles E. Bunch is both the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of PPG. The company’s Corporate
Governance Guidelines, which are published and available online, outline the structure of governance at the company.

PPG’s Board of Directors maintains four standing committees, each comprised of independent, non-employee members
of the board:

• The Audit Committee ensures the integrity of the • The Officers-Directors Compensation Committee
company’s financial statements and compliance with oversees compensation for executive officers and
legal and regulatory requirements, and it manages directors, and sets objectives for incentive-based
PPG’s internal and external auditors. compensation for executive officers.
• The Nominating and Governance Committee • The Technology and Environment Committee
oversees the composition of PPG’s Board of Directors assesses the company’s science and technology
by regularly reviewing membership and nominating capabilities and reviews environment, health, safety, and
prospective members. product stewardship policies, programs, and practices.

Board of Directors
Standing, from Hugh Grant Robert Ripp Charles E. Bunch Thomas J. Usher James G. Berges Martin H. Richenhagen Michele J. Hooper
left to right: Chairman, Lightpath Technologies, Chairman and Chief Executive Non-executive Chairman of the Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Chairman, President and Chief Managing Partner,
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer, and former Chairman and CEO, Officer, PPG Industries Board, Marathon Oil Corporation and retired President, Emerson Executive Officer, AGCO Corporation The Directors’ Council
Monsanto Company AMP Inc. Electric Co.
Officers–Directors Compensation Audit Committee; Technology and Audit Committee; Nominating
Nominating and Governance Audit Committee; Officers–Directors Committee; Technology and Audit Committee; Nominating Environment Committee and Governance Committee
Committee; Technology and Compensation Committee Environment Committee and Governance Committee
Environment Committee

Seated, from Victoria F. Haynes Robert Mehrabian David R. Whitwam
left to right: President and Chief Executive Chairman, President and CEO, Retired Chairman and CEO,
Officer, RTI International Teledyne Technologies Incorporated Whirlpool Corporation
Nominating and Governance Officers–Directors Compensation Nominating and Governance
Committee; Technology and Committee; Technology and Committee; Officers-Directors
Environment Committee Environment Committee Compensation Committee


Operating Committee
PPG’s senior management structure is separated into two functional groups:

• PPG’s Executive Committee is comprised of Charles E. Bunch, chairman • PPG’s Operating Committee is comprised of the three
of the board of directors and chief executive officer; James C. Diggs, senior members of the Executive Committee and 11 other
vice president, general counsel and secretary; and William H. Hernandez, executive leaders representing corporate staff functions
senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer. and various business segments across the company.

J. Rich Alexander Victoria M. Holt David B. Navikas William H. Hernandez Charles W. Wise James C. Diggs William A. Wulfsohn
Sr. Vice President, Sr. Vice President, Vice President Sr. Vice President, Finance, Vice President, Sr. Vice President, Sr. Vice President,
Performance Coatings Glass and Fiber Glass and Controller and Chief Financial Officer Human Resources General Counsel and Secretary Industrial Coatings

Charles E. Bunch Charles F. Kahle Richard C. Elias Kathleen A. McGuire Pierre-Marie De Leener Michael H. McGarry Aziz S. Giga
Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Sr. Vice President, Vice President, Sr. Vice President, Architectural Sr. Vice President, Vice President, Strategic Planning
Chief Executive Officer and Vice President, Research Optical and Specialty Materials Purchasing and Distribution Coatings EMEA, and Commodity Chemicals and Treasurer
& Development, Coatings President, PPG Europe


A Stronger, More Focused Portfolio
Business Performance
2008
TOTAL SALES
2008
TOTAL SALES
1997 12%
Since 1883, when PPG was founded as the Pittsburgh Plate 8%
1997
13%
Glass Co., the company has grown steadily. From what began 12%
42% 8%
8%
as a company with one location, one product line and a few 13%
36% 72%
hundred employees, PPG today is a global enterprise with 9%
42% 8%
36% 72%
operations in every part of the world, producing thousands of 51%
9% 80%
diverse products and employing thousands of people. Financial
51%
discipline and flexibility have long been PPG hallmarks. The 80%
Performance, Industrial & Architectural EMEA Coatings Glass
fact that PPG has rewarded its shareholders with uninterrupted Optical & Specialty Materials Commodity Chemicals
Performance, Industrial & Architectural EMEA Coatings Glass
annual dividends since 1899 is testament to the company’s NOTE: 2008 figures exclude Automotive Glass & Services business.
Optical & Specialty Materials Commodity Chemicals
successful business performance. 2008
A Broader Geographic Footprint
TOTAL SALES
2008
7%
1997
TOTAL SALES
9% 12%
3% 1997 7%

21% 9%
3%
12%
43%
67% 38%
21% 43%
67% 38%
Since the late 1990s, PPG has embarked on a transformation
from a North American-centric, chemical, coatings and glass United States Asia
company to the leading global coatings and specialty products Europe, Middle East & Africa Other Americas
company. Driven by organic growth, targeted acquisitions and United States Asia
Europe, Middle East & Africa Other Americas
divestitures, operational excellence, and a relentless pursuit of
innovation, PPG has more recently accelerated this reshaping, NOTE: 2008 figures exclude Automotive Glass & Services business.

which in turn has fueled its growth.
Focusing on Coatings
In 2008, PPG leveraged its global capabilities to generate In 1997, about 51 percent of PPG’s sales were attributable
solid earnings despite rapidly rising energy and raw material to the coatings and optical and specialty materials segments
costs and substantial demand declines brought on by the of the company. Today, those segments represent about
global economic downturn in the latter part of the year. This 80 percent of the company’s portfolio.
strong financial performance under intensely difficult market
conditions demonstrates the strength of PPG’s business In recent years, this shift has been accelerated by a series of
portfolio and the success of its strategic direction. acquisitions culminating in the 2008 acquisition of SigmaKalon,
a worldwide coatings producer previously based in Uithoorn,
Netherlands. This acquisition – PPG’s largest – extends the
PPG’s Strategy company’s presence in various end-use markets, and sharply
increases the proportion of sales coming from coatings. What’s
Accelerate profitable growth more, the acquisition was complementary to PPG’s existing
• Focus on coatings and specialty products coatings businesses in Europe. Put simply, SigmaKalon was strong
• Drive innovation and new technologies where PPG was not, and vice versa. Together, these businesses
• Expand presence in emerging regions and new markets provide PPG with a strong platform for future growth in coatings.
• Strengthen our portfolio of businesses
Another driver is the 2008 divestiture of a majority interest in
Enhance operational excellence PPG’s predominantly North American automotive glass and
• Strive for margin leadership services business to a new company. PPG holds a minority
• Leverage global capabilities ownership in the new company, Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC.
• Selectively invest for renewal
In addition, several smaller strategic acquisitions have helped
PPG become well-positioned to sustain its performance despite
individual end-use market weaknesses. In 2008, PPG made
various small yet strategic acquisitions, including Vanex, Inc.,
Former SigmaKalon headquarters
Bonny Refinish Coatings, and
BASF’s North American coil and
extrusion coatings business.

2008 Financial Highlights
Growing Globally NET SALES DIVIDENDS PER SHARE
In 1997, two thirds of the company’s $7.4 billion in sales came (millions of dollars) (dollars)

04 9,417 04 1.79
from the United States; now the United States accounts for about
05 10,126 05 1.86
43 percent of PPG’s more than $15 billion in sales.
06 10,938 06 1.91

Over that same time, the emerging region of Asia has grown 07 12,220 07 2.04

from 3 percent of the company to about 12 percent. 08 15,849 08 2.09

In Europe, the company has dramatically increased its presence PPG Segment Income
and market share by acquiring SigmaKalon, which brought to
PPG strong architectural paint, protective and marine coatings ($ millions) 2008 2007
and industrial coatings businesses, as well as a solid presence Performance Coatings $ 582 $563
in Western Europe and growing positions in emerging regions
Industrial Coatings 212 370
such as Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.
Architectural Coatings – EMEA 141 —
Investing in Assets Optical and Specialty Materials 244 235
PPG continues to make investments that extend its product lines, Commodity Chemicals 340 243
expand capacity, maintain operations, enhance efficiency, reduce Glass 70 138
energy consumption, lower costs, and protect the environment. NOTE: Glass figures include Automotive Glass & Services business through 3Q 2008.

In 2008, the company opened an architectural coatings facility
in Reno, Nev., USA, and an automotive coatings facility in Wuhu,
For more information on PPG’s financial performance,
China. PPG also purchased land in Russia and announced plans
refer to our Annual Reports available at www.ppg.com.
to construct a new coatings facility in Suriname, a new fiber
glass furnace at an affiliate operation in Kunshan, China, and
a new optical line in Thailand.

PPG is also refurbishing a glass furnace in
Carlisle, Pa., USA, and it is investing in facility
upgrades at several coatings facilities.

Overall, PPG has a broad-based, geographically
diverse business mix and an emphasis on
operational excellence in order to increase
productivity, reduce costs, improve margins,
and generate cash – all of which should help
make the company more resilient.

As a major employer, PPG’s
presence enhances the
tax revenue of the nations PPG celebrated the opening of a new automotive coatings
and communities where it plant in Wuhu, China, in August 2008. PPG CEO Chuck Bunch
operates. In 2008, PPG paid is flanked by Yang Liangwen, director of the Wuhu Economic
$300 million in taxes globally. & Development Administration Committee (left), and Yu Yong,
director-general of the Commerce Bureau of Anhui Province,
during the grand opening ceremonies.


Continuing to Innovate
PPG’s history of innovation includes coatings that protect cars from rust, chemicals that strengthen rubber and protect water
supplies, paints that resist mildew and contain no volatile organic compounds (VOCs), optical products that lighten and darken
automatically, military applications for transparent armor, and fiber glass for alternative energy applications.

Today, the company continues to focus on making products that
help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Some
examples include:

• Innovative Automotive Coatings – Preferred by car
makers across Europe for reducing solvent vapors and
providing a healthier work environment, PPG Waterborne
Basecoat Systems are successfully expanding their
distribution to North America and beyond. In addition,
CeramiClear clearcoat by PPG was the first clearcoat
to use nanoparticle technology to achieve a previously
unattained level of scratch, mar and etch resistance.

• Transitions Optical – A joint venture of PPG and Essilor
International, Transitions Optical was the first to successfully
commercialize a plastic photochromic lens in 1990.
A R C T I C O C E A N A R C T I C O C E A N
Transitions continues to improve what is the most advanced
Alta

Murmansk
Vorkuta
Dudinka
Antipayuta
Norilsk

Igarka
Volochanka
Khatanga
Ust-Olenek

Belaja Gora
Barrow
GREENLAND
photochromic technology available today across all major
lens materials and designs. In 2008, the company launched
Kiruna
Batagay
Fort Yukon
Lulea Port Radium
ICELAND Skelleftea RUSSIA Fairbanks
Nome Baker Lake
FINLAND Archangelsk R U S S I A Sangar Nuuk (Godthab)
Reykjavik Ostersund
FAROE ISLANDS Mirnyj
Vaasa Rankin Inlet
Torshavn Jakutsk
NORWAY Syktyvkar
Nizhnevartovsk Anchorage
Helsinki Cordova
Oslo
SWEDEN Magadan
Tallinn St. Petersburg Vologda
Stockholm Kirov Fort Chipewyan Churchill Inukjuak
ESTONIA Novgorod Juneau
Perm Bodaybo
Jaroslavl

Gen VI, its newest-generation product, with even faster
LATVIA Riga Rostov Sverdlovsk Fort McMurray
Gorkiy Krasnojarsk Bratsk Bear Lake
DENMARK Izevsk Thompson
LITHUANIA Chelyabinsk Omsk Grande Prairie
Sunderland Copenhagen Kaunas Moscow Kazan Ufa Novosibirsk Flin Flon
Minsk Prince Rupert
Dublin NETH. Gdansk Tol Yatti Prince Albert
Orol Kuybyshev Rudnyy Unalaska
IRELAND U. K. Warsaw Irkutsk CANADA
Berlin BELARUS Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij Red Deer Labrador City
London Voronez Saratov Atbassar
GERMANY POLAND Saskatoon Moosonee
Cork Ulan Ude Kamloops Calgary
Krakow Kiev
BELGIUM Qaraghandy Brandon
CZECH Aktyubinsk
LUX.
Lviv Volgograd Vancouver Swift Current
Paris SLOVAKIA UKRAINE KAZAKHSTAN Khabarovsk Timmins Amos
Hovd Ulaanbaatar Spokane Williston
Nantes MOLDOVA Qiqihar Juzno Sachalinsk Grand Forks
LEICHT. AUSTRIA HUNGARY Frunze RUSSIA Aralsk Balqash Seattle
ROMANIA Altay Duluth
FRANCE
SWITZ. SLOVENIA
Karamay MONGOLIA Harbin Butte Ottawa Montreal
CROATIA Krasnodar Jixi
ITALY Bucharest Portland
BOSNIA Urumqi Jilin Minneapolis
Bayonne ToulouseMONACO SAN Alma Ata Dalandzadagad
Sapporo

darkening and lightening capabilities.
MONACO Constanta
SERBIA
MARINOMONTENEGRO Twin Falls Milwaukee Detroit
BULGARIA UZBEKISTAN Fuxin Boston

P A C I F I C
ANDORRA
Valladolid ANDORRA VATICAN GEORGIA Bishkek Korla Hami Benxi Scottsbluff Chicago Buffalo

ATLANTIC
Porto Madrid Barcelona Rome
MACEDONIA KYRGYZSTAN
Baotou
PORTUGAL Naples Ankara ARMENIA Tashkent NORTH KOREA Omaha Philadelphia
AZERBAIJAN Yumen Reno Provo New York
SPAIN GREECE TURKMENISTAN Kashi Beijing Pyongyang Kansas City Baltimore
Lisbon ALBANIA Izmir TURKEY Ashgabat
TAJIKISTAN Qiemo Yinchuan Denver
Sevilla Dalian Oakland U. S. A. St. Louis Washington D. C.

