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Corporate Sustainability Report Update a Message from the Chairman I Am Pleased to Present the 2009 Update to PPG’S Corporate Sustainability Report
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. -
Ppg 2014 Def
PPG Industries, Inc. One PPG Place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15272 March 6, 2014 Dear Shareholder: You are cordially invited to attend the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of PPG Industries, Inc. to be held on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at the Fairmont Pittsburgh, Grand Ballroom, 510 Market Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222. The meeting will begin at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The following pages contain the formal Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement. Please review this material for information concerning the business to be conducted at the meeting, including the nominees for election as directors. We are furnishing our Proxy Statement and other proxy materials to our shareholders over the Internet. The “General Matters” section of the Proxy Statement contains instructions on how you can receive a paper copy of the Proxy Statement and the 2013 Annual Report. Your vote is important. Whether you plan to attend the meeting in person or not, we hope you will vote your shares as soon as possible. Please vote via the Internet or telephone, or by paper proxy card or vote instruction form. This will ensure representation of your shares if you are unable to attend the meeting. We look forward to greeting personally those shareholders who will be present in person. Sincerely yours, Charles E. Bunch Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15272 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 17, 2014 Dear Shareholder: We will hold the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of PPG Industries, Inc. -
PPG Corporate Sustainability Report
2012 PPG CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Bringing innovation to the surface.™ LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN his year marks PPG’s 130th in business. Since our earliest commitment and provide our global employees with the framework T days, sustainable business practices have been embedded to continue to drive environmental stewardship at PPG facilities. in our culture and strategy. Today, our global growth and expansion They also further empower our employees to create safer and continue to be supported by a belief that these practices are not healthier workplaces. 2 only the right things to do, but that they also give PPG and our 0 customers competitive advantages. The launch of our new sustainability vision, values and goals follows 1 more than a year of in-depth internal and external analysis to 2 During the last decade, PPG has transformed itself from a diversified, determine what is most meaningful and impactful to PPG and our multibusiness manufacturer to being the world’s leading coatings stakeholders. These tenets are directly linked to PPG’s core vision P P and specialty products company. In early 2013, PPG completed and values, thereby supporting the sustainability of our enterprise. G two strategic actions first announced in 2012 that have significantly In 2013, we intend to expand and enhance accelerated our transformation. First, we finalized the separation the ways in which we engage employees in I of our former commodity chemicals business and its subsequent innovative programs to achieve our goals. n merger with Georgia Gulf to create Axiall Corporation. Second, we d expanded our architectural coatings portfolio with the acquisition of Metrics in this report include data from our u AkzoNobel’s North American architectural coatings business. -
Ppg Annual Report and Form 10-K 3 Ppg Industries, Inc
2010 PPG AnnualAnnual ReportReport and Form 10-K PPG Industries’ vision is to continue to be the Company Profile 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, PPG operates in more than 60 countries around the globe. Sales in 2010 were $13.4 billion. PERFORMANCE COATINGS n OPTICAL AND SPECIALTY MATERIALS n n AEROSPACE. Leading supplier of transparencies, sealants, n OPTICAL PRODUCTS. Produces optical monomers coatings and surface solutions, packaging, and chemical and coatings, including CR-39® and Trivex® lens materials, management services, serving original equipment high performance sunlenses, cast sheet transparencies, manufacturers and maintenance providers for the commercial, photochromic dyes and Transitions® photochromic military, regional jet and general aviation industries. Also ophthalmic plastic lenses. supplies transparent armor for military markets. n SILICAS. Produces amorphous precipitated silicas for n ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS — AMERICAS AND tire, battery separator and other end-use applications ASIA/PACIFIC. Produces paints, stains and specialty and Teslin® substrate used in applications such as coatings for the commercial, maintenance and residential radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and labels, markets under brands such as PPG Pittsburgh Paints™, e-passports, driver’s licenses and identification cards. PPG Porter Paints™, PPG, Master’s Mark®, Renner®, Lucite®, Olympic®, Taubmans® and Ivy®. COMMODITY CHEMICALS n n AUTOMOTIVE REFINISH. Produces and markets n CHLOR-ALKALI AND DERIVATIVES. Produces chlorine, a full line of coatings products and related services for caustic soda and related chemicals for use in chemical automotive and commercial transport/fleet repair and manufacturing, pulp and paper production, water refurbishing, light industrial coatings and specialty treatment, plastics production, agricultural products, coatings for signs. -
2013 PPG Annual Report and Form 10-K
Bringing innovation to the surface.™ PPG Industries One PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15272 USA +1-412-434-3131 www.ppg.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/ppg-industries Facebook: facebook.com/ppgindustries Twitter: twitter.com/ppgindustries 2013 PPG Annual Report and Form 10-K 30% This annual report is printed on paper that is FSC-certified, contains 30% post-consumer recovered fiber and is manufactured with electricity in the form of renewable energy. AR-CORP-0214-ENG-17K PPG Profile Performance Coatings COLOR AEROSPACE. Leading manufacturer of transparencies, sealants, and coatings, and PPG Industries’ vision is to continue to be the world’s provider of electrochromic window systems, surface solutions, packaging, and leading coatings and specialty materials company. Through chemical management services, delivering new technologies and solutions to airframe manufacturers, airlines and maintenance providers for the commercial, leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps military and general aviation industries globally. Also supplies transparent armor customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, for military vehicles, buildings and rail. and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS – AMERICAS AND ASIA PACIFIC. Produces more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. paints, stains and specialty coatings for the commercial, maintenance and Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh residential markets under brands such as The PPG logo®, GLIDDEN®, FLOOD®, SIKKENS®, LIQUID NAILS®, PPG PORTER PAINTS®, MASTER’S MARK®, NO and operates in nearly 70 countries around the world. RENNER®, LUCITE®, OLYMPIC®, SICO®, DULUX®, TAUBMANS® and IVY®. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange Produces and markets, primarily through independent INK (symbol:PPG). -
2011 PPG Corporate Sustainability Report Update a Message from the Chairman
2011 PPG Corporate Sustainability Report Update A Message From the Chairman am pleased to present the 2011 Update to From an economic perspective PPG delivered I PPG’s Corporate Sustainability Report. This record full-year earnings per share of $6.87 in 2011. document provides updates to our 2010 Corporate This represents an increase of 48 percent over 2010 Sustainability Report and is designed to be read in and easily established a new record for the company. conjunction with that report. This strong performance was achieved despite global 2011 was an excellent year for PPG by nearly every growth rates that were uneven by region and varied by measure. True to our “Blueprint” values, we made industry. More importantly, these results demonstrate progress on many of our ethics; environment, health that our mission to continue to be the world’s leading and safety; and community engagement programs. In coatings and specialty products company, supported 2011, we revised our Global Code of Ethics to make by our strategic initiatives to pursue profitable growth it even stronger. For the second consecutive year, and drive operational excellence, is clearly yielding we reduced our significant spill and release rate and results. maintained our low level of injuries and illnesses across In this update, you’ll read about how our businesses the corporation. And, we expanded our community are performing; new “green” products we’ve and social responsibility initiatives on a global scale. introduced this year to help our customers solve some of their technical challenges; our progress toward environmental, health and safety goals; and our new efforts to support PPG communities on a global level.