O C E A N
Adana Hotan SOUTH KOREA Sendai
Ponta Delgada Tunis Athens Xining Taiyuan San Francisco

OCEAN
Taian Seoul
Tokyo Las Vegas Norfolk
Gibraltar Algiers MALTA Tehran Golmud Albuquerque Memphis Charlotte
Nicosia SYRIA Kabul Lanzhou Kaifeng Qingdao
TUNISIA CYPRUS
Bakhtaran Xian
Casablanca Rabat LEBANON Baghdad Los Angeles Atlanta
Tripoli Esfahan CHINA Xuzhou JAPAN Dallas
MOROCCO Islamabad Tucson Birmingham
Ouargla ISRAEL AFGHANISTAN Mianyang Hefei San Diego
IRAQ Basra IRAN Shanghai
Chengdu New Orleans Jacksonville
JORDAN Multan Huangshi Ningbo Houston
CANARY ISLANDS LIBYA Cairo New Delhi Zigong Yueyang
ALGERIA Shiraz
KUWAIT NEPAL Kathmandu Shang Rao
Sabhah BAHRAIN PAKISTAN Agra Tampa
BHUTAN Guiyang Wenzhou
EGYPT Jaipur Fuzhou
WESTERN Reggane Ar Riyad QATAR Dukou Taipei THE BAHAMAS
SAHARA Al Jawf Allahabad Dhaka Xiamen MEXICO
Djanet Aswan U. A. E. Ahmadabad Nanning Shantou HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Havana
SAUDI ARABIA Muscat Calcutta TAIWAN
Surat MYANMAR
Hanoi
Hong Kong
CAPE VERDE Makkah (Mecca) OMAN CUBA
MAURITANIA Nagpur LAOS Mexico City DOM. REP.
ISLANDS Araouane BANGLADESH
Nouakchott Bilma Bombay Varanasi JAMAICA
Praia NIGER Pune Rangoon
Vientiane MARSHALL ISLANDS BELIZE HAITI ANGUILLA
MALI Khartoum ERITREA YEMEN HONDURAS ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
SENEGAL THAILAND ST. KITTS & NEVIS
DOMINICA
Dakar Asmara Sanaa Manila GUAM
Niamey CHAD INDIA Bangkok VIETNAM ST LUCIA
GAMBIA Bamako SUDAN Madras GUATEMALA ST VINCENT BARBADOS
CAMBODIA PHILIPPINES EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA
BURKINA Phnom Penh
GUINEA BISSAU GUINEA NIGERIA N'Djmena DJIBOUTI GRENADA

Conakry GHANA
BENIN
Abuja Ho Chi Minh City PANAMA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
SOMALIA Cochin SRI LANKA PALAU Caracas
Freetown IVOR TOGO
Waw Addis Abbaba COSTA RICA
COAST Davao VENEZUELA Georgetown
SIERRA LEONE Porto Novo CENTRAL AFRICAN ETHIOPIA
CAMEROON REPUBLIC Colombo BRUNEI Bogota Paramaribo
Monrovia Lome GUYANA

• Teslin Synthetic Printing Sheet –Teslin provides
Bangui FRENCH GUIANA
Accra
LIBERIA Abidjan Kuala Lumpur
SURINAME
Yaounde UGANDA MALAYSIA
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
MICRONESIA COLOMBIA
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE DEM. REP. KENYA Mogadishu (Mugdisho) MALDIVES
Kampala SINGAPORE ECUADOR
Libreville
CONGO OF THE CONGO Nairobi Quito

INDIAN
GABON RWANDA KIRIBATI
NAURU Manaus Belem
Brazzaville BURUNDI
Fortaleza
Talara Sao Goncalo
Kinshasa Jakarta PAPUA
Kananga TANZANIA SEYCHELLES I N D O N E S I A NEW GUINEA
SOLOMON ISLANDS PERU

OCEAN
Dar es Salaam

ATLANTIC
Luanda TUVALU Trujillo Porto Velho Cachimbo
TIMOR-LESTE Recife
Likasi COMORAS Port Moresby

Huambo SAMOA FRENCH POLYNESIA BRAZIL Barreiras
ISLANDS Lima

OCEAN
Salvador
ANGOLA ZAMBIA
Lusaka Cuiaba Brasilia
La Paz
Cairns FIJI
Goiania

extraordinary durability, ease of printing and excellent
Antananarivo Broome VANUATU BOLIVIA
Harare MALAWI
NAMIBIA Tennant Creek TONGA Sucre
ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE MAURITIUS Port Hedland Belo Horizonte
BOTSWANA Mackay
Windhoek
MADAGASCAR Campinas
Walvis Bay Learmonth Alice Springs NEW CALEDONIA PARAGUAY
Gaborone Antofagasta Rio De Janeiro
Pretoria Carnarvon Curitiba Sao Paulo
Asuncion
Luderitz Mbabane Maputo Tolanaro
Brisbane CHILE
Bloemfontein SWAZILAND
Geraldton AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA
Bourke Porto Alegre
Kalgoorlie Cook
SOUTH AFRICA LESOTHO
Umtata Perth Rosario
Sydney Santiago URUGUAY
Cape Town Port Elizabeth Adelaide
Buenos Aires Montevideo
Canberra Concepcion

aesthetics for menus, driver’s licenses and graphic labels.
Melbourne Auckland
Neuquen
Valdivia

Wellington

NEW ZEALAND

Dunedin Comodoro Rivadavia

FALKLAND ISLANDS

It is also a preferred material in technology-focused
Port Stanley
SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND

applications, such as e-Passports and radio frequency
identification (RFID) cards and labels.

• Fiber Glass and Coatings for Wind Turbine Blades –
With the number of wind turbine installations around
the world expected to grow, PPG continues to develop
proprietary solutions in fiber glass and coatings that
enable OEMs in Europe, Asia and North America to
produce larger and more powerful turbines.

• Electrochromic Airplane Windows – Passengers aboard
the Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be able to darken or lighten
their windows at the touch of a button with electrochromic
window systems by PPG and Gentex Corporation.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
EXPENDITURES
(millions of dollars)

06 330

07 363

08 468

Energy and the Environment
PPG is committed to operating in a manner that is protective of people and the environment. Through its business and manufacturing
practices as well as its innovative products, the company is focused on stewardship and conservation, which not only helps protect the
environment, but also gives PPG a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

The solar canopy on the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco,
Calif., USA, features 700 solar panels made with Starphire glass by PPG,
generating 213,000 kilowatt-hours of energy per year and providing
10 percent of the museum’s energy needs.

Central to PPG’s focus on energy and the environment is PPG’s
Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Policy. The EHS Policy
is implemented using PPG’s EHS Management System, the
elements of which form the cornerstone for global operation
of the company’s facilities. The system is implemented under
the direction of PPG’s EHS Committee which consists of
business, operations and EHS executives appointed by the
Board of Directors. Reporting to the EHS Committee are three
subcommittees: Elements of PPG’s
EHS Management System
1. The EHS Requirements Sub-Committee develops 1. Management Leadership, Commitment and Accountability
global EHS operating standards. 2. Risk Assessment and Management
3. Facilities Design and Construction
2. The Energy Security and Climate Change Steering 4. Information and Documentation
Sub-Committee directs this companywide initiative. 5. Personnel and Training
6. Operations and Maintenance
3. The Nanotechnology EHS Steering Sub-Committee 7. Management of Change
oversees the EHS aspects of this evolving technology. 8. Third-Party Services
9. Incident Investigation and Analysis
In addition, PPG’s EHS Management system incorporates the 10. Community Awareness and Emergency Preparedness
ISO 14001:2004 global standard as well as globally recognized 11. Product and Supply Chain Stewardship
initiatives such as Coatings Care and Responsible Care. 12. Assessment and Improvement


Developing Products That Address Energy and Environmental Needs
PPG has introduced a number of innovations to meet the Developing Environmentally Responsible Coatings: PPG has
increasing demand for energy-efficient, environmentally led the way in making environmentally responsible architectural
responsible products. By continuing to increase the number coatings products, drastically reducing volatile organic compounds
of “green” products and technologies it offers, PPG is not only (VOCs) and odor. In 1999, the company introduced Pure Performance
practicing socially responsible business, it is leveraging a paint, the first paint to carry the U.S. Green Seal certification of
long-term competitive advantage. In 2008, PPG’s sales from environmental responsibility. With the 2008 acquisition of SigmaKalon,
“green” products – products that PPG believes have energy PPG has further expanded its reputation for low-VOC paints. The
or environmental attributes – were approximately $3.8 billion, company recently launched its Sherwood line of low-VOC, water-
up 24 percent in the past two years. based wood care products in the South African market, among the
first such products available in the region.

Reducing Aircrafts’ Carbon Footprint: PPG’s lightweight sealants
and composite cockpit windshields significantly cut aircraft weight,
thus reducing fuel usage. The company also offers environmentally
responsible chrome-free and solvent-free sealants and coatings as
well as electrochromic dimmable cabin windows that reduce interior
cooling requirements and enhance passenger comfort.

Helping Produce Energy-Efficient Vehicles: PPG provides
lightweight fiber glass composite parts and silicas that reduce
rolling resistance in tires, and in so doing, help save fuel. Water Wise
Solutions from PPG helps car makers absorb heavy metals and other
contaminants from wastewater streams at their facilities for reuse,
thereby reducing total water purchase and discharge to save money
and minimize the environmental impact.

Facilitating Green Construction: PPG‘s solar control low-emissivity
(low-E) glass, Solarban 70XL glass, enables architects to design
buildings with windows that block approximately 70 percent of
the sun’s solar heat energy while allowing 64 percent of available
Environmentally responsible Pure Performance paints are easy to apply visible light to pass through the glass. This allows architects to
and contain zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs). specify smaller cooling systems, reducing upfront building costs
and reducing energy consumption.

Advancing Energy Production: PPG has committed significant
research and development funds to create more efficient and
economical ways to generate power from renewable as well as
traditional energy resources. PPG’s advanced coatings, glass and
fiber glass are used to both manufacture and protect equipment
in the wind, solar, oil and gas, coal and nuclear industries.

Assessing Chemical Impacts: PPG is participating with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Organisation for
Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) to sponsor the
assessment of potential health and environmental impacts of 25
products in the High Production Volume Initiative. The company has
fulfilled its commitment for all but one category of chemicals and
Solarphire HVM glass is being installed at the Kimberlina Solar Thermal
expects to complete a revised submission for that category during
Energy power plant in Bakersfield, Calif., USA. Adjustable rows of mirrors
2009. PPG is also preparing information for the U.S. EPA on two of
aim the sun’s rays at pipes containing water. Steam from the pipes
its products’ potential health effects, exposure and risk as part of
drives turbines which, in turn, generate electricity at a power plant.
the Voluntary Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program.


SigmaGlide coating by PPG, a market-leading
fouling release coating, prevents the buildup
of barnacles, algae and other organisms on
the hulls of tankers without the use of biocides
that are toxic to marine life.

Implementing Critical
Manufacturing Improvements
Continuous improvement at PPG also drives the re-engineering
of manufacturing processes to minimize energy consumption,
improve air and water quality, and reduce waste.

Waste Management Programs: Across PPG, facilities
employ a wide range of techniques to minimize and reuse
waste. As an example, each PPG paint manufacturing plant
has an active recycling process that might include the reuse
of washwater and solvents from the production process, the
re-work of obsolete inventory, and the recycling of raw material
containers and packaging. Other packaging materials such
as plastic and stretch wrap films, super-sacs, cardboard and
pallets are recycled or recovered by suppliers, secondary Giuseppe Bianchi, colorist, develops a color formula
users and scrap dealers, or through third-party contracts. at PPG’s coatings laboratory in Milan, Italy. A new
generation of environmentally responsible waterborne
Dispense Cell Technology: PPG uses this technology automotive basecoats was developed at Milan. The
extensively at its coatings manufacturing plants around products, which replace solvent-based coatings, are
the world to facilitate the production of smaller batches marketed in various countries under the Envirobase,
of liquid coatings. The technology greatly reduces the need Aquabase Plus and Aquamax brands.
for cleaning solvents and reduces hazardous waste and
inventories by enabling more accurate order fulfillment.


Reusable Shipping Containers: PPG ships liquid coatings
in a variety of containers that are reconditioned for use by
PPG, its suppliers and its customers. PPG ships many of its
glass products on reusable steel racks, which has reduced
the amount of disposable packaging that accompanies
architectural glass products by 65 percent in one year.

Mercury Emission Reduction: Through the U.S. EPA’s
National Partnership for Environmental Priorities, PPG has
committed to making voluntary reductions in mercury
emissions. Since 2004, the company has reduced mercury
emissions by more than 72 percent. At PPG’s largest
chemicals facility in Lake Charles, La., a $100 million
investment in state-of-the-art membrane cell technology
eliminates mercury used in chlorine production while
consuming about 25 percent less electricity. PPG GLOBAL SPILL
3.5
AND RELEASE RATE
Spills and Releases: PPG’s measurement standard is Spills & Releases per 1,000 employees

designed to capture more incidents than national reporting 3.0
obligations require worldwide. The current five-year target
2013 Goal Line
is a 50 percent reduction in spills per 1,000 employees, 2.5

from 3.2 in 2008 to 1.6 for 2013. PPG has also focused 2.0
on investigating the causes of its spills to ensure proper
corrective actions are in place. 1.5

1.0
Supplier Efficiency: A companywide initiative known
as Supplier Added Value Effort ($AVE) evaluates supplier 0.5
partnerships based not just on cost savings but also on
0.0
energy efficiency, packaging optimization and recycling, 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
and the vendors’ own environmental, Responsible Care
and sustainability policies.

The $100 million membrane cell unit
for the production of chlorine and
caustic soda at PPG’s Lake Charles,
La., USA, chemicals complex yields
about the same capacity as the
previous mercury cell technology,
but uses 25 percent less electricity.

Waste Water Treatment Unit at PPG
2008 Corporate Sustainability Report | 18 Industrial do Brasil – Tintas e Vernizes Ltda.

PPG GLOBAL PPG GLOBAL
Addressing Energy Security 10 ENERGY INTENSITY 8
GHG EMISSIONS
and Climate Change (Million Btu per Short Ton Net Product)

7
(Million Metric Tons CO2 equivalent)

8
Beyond this wide range of initiatives focused on specific products 6
2011 Goal Line

and manufacturing processes, PPG recognizes its responsibility
5
to address broader energy security and climate change issues. 6

In 2007, PPG formed a multidisciplinary Energy Security 4

and Climate Change Committee, led by senior business and 4
3
technology executives, to address these two critical issues.
To this end, PPG is committed: 2
2

1
• To continue to conserve energy and increase its use
0 0
of renewable energy and raw materials 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 06 07 08 09 10 11

• To continue to implement greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions reduction programs throughout its global
operations, while setting more challenging goals to
further limit these emissions
• To work with other interested parties to develop effective
international policies regarding energy security and
climate change
• To advocate a market-based price of carbon and credits
for benefits derived from energy-saving products and
from renewable resources
• To continue to develop and market leading-edge products
that benefit the environment and conserve energy • A $242 million, 425-megawatt • In the United Kingdom and Ireland,
cogeneration power plant at PPG’s PPG’s Architectural Coatings – EMEA
PPG is applying the following measures to track its progress Lake Charles, La., USA, chemicals business operates its own fleet of
in these areas: complex makes the plant twice as delivery vehicles. Since 2007, all
fuel efficient as similar-sized facilities new vehicles are Euro V emission-
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reduction: In 2002, operated by electric utilities. compliant, producing less CO2..
PPG committed under the Business Roundtable’s U.S. Climate
RESOLVE (Responsible Environmental Steps, Opportunities to • PPG was one of the first companies • In 2008, PPG became the first
Lead by Voluntary Efforts) initiative to reduce its GHG emission to install oxygen-fuel furnace architectural coatings supplier in the
intensity (measured as metric tons of CO2 equivalents per million technology on float glass and United States to initiate a recovery
dollars of revenue) from sources in the United States by 18 fiber glass production lines in program for five-gallon plastic pails
percent by 2012 starting from the 2002 baseline. By the end of North America and Europe. Today, used for water-based products.
2006, PPG had reduced its emissions to 1,017 metric tons per this technology, which PPG now Empty and dry pails, including those
million dollars of revenue – fulfilling its target six years early. licenses to glass manufacturers of competitors, are returned to
around the world, reduces fuel PPG-owned stores, consolidated,
In 2007, PPG set a demanding new corporate goal of a 10 percent consumption by 15 percent and and sent to distribution centers for
absolute reduction in CO2 equivalents from 2006 to 2011. Through carbon dioxide emissions by 10 shredding and recycling.
2008, PPG has reduced its absolute GHG emissions by 1.4 percent percent. Emissions of nitrogen
• An upgrade in 2008 of the industrial
from the 2006 baseline. This progress has been made despite a oxides have been lowered by half
wastewater treatment system at
45 percent growth in revenues and very dynamic business and at these facilities.
the Gravatai, Brazil, facility has
energy markets. To address these increased challenges the • A key element of PPG’s government resulted in a 25 percent reduction in
company has formed a team of manufacturing leaders to place affairs efforts is advocacy for groundwater extraction. The improved
further emphasis on reaching this objective. legislation that promotes wind, efficiency of the treatment system
solar and green building, and has eliminated the use of biocides
Reducing Energy Intensity: Also in 2007, PPG set a energy conservation. This includes required in the process.
corporate target to reduce overall energy use intensity by educating and engaging employees
25 percent from 2006 to 2016. Energy intensity is the number • PPG converts hazardous waste
to reach out to government officials
of million Btu per short ton of product manufactured. PPG into a sludge-like fuel that powers
on these issues.
is currently on track to meet this intensity goal, and in fact, an energy recovery unit at PPG’s
reduced its absolute global energy usage by 5 percent in 2008. facility in Circleville, Ohio, USA.


Funding Innovative Conservation Reducing Environmental Impacts
and Remediation Projects and Emissions
Since 1994, PPG has partnered with the Wildlife Habitat PPG is committed to minimizing its impact on the environment.
Council to promote environmental stewardship through habitat In 2006 PPG expanded its reporting of environmental measures
conservation and development on company-owned properties. using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting
PPG and the council have created Certified Wildlife Habitats Guidelines. The Environmental Performance Indicators on the
at five PPG facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. following page represent PPG’s global operations. By reducing
emissions, the company can both help preserve the environment
PPG is also working through remediation projects to protect and eliminate waste. In 2007, PPG:
human health and the environment; comply with all applicable
standards; resolve environmental liabilities; and return sites • Reduced nitrogen dioxide emissions by nearly 5 percent
to productive and beneficial use. • Reduced particulate emissions by nearly 6 percent
• Lowered volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions
Barberton, Ohio, USA: When PPG’s Barberton plant was by more than 30 percent
built in 1899, the impact of industrial wastes, including lime • Reduced the amount of hazardous waste disposed
from making soda ash for the production of glass, was not of by 6 percent
understood. Lime slurry was pumped into six man-made ponds • Did not increase its level of sulfur dioxide emissions
spanning 600 acres, rendering them incapable of supporting • Experienced an increase in ozone-depleting air
vegetation. Recently, PPG discovered a way to reclaim these emissions of approximately 12 percent
lakes by mixing municipal sewage sludge with the lime to
create an artificial soil transforming the barren lakes into a
haven for native plants and wildlife. Through this award-winning
technology, PPG has already returned about 300 acres to Engaging in Green Partnerships
nature and expects to complete this project in 2015. PPG is actively engaged in advocacy for legislation that
promotes wind and solar energy, green building initiatives,
Jersey City, N.J., USA: PPG briefly operated, and then closed and energy conservation. PPG is also committed to working
in the early 1960s, a chromium manufacturing plant located in with outside organizations to promote renewable energy,
Jersey City. PPG has been diligently addressing legacy issues conservation and green building practices. The company’s
created by chromium manufacturing and has successfully partners include:
helped to return many properties to beneficial and productive
reuse including areas such as Lafayette Village and the Liberty Alliance to Save Energy
National Golf Course. PPG, the New Jersey Department of
The Climate Registry
Environmental Protection and the City of Jersey City have
reached an agreement in principle on an innovative method to ENERGY STAR
streamline the process for the complete and final remediation
of PPG’s remaining chrome sites in the city. U.S. Green Building Council

Bovisa, Italy: Successful cleanup and beneficial reuse of a U.S. EPA Climate Leaders
century-old paint manufacturing facility near Milan, Italy, was
accomplished through partnerships developed by PPG with both
Politecnico di Milano, the largest technical university in Italy, and For the past two decades, an innovative remediation project at
Mario Negri Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche. Today the site PPG’s Barberton, Ohio, facility has been transforming 600 acres of
houses the Bovisa Campus of the university and a new research barren lime lakes into rolling hills and meadows that are now home
facility for Mario Negri devoted to pharmacogenic research. to a wide array of plant and animal life. The return of vegetation
has spawned an influx of wildlife. Deer, coyote, fox, turkey, hawks,
Calcasieu River Estuary, La., USA: PPG is working cooperatively owls, waterfowl and numerous other animals now call
with other companies and state and federal this former industrial site home. This page shows the
agencies including the Louisiana Department land before reclamation; the photo at right and on the
of Environmental Protection and the U. S. following page show the restored land. In addition to
EPA Region 6 to investigate and remediate attracting and supporting abundant wildlife, the plants
contaminated sediments in the Bayou d’Inde also absorb rainwater and greatly reduces chlorides
area of the Calcasieu Estuary (photo at left). from the lime waste from entering groundwater or
The agencies are currently reviewing remedial nearby surface water.
approaches proposed by the companies.

Global Environmental Performance

2006 – 2007 2006 – 2007
AIR EMISSIONS AIR EMISSIONS
Nitrogen Oxides Particulate Matter
06 22,837 06 2,512

07 21,711 07 2,363

Metric tons Metric tons

2006 – 2007 2006 – 2007
AIR EMISSIONS AIR EMISSIONS
Volatile Organic Compounds Sulfur Dioxide
06 3,557 06 11,382

07 1,746 07 11,248

2006 – 2007 2000 – 2007
AIR EMISSIONS HAZARDOUS WASTE
Ozone Depleting Chemicals 00 79

06 01 68
41
02 84
03 73

07 45 04 79
05 68
Metric tons 06 84
07 77
2000 – 2007
Thousand metric tons
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
00 232
01 194
02 199 Performance data represent PPG’s global operations.
03 184 PPG continues to collect and expand its environmental
04 186 performance metrics. 2008 performance data is currently
05 165 being assembled and will be reported later this year on
06 209 the PPG Web site at www.ppg.com.
07 253


Employees and the Workplace
PPG believes that organizations that embrace diversity are Promoting Safety and Health
more innovative and productive. It is the spectrum of individuals PPG has seen dramatic safety improvements in recent years
in a variety of disciplines that ultimately enables the company as a result of setting ambitious goals and implementing
to maintain its competitive edge. These individuals work at stringent safety practices and procedures. Since 2000, PPG
locations around the world – in manufacturing plants, research has reduced its injury and illness rate by 68 percent through
and development facilities, distribution centers and stores, 2008, far exceeding internal improvement goals. And, based
and corporate offices. on improvements from the 1999 baseline, PPG estimates that
its risk reduction efforts have prevented over 1,500 injury and
PPG understands that its success is directly linked to its people, illness cases globally.
and so the company is committed to providing a safe, healthy and
fulfilling workplace for employees, creating an environment for Unfortunately, the company experienced one fatality in 2008,
continuous learning, and embracing diversity of ideas and people. when a 13-year veteran driver for PPG’s former automotive
glass and services business was killed in a motor vehicle
collision in Westmoreland County, Pa., USA.
One Code, One Company
The PPG Global Code of Ethics and the PPG Blueprint help 1.5 PPG GLOBAL INJURY
focus employees on the company’s mission and provides AND ILLNESS RATE
Injuries & Illnesses per 100 Employees

them with a clear set of standards. As part of this overall
1.2
commitment, PPG maintains labor and employment policies
and practices that ensure fair treatment of all employees.
0.9

PPG’s human resources function is designed to maintain a 2010 Goal Line

consistent global approach to issues such as governance and 0.6

compliance, compensation and benefits harmonization, and
talent development. At the regional and strategic business unit 0.3
level, leaders are responsible for aligning with global standards,
while also being empowered to respond to the local culture,
0.0
community needs and competitive landscape. 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

2000 PPG TOTAL CORPORATE INJURIES
Left: Workers at Sylmar, AND ILLNESSES PREVENTED
(Base Year = 1999)

Calif., USA, manually move
1500
8,000-pound racks into
place. The new automated
autoclave (below) eliminates
1000
the need for employees to
Cumulative Injuries Prevented
push the heavy racks.
500

0
99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

Ergonomics
Since the mid-1980s, PPG has employed ergonomics-based
solutions to reduce the risk of injuries and illness to employees.
PPG analyzes existing manufacturing systems and job tasks and
implements appropriate design changes and other control measures
to reduce the risk of future injuries and to enhance productivity
and quality. Through the application of good ergonomic principles,
PPG has reduced the number of ergonomically related injuries and
illnesses by 78 percent from 0.47 cases per hundred workers in
2002 to only 0.10 cases in 2008.

Exercise is part of the daily agenda for storeroom
employees at PPG’s Tianjin, China, coatings plant.

Promoting Occupational Health • For the last five years, Primalex coatings business has
PPG has a long-standing emphasis on managing a comprehensive encouraged employee participation in a European cycling
occupational health program. This includes identifying potential event across the Tatry Mountains from Nizna, Slovakia,
occupational health hazards in our facilities; monitoring our to Krakow, Poland. The event attracts nearly a thousand
workplace environments as part of our industrial hygiene process; registered bikers and several hundred others to enjoy an
monitoring our employees’ health with appropriate medical invigorating ride and gorgeous natural scenery.
examinations; and controlling exposures to recognized hazards • During 2007 and 2008, 57 PPG locations from around the
through the use of engineering and protective equipment. world submitted 72 projects as part of the company’s annual
Ergo Cup Competition. In addition to injury prevention, these
Supporting Employee ergonomic projects will save PPG over $3 million annually in
production efficiencies and labor costs. In 2008, the winner of
and Family Wellness PPG’s 2007 competition from the aerospace transparencies
In order to keep employees healthy, productive and engaged, the plant in Huntsville, Ala., USA, earned first-place honors at the
company has set a goal of 80 percent employee participation in internationally recognized Ergo Cup competition.
its voluntary, confidential online Health Risk Assessment over a • PPG’s Delaware, Ohio, USA, coatings plant earned the “Healthy
three-year period. Through 2008, 30,321 employees – roughly Ohio-Healthy Work Site Silver Award” for its wellness programs,
88.9 percent of the total global workforce – have completed the including a “Rainforest Room” with flowers, vines and sounds
assessment at least once. PPG continually works to increase of the forest to help employees relax as they complete their
awareness among employees and their families of the value in health-risk assessments.
healthy living through weight management, stress reduction and • To motivate employees to eat healthier lunches, the price of
adopting a more active lifestyle. healthy foods in the cafeteria at PPG’s Uithoorn, Netherlands,
site is being subsidized, while unhealthy items such as fried
snacks have become more expensive.
• PPG’s Suzhou, China, facility has established a Wellness
Team to conduct a monthly “Health Day Activity.” Employees
participate in activities such as badminton, swimming, walking
and first-aid training.
• On November 21, 2008, PPG’s Barberton, Ohio, USA, plant
was recommended to receive the “STAR” status under the
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA)
Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).


(From left) Tim Okel, researcher and team leader; Mark Geiger, senior research technician; and
Holly Cundieff, global market manager, silica products, at PPG’s Monroeville, Pa., USA, chemicals
center with ingredients used to make better performing tires that save fuel. Okel is holding a beaker
of Agilon silica, and Cundieff is holding two polymers that enhance rolling resistance and tread wear.

Creating a Fulfilling Workplace
PPG is committed to being an employer of choice. PPG hires PPG also offers competitive salaries and comprehensive
on the basis of individual qualifications and ability relative to benefits packages to attract and retain the talent necessary
job requirements. In doing so, PPG gives equal employment to meet its business goals.
opportunity to, and will not discriminate against, individuals
on the basis of any status protected by applicable law.

Numerous opportunities exist for employees to advance
PPG WORK FORCE BY REGION
As of 12/31/2008
their careers within PPG. Professional vacancies are posted
electronically worldwide through an intranet available to all Total number of PPG employees: 42,821
employees, any of whom can express their interest provided
they meet position- and location-specific requirements.
Management Development Committees review talent by
functional area, gathering and analyzing employee experience,
skill and performance information to provide input for selection,
promotion and development opportunities.

Consistent with its commitment to the highest ethical standards,
PPG believes in treating every employee with dignity and respect.
PPG will not tolerate unlawful harassment of any
kind. PPG encourages direct communication between
United States/Canada (16,878)
supervisors/managers and employees to promptly
resolve workplace concerns. Should a dispute persist, Asia Pacific (7,268)
the company has developed internal procedures Europe/Middle East/Africa (17,069)
to help resolve problems. One example is its U.S.
employee dispute resolution system known as the Latin America/Mexico (1,606)
Resolve Process – a four-step process designed to help
employees work through problems and disputes.


Fostering Continuous Learning Valuing and Advancing Diversity
PPG believes that continuous learning is crucial in helping employees PPG’s vision for diversity is to become a stronger, more
effectively meet business goals and providing opportunities to competitive company by fostering a climate that recognizes
fulfill their potential. Through the Performance and Learning the business value of an engaged workforce that reflects
Process, employees and their supervisors work together to reach the diversity of our global workplace. This vision is more
agreement on the employee’s business deliverables for the year than simply words on a page: PPG has developed metrics
– setting goals and then identifying the knowledge and skills that enable it to build a global workforce with careful
necessary to successfully meet them. The company provides attention to gender and diversity components, retention
ongoing feedback and leadership coaching and support to of employees and talent management.
employees as part of this commitment to continuous learning.
To help achieve its diversity vision, the company has
My Learning Connection is a personalized intranet site where instituted three major programs:
employees can track their learning and development progress and
stay informed of new opportunities. It includes classroom training • PPG’s Diversity Leadership Council champions,
programs, self-paced online courses, and reading materials on directs and engages in initiatives that drive
subjects ranging from business skills to IT professional certifications PPG’s commitment to diversity.
to personal development programs. PPG also provides an Education • The Women’s Leadership Council seeks to
Assistance program for those employees who enroll in college promote an organizational environment that
courses or other higher education opportunities. attracts and retains women and helps them
contribute to PPG’s business success.
These and other continuous learning initiatives, including • The Minority Leadership Council focuses on
mentoring, job shadowing and career development programs, recruitment and retention of minorities through
are all designed with one core purpose: to help PPG employees career job fairs, networking events and mentor/
strengthen their performance and realize their full potential. protégé programs.

Vivian Waters, engineering manager (right), and Clarnessa Bolden,
hardcoat inspector, make a quality-control check on lenses at
Transitions Optical’s Pinellas Park, Fla., USA, manufacturing plant.


Community Involvement and Social Performance
Through its corporate foundation and a wide range of local giving and volunteer programs, PPG seeks
to reflect company interests and values by enhancing the quality of life globally in communities where
its employees and their families live and work.

Foundation for the Future Advancing Education
Since 1951, the PPG Industries Foundation has been making on Crucial Global Issues
a difference in the lives of others with grants, outreach PPG Aquarium and Polar
programs, relief funds, charitable efforts, educational programs Express at Pittsburgh Zoo:
and volunteerism. The foundation focuses on working with Through a 10-year grant, the
organizations that develop educational opportunities accessible PPG Industries Foundation
to all members of the community. and PPG Industries, Inc., are
providing funding to help sustain
PPG Industries Foundation the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG
Five Year Summary of Total Grants Paid Aquarium. Pennsylvania’s only
public aquarium, it features
2008 - $5,242,000
state-of-the-art exhibits such
2007 - $4,699,000 as a crawl-through stingray
2006 - $5,284,000 tunnel, a two-story shark tank,
2005 - $5,228,000 and unique revolving tanks.
2004 - $5,466,000 The newly updated polar bear
exhibit includes education about
ocean-friendly fish consumption,
PPG Industries and its foundation work within communities petrochemicals in the food web,
through joint and separate efforts that promote education, and climate change.
address the needs of its community stakeholders and empower
employees to make a difference. “ ink Lady” Plane Lifts Breast Cancer Awareness
P
in Australia: PPG’s aerospace business created custom
2008 ACTUAL EXPENDITURES coatings for a pink plane flown across Australian skies to help
345 grants totaling $5,242,000 QantasLink promote breast cancer awareness. More than
44 gallons of primer and topcoat, including two shades of pink
specially matched to signature colors of Australia’s National
Breast Cancer Foundation, were provided by PPG Aerospace’s
Tullamarine application support center.

UK Schools Initiative: PPG’s Architectural Coatings – EMEA
UK and Ireland region organizes initiatives that allow junior
school students in Wales to visit their local PPG Decorating
Centres to learn more about paint applications and color, and
Education ($2,125,000) Human Services ($1,204,000) how coatings can affect the environment. In England, primary
PELC ($157,000)
school children have visited the Birstall, England, plant to learn
Matching Gifts ($332,000)
more about production processes.
Civic & Culture ($996,000) Match ’n More ($1,000)
GIVE ($427,000)

“The trip by Hill Top Primary School pupils to PPG’s factory at Birstall was
thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. The children found the production
GIVE = Grant Incentives for Volunteerism by PPG
processes fascinating and the environmental aspects of paint were
Employees and Retirees (see page 29)
of particular interest. Overall the trip provided an excellent and unique
PELC = Public Education Leadership Community learning opportunity. All the children agreed it was one of the best
(see page 28)
school trips ever...”
— Janice Thornton, Teacher at Hill Top Primary School, Leeds, England


“ hat I Engineered on My Summer Vacation”: To help
W
expand diversity and open new opportunities in fields where
women have traditionally been underrepresented, the PPG
Industries Foundation supports Women in Engineering
Programs across the United States. As an example, at the
University of Akron, the Multiplying Your Options Engineering
Summer Camp for Girls encourages young women entering Science education is a priority
seventh or eighth grade to pursue their interest in science, for the PPG Industries Foundation.
math, engineering, and technology.

The Power of Scholarships: The PPG Industries Foundation
has provided more than $1 million in scholarships for
underrepresented minorities to study chemistry and chemical
engineering in U.S. colleges. PPG’s Scholarship Plus Program,
PPG partnered with Phipps Conservatory in conjunction with The American Chemical Society, provides
and Botanical Gardens to bring the works of a four-year, $2,500 scholarship, as well as mentoring by PPG
renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly to Pittsburgh. employees and an opportunity to interview for a summer
internship at a PPG facility. In addition, the foundation offers
an Employee-Child National Merit Scholarship Program that
provides 40 scholarships annually to qualifying children of
U.S. PPG employees with a stipend of $1,500 per year for up
to four years or the awarding of their baccalaureate degree.

Making Math and Science Education Fun: PPG is
partnering with Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Science Center to
develop four “Science-on-the-Road” education programs
to be offered in a five-state region of the eastern U.S. The
lessons, with intriguing names such as “The Great Color
Caper,” “Fractured Physics” and “Ion Jones and the Lost
Castle of Chemistry,” are presented in classrooms, school
assemblies and after-school workshops. They feature PPG
scientists demonstrating the company’s technologies and
eye-catching vans that transport the lesson materials. “The
Great Color Caper” also appears at the Discovery Place in
Charlotte, N.C., USA, where PPG has several facilities.


Giving Back to PPG Communities
Warming a Child’s Winter in South China: When severe Protecting Children’s Health in Tianjin, China: Upon
snowstorms hit South China in 2008, PPG launched the opening its new Tianjin manufacturing facility, PPG donated
“Warm a Child’s Winter” clothing donation project. Within a about $40,000 of environmentally responsible paints to
week, almost 1,000 pieces of clothing were collected at PPG refurbish the interior and exterior walls of the Tianjin Welfare
facilities in Tianjin, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Guangzhou and Institute. There, foster children and children recovering from
other locations in China. illnesses are now housed and educated in bright new, “green”
quarters. PPG plans to extend this effort to children’s health
PPG Fights Graffiti in Warsaw, Poland: PPG joined a institutions in other Chinese cities.
campaign against graffiti in 2008 by donating products and
lending expertise to clean up historic Warsaw buildings that Supporting Earthquake Recovery in China: When a massive
had been defaced. In consultation with the Regional Office 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Sichuan, China, region in
for Preservation of Historical Monuments, PPG donated more May 2008, PPG Industries took action. The company donated
than 250 litres of silicone paints and joined an effort that RMB 500,000 through the Red Cross Society of China to help
included more than 200 volunteers. purchase emergency equipment. PPG U.S. employees also
made individual donations (which were matched by the PPG
A Day for Young Caregivers: In August 2008, PPG associates Foundation) and PPG China established a team that fellow
in the UK hosted an activity day for Northorpe Hall Child and employees and their families could call for emotional support
Family Trust in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, a charity that provides and guidance in finding emergency services.
support services for children who care for sick or disabled family
members. The charity’s aim is to allow these young caregivers Public Education Leadership Community (PELC) Grants:
time away from family chores, giving them some much needed Public Education Leadership Community (PELC) grants provide
space and a break from caring. PPG sponsored an activity day at financial resources for U.S. employees to present to public
Bradley Woods County Scout Camp, where the young caregivers schools where they are involved, that are located within their
were entertained with air rifle target shooting, archery, a low- community, or that they are associated with outside their
ropes assault course and roasting marshmallows on open fires. community. Employees may sponsor a request to the Foundation
for a grant of up to $1,000 for a project that meets all of the
following criteria:

• Promotes systemic change
• Cannot be paid for with tax dollars
• Directly benefits and engages students
• Demonstrates results that motivate students to learn
• Has a total project budget of no more than $5,000

PPG employee Jeff Solomon offers “Street Law”
lessons to Pittsburgh students.

Partnering in Public Works in Texas:
Houston Museum of Fine Art and Houston Parks and
Each summer, the Houston Museum of
Recreation Department collaborate to paint murals.
Fine Art and Houston Parks and Recreation
Department collaborate to paint murals in five
parks throughout the city. The work brings
together local students and builds a spirit of
unity among diverse neighborhoods. PPG
supports the program through a collaboration
of its own: PPG’s Architectural Coatings
business donates the paint for the project,
while the PPG Industries Foundation donates
funds for other materials.


Community Volunteerism
PPG Industries Foundation’s ongoing support of United Way agencies, food banks (as seen below), pantries and Meals-on-Wheels programs
is making a difference. In 2008, the foundation provided more than $941,000 in direct grants and $10,700 through the Grant Incentives for
Volunteerism by PPG Employees and Retirees (GIVE) program to 42 United Way agencies and 13 food-based organizations in PPG communities
throughout the United States. PPG’s involvement extends beyond funding, with employees serving on organization boards, and employees and
retirees serving as volunteers at these organizations within their communities. This in turn earns eligible organizations a $500 GIVE grant if the
PPG volunteer applies for one. At the company’s coatings plant in Milan, Italy, the plant’s caterer supplies leftover meals from the cafeteria each
day to an organization that distributes the food to soup kitchens around the city.

Empowering Employee Giving
Perfect Match: U.S. PPG employees and members of the
Board of Directors are eligible to participate in the Foundation’s
Matching Gifts program. Their personal contributions to a wide
variety of eligible organizations are matched dollar-for-dollar
by the Foundation, with an annual minimum contribution per
donor of $25 up to a maximum of $10,000.

Grant Incentives for Volunteerism by PPG Employees
Above: Children at the Lidia Orphanage, located in Spinus, northern
and Retirees (GIVE) Program: The GIVE Program recognizes
Romania, where Gert Meijer (electrical supervisor at PPG’s fiber
personal involvement in volunteerism by active PPG U.S.
glass plant in Hoogezand, Netherlands) spends vacation time fixing
employees and PPG retirees by providing grants to eligible
a dilapidated electrical system and making other repairs
institutions in the United States. Each PPG employee and retiree
Below: Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium docent and PPG employee may apply once a year for a grant of $500 to an organization
Steve McQuown, development chemist, shares cool information where he or she has an ongoing volunteer relationship. If the
about blue-tongued skink lizards. PPG participant is on the board of directors of the organization,
the grant increases to $1,000.

PPG Concern, Assistance and Relief for Employees (CARE)
Fund: PPG views as a priority its involvement in helping meet
the needs of employees worldwide whose lives have been
disrupted by disasters. Through the CARE Fund, PPG and its
employees have contributed $131,000 since 2006 to affected
employees and their families.


Awards and Recognition
As a manufacturer of many leading energy-efficient products, PPG is committed to providing its customers with products that reduce
environmental impact. PPG has been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as one of the leading S&P 500 companies and
as the number one company in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector in CDP’s 2008 Leadership Index. This distinction recognizes
PPG’s commitment to be a leader in both transparency and emissions management.

Climate Leaders Automotive News PACE Award
Climate Leaders is an industry-government partnership As the world’s leading manufacturer of transportation
established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) coatings, PPG was named a 2008 Automotive News
that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate PACE Award winner for Green Logic paint detackifier.
change strategies. In 2002, PPG committed to reducing its This marks the sixth time PPG has received the
global greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity from sources in the U.S. award, which recognizes automotive suppliers for
by 18 percent before 2012. The company was able to achieve superior innovation, technological advancement and
this mark in 2006 – six years earlier than the projection date. business performance.
As part of its commitment to sustainable practices, PPG again
pledged in 2006 to reduce its total energy intensity by 25 percent
by 2016, and its GHG emissions by 10 percent before 2011. R&D 100
R&D Magazine awarded PPG two 2008 R&D 100
The Association of Awards for its Green Logic paint detackifier and
Zircobond pretreatment technology. The awards
Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers recognize the 100
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers recognized most technologically
PPG for participating in a program to test new bottle compositions significant innovations
with plastics recyclers. Bairocade coatings by PPG are applied each year.
to the exterior of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles,
extending the shelf life and freshness of consumer food
Zircobond pretreatment is
products. PET treated with Bairocade coatings can be recycled
being applied during the car
into fiber, strapping, sheet and even food and beverage
manufacturing process.
containers because the coating is removed during the grind-
and-wash phases typical of recycling plants.

Carnegie Science Awards
Drs. Paul Medwick, James Thiel and Andrew Wagner, senior
research associates at PPG, were named winners in the
Advanced Manufacturing category for the 2008 Carnegie
Science Awards. The researchers were recognized for their
leadership and research oversight in PPG’s development
of Solarban 70XL solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass.
Carnegie Science Center established the Awards for Excellence
program (Carnegie Science Awards) in 1997 to recognize and
promote outstanding science and technology achievements
Paul Medwick, James Thiel and Andrew Wagner, senior research in Western Pennsylvania. The Advanced Manufacturing
associates at PPG’s Harmar, Pa., USA, glass technology center, award recognizes accomplishments in the use of automation,
were named winners in the Advanced Manufacturing category innovative processes and technology to achieve extraordinary
for the 2008 Carnegie Science Awards. levels of process control and product quality.

British Coatings Federation
PPG’s Birstall, England, architectural coatings facility was named a finalist for the 2008 Coatings Care
Award administered by the British Coatings Federation. The site won the award in 2007. The annual award
is presented to the BCF member site that best demonstrates its commitment to the Coatings Care program.


Scope of Report
This report describes the programs and performance of PPG Industries and its business units and
subsidiaries as they relate to the company’s sustainability practices. PPG’s goal for this inaugural
report is to provide an accurate account of economic, social and environmental performance in the
areas that are most relevant to its business and stakeholders. Financial information is reported in
U.S. dollars. Environmental, health and safety data reports activity of corporate, manufacturing and
research and development facilities. PPG self-declares this report meets Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI) G3 Application Level C requirements. The information in this report can also be accessed online
at www.ppg.com/2009CSR. The company encourages stakeholder feedback to assess the usefulness
of this report and to provide suggestions regarding the content of future reports. To provide feedback
or request additional information, contact PPG Industries at One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, PA, 15272,
Attention: Corporate Communications.

Index (According to GRI G3 Indicators)

Content governanCe, Commitments, and engagement
1.1 Statement from the most senior decision-maker ..................... page 4 4.1 Governance structure ....................................................... page 10

organizational Profile 4.2 Chair of the highest governance body ................................ page 10

2.1 Name of the organization .................................................... page 5 4.3 Independent/non-executive board members ........................ page 10

2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services .............................. page 5 4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders/employees feedback ................. page 7

2.3 Operational structure........................................................... page 5 4.6 Processes to avoid conflicts of interest .......................... pages 9, 24

2.4 Location of organization’s headquarters ................................. page 5 4.8 Internally developed statements and principles .......... pages 4, 6, 8, 9

2.5 Countries of operation..........................................................page 5 4.14 List of stakeholder groups .................................................. page 7
http://www.ppg.com/ourCompany/ 4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders ............... page 7
2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form ...................................... page 5
eConomiC
2.7 Markets served ................................................................. page 5
EC1 Economic value .............................................pages 12,13, 26 and
2.8 Scale of the reporting organization ........................................ page 5 http://www.ppg.com/2008ar10KPdf

2.9 Significant changes ......................................................... page 12 environmental
2.10 Awards received in the reporting period ............................... page 30 EN5 Energy saved due to efficiency improvements ...................... page 19

rePort Parameters EN6 Initiatives to provide energy-efficient products .............. pages 16, 19

3.1 Reporting period ............................................................... page 4 EN7 Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption .................. page 19

3.2 Date of most recent previous report ...............This is PPG’s first report EN13 Habitats protected or restored ............................................ page 20

3.3 Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) ................................... page 4 EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions .................... page 19

3.4 Contact point .................................................................. page 31 EN19 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances .............................page 21

3.5 Process for defining report content ...... Iterative process involving many EN20 NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions .......................page 21
corporate sectors and regions
EN22 Total weight of waste by type and disposal method................ page 21
3.6 Boundary of the report ..................................................... page 31
EN23 Total number and volume of significant spills ........................ page 18
3.7 Specific limitations ........................................................... page 31
EN26 Mitigation initiatives........................................................... page 20
3.8 Basis for reporting on entities ............................................ page 31
soCial: labor
3.10 Explanation of the effect of any re-statements... Not relevant, first report
LA11 Programs for skills management ....................................... page 25
3.11 Significant changes from previous report ......... Not relevant, first report
3.12 GRI Table .......................................................................This page


PPG Industries
One PPG Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15272
www.ppg.com

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Aquamax, Bairocade, CeramiClear, CertifiedFirst, CR-39, Dekoral, Envirobase, Freitag, Green Logic, Ivy, Johnstone’s, NXT, Olympic,
paper that is FSC-certified, contains 30% post-
Pittsburgh, PPG High Performance Coatings, PPG logo, Primalex, Pure Performance, Seigneurie, Sherwood, Sigma Coatings, consumer recovered fiber and is manufactured
SigmaGlide, Solarban, Solarphire, Starphire, Taubmans, Teslin, Trilak, Trivex, Zircobond. with electricity in the form of renewable energy.
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Copyright © 2009 PPG Industries, Inc., all rights reserved.

2009
Corporate
Sustainability
Report Update

A Message From the Chairman
I am pleased to present the 2009 update to PPG’s Corporate
Sustainability Report. Last year, we published our first
sustainability report, covering activities in 2008. At that time,
we announced our intention to produce a full report every two
years, issuing an update in intervening years to summarize
new data and developments. This is the first of these updates,
reflecting new activities and information for 2009. As an update
to our inaugural Corporate Sustainability Report, it is designed
to be read in conjunction with the original report.

While 2009 clearly posed challenges for our businesses in
terms of difficult economic conditions, I believe that PPG’s
performance was admirable under the circumstances. Of equal As I said in my first letter, over the course of our more than
importance, however, the economy did not detract from or 125-year history, PPG has grown and thrived by making sound
deter our efforts toward driving the concepts of sustainability business decisions, and we are no stranger to the concepts
throughout everything we do at PPG. of sustainable business practices. Moreover, we hope that
the issuance of these reports and updates encourages our
In this update, you’ll read about how our business portfolio stakeholders to engage in a dialogue with our company
continues to evolve; how we managed through the recent that results in improved performance and greater mutual
recession; new environmentally-beneficial products we understanding.
introduced in 2009; our progress toward our environmental,
health and safety goals; new philanthropic initiatives; awards
and recognition we’ve received, and more. Charles E. Bunch
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Table of Contents Corporate Governance
A Message From the Chairman ................................. 2 Effective Oct. 15, 2009, Robert
J. Dellinger succeeded William H.
Corporate Governance .............................................. 2 Hernandez as PPG’s senior vice
Company Profile ........................................................ 3 president, finance, and chief financial
officer (CFO), in conjunction with
Business Performance ................................................ 4 Hernandez’s planned retirement from
the company. Dellinger currently serves
Products and Innovation ............................................ 5
as a member of PPG’s Executive
Energy and the Environment ....................................... 6 Committee. Dellinger joined PPG
in September 2009 as senior vice
Employees and the Workplace ................................... 8
president, finance, and CFO designate.
Community Involvement and Social Performance ....... 9
Dellinger began his career with General Electric Co., and
Awards and Recognition ........................................... 11
during his 19-year tenure there progressed through various
positions in financial management. In 2002, Dellinger left
GE to become executive vice president and CFO for Sprint
Corp., and in 2005, he became executive vice president
and CFO for Delphi Corp. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, USA,
Dellinger earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from
Ohio Wesleyan University.

Other changes to PPG’s Operating Committee during 2009
included the retirement of Kathleen A. McGuire as vice
president, purchasing and distribution.
2009 CSR Update | 2

Company Profile
PPG Industries’ vision is to continue to be the world’s leading
coatings and specialty products company. Founded in 1883,
the company serves customers in industrial, transportation,
consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets.
With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa., USA, PPG operates in
more than 60 countries around the globe.

PERFORMANCE COATINGS ARChITECTURAL COATINGS – EMEA
AEROSPACE. Leading supplier of transparencies, sealants, coatings ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS – EMEA (Europe, Middle East and
and surface solutions, packaging, and chemical management services, Africa). Supplier of market-leading paint brands for the trade and retail
serving original equipment manufacturers and maintenance providers markets such as Sigma Coatings®, Histor®, Seigneurie®, Ripolin®,
for the commercial, military, regional jet and general aviation industries. Johnstone’s®, Leyland®, Dekoral®, Trilak®, Primalex®, Prominent
Also supplies transparent armor for military markets. Paints® and Freitag®.
ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS AMERICAS AND ASIA/PACIFIC.
Produces paints, stains and specialty coatings for the commercial, OPTICAL AND SPECIALTY MATERIALS
maintenance and residential markets under brands such as Pittsburgh®, OPTICAL PRODUCTS. Produces optical monomers, including CR-39®
PPG, Renner®, Lucite®, Olympic®, Taubmans® and Ivy®. and Trivex® lens materials, photochromic dyes and Transitions®
photochromic ophthalmic plastic lenses.
AUTOMOTIVE REFINISH. Produces and markets a full line
of coatings products and related services for automotive and SILICAS. Produces amorphous precipitated silicas for tire, battery
commercial transport/fleet repair and refurbishing, light industrial separator and other end-use applications and Teslin® synthetic printing
coatings and specialty coatings for signs. sheet used in applications such as radio frequency identification (RFID)
tags and labels, e-passports, driver’s licenses and identification cards.
PROTECTIVE AND MARINE COATINGS. Leading supplier of
corrosion-resistant, appearance-enhancing coatings for the marine,
infrastructure, petrochemical, offshore and power industries. COMMODITY ChEMICALS
Produces the Amercoat®, Freitag®, PPG High Performance Coatings CHLOR-ALKALI AND DERIVATIVES. Producer of chlorine, caustic soda
and Sigma Coatings® brands. and related chemicals for use in chemical manufacturing, pulp and
paper production, water treatment, plastics production, agricultural
products, and many other applications.
INDUSTRIAL COATINGS
AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS. Leading supplier of automotive coatings
and services to auto and truck manufacturers. Products include GLASS
electrocoats, primer surfacers, base coats, clearcoats, bedliner, FIBER GLASS. Manufacturer of fiber glass reinforcement materials
pretreatment chemicals, adhesives and sealants. for thermoset and thermoplastic composite applications, serving
markets such as wind energy, energy infrastructure and transportation.
INDUSTRIAL COATINGS. Produces coatings for appliances,
Produces fiber glass yarns for electronic printed circuit boards and
agricultural and construction equipment, consumer products,
other specialty applications.
electronics, automotive parts, residential and commercial
construction, wood flooring, joinery (windows and doors) and other PERFORMANCE GLAZINGS. Produces glass that is fabricated into
finished products. products primarily for commercial construction and residential markets,
as well as the solar energy, appliance, mirror and transportation
PACKAGING COATINGS. Supplier of coatings, inks, compounds,
industries.
pretreatment chemicals and lubricants for metal, glass and plastic
containers for the beverage, food, general line and specialty
packaging industries.

Performance Coatings (34%)
2009 Architectural Coatings – EMEA (16%)
Segment Optical and Specialty Materials (8%)
Net Sales
Commodity Chemicals (10%)
Glass (7%)

Performance Coatings (34%) 2009 CSR Update | 3


Business Performance
In the last several years, PPG has accelerated its transformation A Stronger, More Focused Portfolio
from a North American-centric, chemical, coatings and glass 2009
company to the leading global coatings and specialty products TOTAL SALES
company. In 2009, the coatings and optical and specialty 1997 10%
2008
TOTAL SALES 7%
materials segments of the company grew to represent 83 percent
13% 8%
of the company’s portfolio, versus 51 percent in 1997. In addition, 1997 12%
42%
in 2009, the United States accounted for about 42 percent of 36%
13%
8% 75%
PPG’s more than $12 billion in sales and the Asia/Pacific region 9%
42% 8%
grew to comprise 15 percent of the company’s sales. 36% 51% 72%
9% 83%

51%
PPG clearly benefitted from this portfolio shift during the recent Performance, Industrial & Architectural EMEA Coatings
80% Glass
economic downturn. The company’s coatings and optical and Optical & Specialty Materials Commodity Chemicals
specialty materials businesses saw continuously improving Performance, Industrial & Architectural EMEA Coatings Glass

positive momentum throughout the year, and by the end of Optical & Specialty Materials Commodity Chemicals
2009
2009 were delivering higher year-over-year earnings. A Broader Geographic Footprint
TOTAL SALES
1997 2009
7%
TOTAL SALES
9%
In addition, PPG’s performance was aided by several steps 3% 15%
1997 7%
taken to reduce costs in quick response to deteriorating
21% 9% 42%
economic circumstances. Two restructuring initiatives – one 3% 15%
67% 36%
announced in September 2008 and one in March 2009 – are 21%
42%
together expected to result in approximately $250 million in 67%
annual cost savings upon completion. These initiatives included 36%
the closure of several PPG manufacturing and distribution United States Asia
facilities and the elimination of approximately 3,800 positions. Europe, Middle East & Africa Other Americas
Also, the company implemented interim cost-saving measures, United States Asia
such as reduced travel, temporary reductions in certain Europe, Middle East & Africa Other Americas
compensation and benefits costs, and lower capital spending.
As a result of these and other actions, PPG delivered near-
record cash flow from operations in 2009 of more than $1.3
billion and ended the year with a strong cash position of just
As a major employer, PPG’s presence enhances the tax more than $1 billion. More importantly, by implementing these
revenue of the nations and communities where it operates. In steps, PPG is now a leaner, more efficient company that is not
2009, PPG paid about $200 million in taxes globally. only better able to weather difficult circumstances, but is also
positioned to succeed in more favorable conditions.

Financial Highlights PPG Segment Income/(Loss)
NET SALES DIVIDENDS PER SHARE
(millions of dollars) (dollars) ($ millions) 2009 2008
05 10,126 05 1.86 Performance Coatings $ 551 $ 582
06 10,938 06 1.91
Industrial Coatings 159 212
07 12,220 07 2.04
Architectural Coatings – EMEA 128 141
08 15,849 08 2.09
Optical and
09 12,239 09 2.13 235 244
Specialty Materials
Commodity Chemicals 152 340
For more information on PPG’s 2009 financial results, see the company’s Glass (39) 70
2009 Annual Report and Form 10-K available at www.ppg.com.
Note: 2008 Glass figure includes Auto Glass & Services
business through 3Q 2008

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Products and Innovation
In 2009, 26.4 percent of PPG’s sales were from “green” products – products that PPG believes have positive energy or
environmental attributes. This is up more than 2 percentage points from the previous year when it was 24 percent. This occurred
despite the fact that overall sales decreased more than 22 percent from 2008 to 2009. Also in the year, PPG introduced 65 new
products expected to generate global sales of more than $3.6 billion in their first 60 months. Of these new products, 38 were
expressly formulated to promote environmental sustainability by reducing energy consumption, volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions and water use. These “green” products alone are anticipated to generate just under $3 billion in sales before 2015.

Transportation RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Last year, PPG launched an array of products to reduce the EXPENDITURES
(millions of dollars)
energy requirements of the world’s boats, cars and airplanes.
363
In the marine shipping industry, the company launched 07

Sigma Syladvance™ 800 coatings, a self-polishing paint that
08 468
smoothes the hulls of container vessels as they sail, cutting
drag and dramatically reducing fuel consumption, on average 09 403
saving 3.75 tons of fuel per ship, per day. In the automobile
industry, PPG debuted Agilon™ 400 performance silica for
tires and two high-performance waterborne coatings called
Envirobase® waterborne basecoat and Selemix® Clean Energy
Aqua coatings that diminish emissions. The PPG’s long history with fiber glass and thin-film coatings for
tire additive, made from precipitated silica, glass makes it a prominent player in wind and solar energy
reduces rolling resistance by 30 percent development. In 2009, PPG launched a thin-film coating system
and improves a vehicle’s fuel efficiency by for wind turbine blades designed to reduce blade weight and
6 percent. Applied across the U.S. passenger drag, and to extend service life by resisting windborne rain and
tire market, this increase in fuel efficiency could particle erosion.
save up to 8 billion gallons of fuel.
In the solar arena, PPG launched three high-transmissive
In the aerospace market, PPG introduced two glass products Solarphire® glass products, including two with proprietary anti-
that save energy by cooling airplane interiors and making aircraft reflective and sodium-barrier coatings to enhance the efficiency
lighter and more fuel efficient. They include Alteos™, interactive of solar energy collection.
window systems, the industry’s first commercial electrochromic
cabin windows, and, new cockpit windshields that reflect infrared
energy. This cabin window technology eliminates heavy plastic
Construction
and metal sunshades, while a proprietary acrylic coating reduces In 2009, PPG continued to build on the strength of its global
the weight of the airplane windshields. leadership in low-emissivity (low-e) glass technology, launching
Sungate® 400 glass, a passive, low-e product that helps homes
These glass advances joined a new generation of aerospace and buildings in northern climate zones collect more solar heat
sealants and coatings systems that also reduce aircraft weight. and reduce fuel consumption for winter heating.
Two new PPG sealants, one for cockpit windshields and
another for fuel tanks and rivets and joints in the fuselage, Advances in zero- and low-VOC technology prompted the
reduce sealant weight by up to 20 percent. That slashes fuel release of three architectural coatings, including a zero-VOC
consumption by more than 100,000 gallons per year in a typical paint and a waterborne alkyd and a high-solids alkyd wood
commercial jet. stain. The conversion of solvent-based chemistry to water-
based chemistry has been a significant research initiative
A new system of colorful aerospace coatings further across PPG’s coatings businesses around the globe.
cuts the load of commercial airliners,
reducing airplane weight by In addition, an innovative new package design developed in
up to 200 pounds. Europe can reduce the introduction of colorant (shipped to paint
dispensers) into the waste system by 70 percent. This is achieved
using a unique resealable pouch, which boasts a lower carbon
footprint than even current recyclable cans and bottles.

2009 CSR Update | 5

Energy and the Environment
PPG GLOBAL
Improving Manufacturing Efficiency PPG GLOBAL
ENERGY INTENSITY
10
10 ENERGY short ton net product)
(million BTU per INTENSITY
(million BTU per short ton net product)

Chlor-Alkali Energy Savings: In 2009, PPG’s chlor-alkali 8
and derivatives business initiated a program to improve overall 8
2016 Goal Line

energy intensity. Energy and insulation assessments were 6
2016 Goal Line

performed on all of the business’s plants, and more than 350 6

ideas for energy improvement were generated. More than 4
50 of these ideas can be implemented for near-zero cost. In 4

addition, major energy improvement projects were initiated at 2
the powerhouses of the business’s two largest facilities, Lake 2

Charles, La., USA, and Natrium, W.Va., USA. 0
0 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Wastewater Treatment: During 2009, PPG designed and
installed a wastewater treatment plant at its facility in Santiago,
Chile, the design of which was based on a similar facility in Energy Intensity and Greenhouse Gases (GHG): PPG
Gravatai, Brazil. At PPG’s fiber glass joint venture in Zibo, China, continued to work on reducing its energy use and GHG
the plant launched a project to reuse treated wastewater as emissions toward achieving goals set in 2007. However, in
cooling water. 2009, PPG did not reach the energy intensity goal it set for the
year. Energy intensity is the number of million BTUs per short
Spills and Releases: PPG’s measurement standard for ton of product manufactured. In the year, PPG’s actual of 8.86
spills and releases is designed to go beyond what worldwide million BTUs per net ton of product produced was higher than
reporting obligations require. The current five-year target is a its goal of 8.61 million BTUs per net ton of product produced.
10 percent reduction from the previous year in spills per 1,000 Yet, it should be noted that absolute global energy used by PPG
employees, from 3.2 in 2008 to 1.9 by 2013. In 2009, PPG’s has decreased by 18 percent since 2006. On a more positive
spill and release rate of 2.6 was below the target goal. The note for 2009, PPG generated 5.56 million metric tons of CO2
lower rate reflects PPG’s focus on investigating the causes of versus its 2009 goal of 5.96 million metric tons. This represents
its spills to ensure proper corrective actions are in place to a 12.3 percent decrease from 2006. Some of this reduction is
prevent recurrence. due to reduced production.

PPG GLOBAL SPILL
PPG GLOBAL SPILL PPG GLOBAL
3.5
AND RELEASE RATE
AND RELEASE RATE GHG EMISSIONS
3.5 (spills & (spills & releases per 1,000 employees)
releases per 1,000 employees) 8
(million metric tons CO2 equivalent)

3.0 3.0 7
2011 Goal Line
6
2.5 2.5
2013 Goal Line
2013 Goal Line
5
2.0 2.0
4
1.5 1.5
3
1.0 1.0
2

0.5 0.5 1

0.0 0.0 0
06 07
06 08
07 09
08 10
09 11
10 12
11 13
12 13 06 07 08 09 10 11

PPG Joins DOE “Save Energy Now” LEADEr Program
PPG has joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Save Energy Now” LEADER Program, reinforcing the company’s
voluntary efforts to significantly reduce its industrial energy intensity. The company signed a pledge to reduce its
industrial energy intensity by 25 percent over the next decade. Charter members of the program agreed to establish
energy use and energy intensity baselines and to develop an energy-management plan.

2009 CSR Update | 6

2006 – 2008 2006 – 2008
2006 – 2008 2006 – 2008
AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
AIR 2006 –Oxides
2008
EMISSIONS
AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
Nitrogen AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
Volatile Organic Compounds
Reducing Environmental Impacts AIR 2006 –Oxides
EMISSIONS
Nitrogen 2008
Nitrogen Oxides Volatile Organic Compounds
and Emissions: In 2008, PPG continued 06 AIR EMISSIONS
Nitrogen Oxides
Oxides
AIR EMISSIONS
Nitrogen21,572 06 AIR EMISSIONS
AIR EMISSIONS
3,173
to make progress in reducing emissions 06
06 21,572
Nitrogen21,572
Oxides 06
06 3,173
06 Nitrogen21,572
Oxides 06 3,173
06 21,572 06 3,173
3,173
based on the environmental measures 07 20,660 07 2,672
06
07
06
07 21,572
20,660
21,572
20,660 06
07
06 3,173
07 2,672
3,173
2,672
of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 07
07 20,660
20,660 07
07 2,672
08 17,672 08 2,672
2,646
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. In 07
08
07
08 20,660
17,672
20,660
17,672 07
08
07 2,672
2,646
Metric tons
17,672 08 2,646
2,672
Metric tons
08
08 17,672 08
08 2,646
2,646
2008, PPG: Metric tons
Metric tons
08
08 17,672
Metric tons
17,672
Metric tons 08
08 2,646
Metric tons
2,646
Metric tons
Metric tons
2006 – 2008
Metric tons 2006 – 2008
Metric tons
Metric tons
• Reduced nitrogen ioxides emissions 2006 – 2008 2006 – 2008
AIR 2006 – 2008 AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
by more than 14 percent and EMISSIONS
AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
AIR 2006 –Matter
EMISSIONS
Particulate 2008
Sulfur Dioxide AIR 2006 –Matter
sulfur dioxide emissions by more AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
Sulfur Dioxide
Sulfur Dioxide Particulate 2008
EMISSIONS
Particulate Matter
than 19 percent (due in large part 06 AIR EMISSIONS
Sulfur Dioxide
Dioxide
AIR EMISSIONS
Sulfur 11,606 06 AIR EMISSIONS
Particulate Matter
AIR EMISSIONS
Particulate Matter
2,176
06
06 Sulfur 11,606
Dioxide 06
06 2,176
Particulate Matter
2,176
to reductions in production at the 06
06 Sulfur 11,606
Dioxide
11,606 06
06 Particulate Matter
2,176
2,176
07 11,606 07 1,911
company’s Carlisle, Pa.,USA, and 06 10,593 06
07 2,176
1,911
07
06
07 11,606
10,593
11,606
10,593 06
07 1,911
2,176
07
07 10,593 07
07 1,911
1,911
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA, glass 08 10,593
8,529 08 2,024
07
08 10,593 07
08
07
08 1,911
2,024
1,911
2,024
plants, and its Natrium, W.Va.,USA, 07
08 8,529
10,593
8,529 2,024
Metric tons
08
08 Metric tons
8,529 08
08 2,024
8,529
Metric tons
chemicals facility, as well as the 08 Metric tons
8,529 08
08 2,024
2,024
Metric tons
08 Metric tons
8,529
divestiture of the automotive glass Metric tons Metric tons
2000 – 2008
and services business) 2000 – 2008
2000 – 2008 2006 – 2008
HAZARDOUS WASTE 2006 – 2008
2000 – 2008
HAZARDOUS WASTE AIR 2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
00
00
HAZARDOUS WASTE
2000 – 2008
2000 – 2008
HAZARDOUS WASTE79 AIR 2006 – 2008
AIR EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS
Ozone Depleting Chemicals
• Reduced the amount of hazardous 00
00
00
00
01 HAZARDOUS WASTE
79
79
68 AIR 2006 – 2008
2006 – 2008
EMISSIONS
and industrial waste disposed of
01
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HAZARDOUS WASTE79
79
68
68 84 06 AIR EMISSIONS
AIR EMISSIONS 50
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68 06
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50
by 3.7 percent and 4.1 percent,
01
02
00
00
01
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02
03
01
02
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03
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84
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06
07
06
07 47
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47
02
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03
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79
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73
79
07
07 47
47
05
05
03
05 68
73
68 08 50
06
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04 79 07 47
• Did not increase its level of volatile
03
05
05
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05
05
06
04
06
06
68
79
68
79 08
07
08 50
47
50
07
05
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05
06
04
06
05
06
07 79
68
79
81 08 50
organic compound (VOC) emissions 06
05
07
08
07 68
81
78 Metric tons
Metric tons
06
05
07
06
06
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79
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tons Metric tons
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tons
81
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07 Thousand metric 81 Metric tons
• Experienced an increase of about 08
07
08
07
78
78
6 percent in particulate matter Thousand metric tons 2006 – 2008
2000 – 2008 2006 – 2008
2006 – 2008
emissions (due primarily to the 2000 – 2008 WATER CONSUMED
2006 – 2008
2000 – 2008
INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER CONSUMED
WATER CONSUMED
acquisition of SigmaKalon) 2000 – 2008
INDUSTRIAL WASTE 06 2006157,299
2006 – 2008
– 2008
WATER CONSUMED
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
2000 – 2008 06
06 157,299
WATER CONSUMED
157,299
00
00
00
2000 – 2008
232
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
232
232 06
06 WATER CONSUMED
157,299 157,299
• Experienced an increase in
01
00
00
01 INDUSTRIAL WASTE
194
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
232
232
194
07
06
07
113,884
157,299
113,884
01
02 194 199
194
06
07 157,299
113,884
01
00
01 232
194 07 113,884
ozone-depleting air emissions of 02
00
02
03
199
232
199
184 07 113,884
111,243
02
01 199
194 08
02
03
01
03
04
199
184
194
184
186 07
08
07
08 113,884
111,243
113,884
111,243
approximately 6 percent 03
02
03
04 184
199
184
186 08 111,243
Million gallons
111,243
02
04
05 199
186
165 08 Million gallons
04
03
04
05 186
184
186
165 08 Million gallons
111,243
03
05
06 184
165
211 08 111,243
Million gallons
Million gallons
05
04
05
06 165
186
165
211
04
06
07 186
211
239 Million gallons
06
05
06
07 211
165
211
239
Million gallons
In addition, PPG has added metrics for 05
07
08 165
239
229
07
06
07
08
06
08 Thousand metric
239
211
239
229
211
229
tons 2006 – 2008
water consumption and discharges to 08
07 229
tons 2006 – 2008
2006 – 2008
08
07 Thousand metric 239
229
239 WATER DISCHARGED
2006 – 2008
its reporting protocol. In 2008, PPG 08
08
229 WATER DISCHARGED
WATER DISCHARGED
229
Thousand metric tons 06 2006120,490
2006 – 2008
– 2008
WATER DISCHARGED
decreased water consumption by more Thousand metric tons 06
06 120,490
120,490
06
06
WATER DISCHARGED
WATER DISCHARGED
120,490
120,490
than 2 percent versus 2007 and by 07 116,546
06
07
06 120,490
116,546
120,490
116,546
more than 29 percent versus 2006. In 07
07 116,546
Performance data represent PPG’s 07 116,546
terms of water discharges, PPG reduced 08 96,732
07
08
07
08 116,546
96,732
116,546
96,732
discharges in 2008 by 17 percent versus global operations. PPG continues to 08 Million gallons
96,732
08 96,732
Million gallons
collect and expand its environmental Million gallons
2007 and by 19 percent versus 2006. 08
08 96,732
Million gallons
96,732
Million gallons
performance metrics. 2009 performance Million gallons
Million gallons
data is currently being assembled and
will be reported later this year on the
PPG Web site at www.ppg.com.

2009 CSR Update | 7

Employees and the Workplace
Promoting Safety and health Supporting Employee Wellness
PPG has continued to drive improvements in its safety and PPG supports the efforts of its employees and their families
health performance by using Sigma Logic® methodology to to improve their health, and the first step is getting good
establish aggressive goals and implement stringent daily information. The company encourages employees to participate
processes. From 1999 to 2009, PPG has reduced its injury in voluntary, confidential online health risk assessments. By
and illness rate by 72 percent. PPG estimates that, based on 2009, 30,321 employees – roughly 76 percent of the total
improvements from the 1999 baseline, its risk-reduction efforts global workforce – had completed the assessment at least once.
have prevented more than 2,000 PPG injury and illness cases.
In light of the recent success, PPG has established new goals 1.5 PPG GLOBAL INJURY
for the 2009-2013 period that expand on its previous plan. AND ILLNESS RATE
(injuries & illnesses per 100 employees)

1.2
Unfortunately, the company experienced one fatality in 2009.
A technical services employee in the company’s protective and
marine coatings business died when a scaffold upon which he 0.9 2010 Goal Line

was standing in a shipyard in India collapsed into the water.
0.6

Ergonomics 2013 Goal Line

0.3
Through the application of good ergonomic principles, PPG
has reduced the number of ergonomically-related injuries and
0.0
illnesses by 78 percent from 0.47 cases per 100 workers in 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

2002 to only 0.12 cases in 2009.
PPG TOTAL CORPORATE INJURIES
The aerospace business’s adhesives and sealants team in AND ILLNESSES PREVENTED
Australia won PPG’s 2009 Ergo Cup by developing a custom 2000
(base year = 1999)

air-driven, foot-pedal-operated sealant gun that fills premixed
sealant in caps that are used as fasteners and rivets in aircraft
fuel tanks and inside aircraft wings and spars. Prior to the 1500
development of this gun, caps were filled manually by an
operator squeezing a handheld sealant gun for five continuous
minutes per tray. The new tool has the additional benefit of 1000

increased speed of filling, from 90 trays to 300 trays per day. Cumulative Injuries Prevented

The team represented PPG at the National Ergo Cup competition
held at the Applied Ergonomics Conference in San Antonio, Texas, 500

USA, in March 2010.

PPG WOrK FOrCE BY rEGION 0
99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

2009 Average

Engaging Employees for Safety
At PPG’s Kunshan, China, coatings facility, the plant requests
that each staff member conduct work-safety observations
and submit them once a month to plant management. The
plant then reviews all observations and implements corrective
actions. A similar program is being implemented at PPG’s
United States, Canada (15,122) Europe, Middle East, Africa (16,430) Villawood plant in Sydney, Australia, where the plant is
Latin America, Mexico (1,414) Asia/Pacific (6,930) focusing on a safety-culture engagement strategy that includes
Total: 39,896 recognition, surveys and coordinated training sessions.

2009 CSR Update | 8

Community Involvement and Social Performance
Foundation for the Future
Since 1951, the PPG Industries Foundation has been making Captain Green’s Time Machine: The Carnegie Science
a difference in the lives of others with grants supporting Center’s “Science on the Road” program added the fourth in
outreach programs, relief funds, charitable efforts, educational a series of educational programs supported through the PPG
programs and volunteerism. The foundation focuses on working Industries Foundation. Called Captain Green’s Time Machine,
with organizations that develop educational opportunities the van, which runs on biodiesel fuel, visits elementary and
accessible to all members of the community. middle schools in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland
and New York, USA, teaching students about energy and the
Through its corporate foundation and a wide range of local giving environment. The program curriculum was developed jointly by
and volunteer programs, PPG seeks to reflect company interests scientists at the science center and at PPG. PPG’s total grant
and values by enhancing the quality of life in global communities of $583,000 for the “Science on the Road” series has helped
where its employees and their families live and work. to fund the hiring of additional staff, and to develop multimedia
programs that, according to the center, have reached
PPG Industries Foundation approximately 225,000 students.
Five-Year Summary of Total Grants Paid
2009 $4,500,000
2008 $5,242,000
2007 $4,699,000
2006 $5,284,000
2005 $5,228,000

2009 Actual Expenditures
(thousands of dollars)

New Adventures in Technology: The PPG Industries
Foundation pledged $75,000 to Catalyst Connection to support
275 grants totaling development of a new program in the Greater Detroit, Mich.,
$4,500,000 USA, area. PPG Adventures in Technology engages high school
students in a 10-week hands-on project to design and build a
product or re-engineer an existing product, process or system.
By teaming with local companies, students learn about the
career opportunities available in manufacturing, engineering,
Education ($1,730) GIVE ($420) information technology, life sciences, finance and marketing.

Matching Gifts ($335) Human Services ($1,109) Help for Haiti: The PPG Industries Foundation has matched
Civic & Culture ($744) PELC ($162) PPG employee contributions to the American Red Cross for
many disasters, including the Indonesian tsunami in 2004, the
GIVE = Grant Incentives for Volunteerism by PPG Employees and Retirees Sichuan, China, earthquake in 2008, and the Haitian earthquake
PELC = Public Education Leadership Community Grants
in 2010. Through February 2010, PPG employees raised a
total of $31,076 through 374 donations for Haiti relief and
development. Several PPG facilities also collected toiletry items
to be sent to Haiti through the Brother’s Brother Foundation.

2009 CSR Update | 9

PPG Care Libraries Flood-Relief Efforts in Eastern Europe: After many homes
in Zitong, China: In and buildings were damaged by rains and flooding in the Czech
September 2009, PPG Republic and Slovakia during fall 2009, PPG’s architectural
Industries helped rebuild coatings – EMEA business donated more than 22,000 liters of
50 libraries in schools Primalex® paint to assist in local villages’ flood-relief efforts.
in earthquake-stricken PPG provided the paint to local crisis-response centers, which
Zitong County, Sichuan distributed it to needy homeowners across the region. PPG’s
Province. The libraries architectural coatings business there made similar product
include more than 150,000 donations following devastating floods in 2002.
books donated by the foundation and PPG Industries. They also
include more than 700 books and furniture and paint donated Employees Help Rebuild
by PPG employees. The total donation is worth about RMB Italian School: PPG employees
4 million. in Italy donated 20,230 euros
to help rebuild a school in
“ZebraFest”: PPG’s architectural coatings L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. On April
– EMEA business provided paint to support 6, 2009, Italy encountered its
a pedestrian safety initiative in Budapest, worst seismic disaster in more
Hungary, called “ZebraFest.” The initiative than 30 years, which caused
is aimed at stemming a growing number extensive damage to a school for more than 400 students.
of traffic accidents at pedestrian crossings. Donations came from PPG employees at Caivano, Casaletto,
PPG sponsored the program, which placed Felizzano, Milan, Parma and Quattordio, Italy.
life-sized, colorfully-painted replica zebras at
busy pedestrian crossings near schools and Milford, Ohio, Employees Participate
hospitals in the Hegyvidék district of Budapest. in Day of Caring Project: A team of 18
In addition, Unitop® coatings, part of PPG's employees from PPG’s Milford, Ohio, USA,
Trilak® coatings line, were used in packaging coatings plant devoted their
painting the pedestrian crossings. recent “Day of Caring” volunteer efforts
to help an 82-year-old woman with some
long overdue interior painting and cleaning a yard overflowing
with leaves and debris. The Milford employees converged on
the woman’s property equipped with paint brushes, PPG Porter®
PPG’s European Headquarters “Community Day”: paint, ladders and yard tools. The Day of Caring project was part
Local residents and employees at of the Milford plant’s 2009 United Way campaign.
PPG’s European headquarters in
Rolle, Switzerland, held the site’s first Milan, Italy, Plant Helps Feed the Needy: In 2009,
“PPG Community Day” by spotlighting more than 3,500 meals were donated by PPG’s Milan
the company’s support of numerous automotive refinish coatings plant to organizations that help
local charities. In addition to PPG’s feed disadvantaged people. Leftover food from the Milan
45-member staff, more than 150 local plant’s cafeteria is sent at the end of each day to Siticibo,
residents, business and community an organization that distributes surplus food from school
leaders, and children turned out for and business cafeterias to soup kitchens in Milan.
PPG Community Day. Some of the
non-profit partners highlighted were Foundation Cube de Verre,
which helps and supports autistic children; Sésame, a youth
center that provides occupational, cultural and sports-related
activities to children and teenagers; Ecole de Musique de Rolle
et Environs, which is managed by volunteers and teaches music
to about 140 students; and Foundation Ida, which is devoted to
helping children suffering from cancer and providing activities
for hospitalized children.

2009 CSR Update | 10

Awards and Recognition
China Enterprise News and the Employer Department of
China Enterprise Confederation recognized PPG in their
2008 Excellent Cases of Multinational Corporations Fulfilling
Social Responsibility report as one of the top 20 companies
for efforts in recognizing the concerns and needs of society.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s
Green Chemistry Roundtable recognized PPG with a
Michigan Green Chemistry Governor’s Award for Green
Logic® paint detackifier. The liquid, chitosan-containing paint
denaturant technology provides a more environmentally-
responsible alternative to traditional melamine-formaldehyde Solarphire® PV (photovoltaic) and Solarphire AR
or acrylic acid-based chemistries. (anti-reflective) glasses by PPG Industries were
recognized as “Solar Products of the Year” by
PPG Industries was again recognized as a leader for its carbon readers of USGlass magazine. Above, Senior
disclosure transparency and emissions management by the Carbon Research Engineer Michael Buchanan conducts
Disclosure Project (CDP). PPG ranked second in the materials accelerated weather testing of Solarphire glass.
sector, and third among materials companies for the CDP’s pilot
“performance-based” metrics, which measure a company’s plans
and actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
PPG its prestigious “Five Star Technology” certification for
R&D Magazine awarded PPG an R&D Envirobase® High-Performance automotive refinish coatings.
100 Award for its Duranar® powder The certification recognized the environmentally-responsible
coatings. Duranar powder coatings are waterborne coating not only for meeting regulations regarding
economically produced in small batches volatile organic compounds (VOC), but also for helping to
of custom colors tailored precisely to improve the efficiency and productivity of auto body repair
individual customers’ specifications. shops in Latin America.
The new process can also make aluminum coatings “greener”
by significantly reducing the material waste and amount of TOURAINE PROPRE (Clean Touraine), a French professional
energy used in their manufacture. organization focused on the minimization and recycling of waste,
has recognized PPG for its innovative CONTRAT VERT (Green
CESVI Brazil, the leading automotive safety and refinish Contract) that helps professional painters recycle their paint
coatings research organization in Latin America, gave waste by recovering it in service centers.

PPG received a $741,000 grant from
the U.S. Department of Energy to
support the development of materials and
automation processes for wind turbine blade
manufacturing. In partnership with MAG
Industrial Automation Systems, PPG aims to
optimize materials technologies and develop
fiber glass placement techniques to improve
wind blade reliability while reducing the cost
of wind blade production. Left, wind blades
in storage are awaiting shipment to their
respective wind farms. Blades made with PPG
fiber glass can be more than 200 feet long.

2009 CSR Update | 11

PPG Industries
One PPG Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15272, USA
(412) 434-3131
www.ppg.com

This corporate sustainability report is printed on
paper that is FSC-certified, contains 30 percent
post-consumer recovered fiber and is manufactured
with electricity in the form of renewable energy.

The following trademarks of PPG Industries and its related
companies are used in this report: Agilon, Alteos, Amercoat,
Aquabase, Aquamax, Bairocade, CeramiClear, CertifiedFirst, CR-
39, Dekoral, Envirobase, Freitag, Green Logic, Ivy, Johnstone’s,
NXT, Olympic, Pittsburgh, PPG High Performance Coatings,
PPG logo, PPG Porter Paints, Primalex, Pure Performance,
Seigneurie, Selemic, Sherwood, Sigma Coatings, Sigma Logic,
Sigma Syladvance, SigmaGlide, Solarban, Solarphire, Starphire,
Sungate,Taubmans, Teslin, Trilak, Trivex, Unitop and Zircobond.
Transitions is a trademark of Transitions Optical, Inc.
Other company, product and service names used in this report
may be trademarks or service marks of other parties.
Copyright © 2010 PPG Industries, Inc., all rights reserved.

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