PPG继续推进可持续发展目标，为保护和美化世界而努力

PPG advances sustainability to protect and beautify the world

PPG发布了《2018年企业可持续发展报告》，回顾了过去一年里公司为履行“我们保护并美化世界™”的宗旨和承诺、完成2025年可持续发展目标方面的进展和主要成就。

PPG published its 2018 Sustainability Report, detailing the company’s performance and progress against its 2025 sustainability goals that contribute to its purpose and promise: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™. 

2018年，PPG在运营中引入了全新的可持续发展实践，为客户提供了更多具有可持续优势的产品，全年工伤率降至历史最低，并继续推进全球社区责任项目，同时，进一步增强企业的多元化和包容性。该报告现已公布于PPG官方网站sustainability.ppg.com涂料在线coatingol.com。

Last year, PPG embedded additional sustainable practices into its operations, introduced new sustainably advantaged products for customers, achieved a record low in injury cases across the company, advanced its global community engagement initiatives, and further advanced its diversity and inclusion efforts. The report is available at sustainability.ppg.com.

PPG董事长兼首席执行官Michael H. McGarry表示：“在全体员工的共同努力下，我们将可持续发展的理念进一步深入到PPG的全球业务中。我们每天进取，日积寸功。2018年，我们在可持续发展方面取得了令人鼓舞的进步，这也激励着我们不断发现新机遇，向最终实现既定的2025年目标继续迈进。”

“Our dedicated workforce continues to drive sustainability deeper into our global operations,” said Michael H. McGarry, PPG chairman and chief executive officer. “At PPG, we are focused on doing better today than yesterday. Our 2018 sustainability progress is encouraging, and it inspires us to identify new opportunities and ultimately reach the aggressive 2025 goals that we have set for our company.”

2018年，PPG发布了一系列全新的可持续发展目标，从而将可持续发展进一步融入其日常运营中，并评估目标的进展情况。去年公司在完成可持续发展目标方面所取得的成绩包括：

PPG launched a new set of sustainability goals in 2018, guiding the company to further embed sustainability into its day-to-day operations and measure its progress. Highlights of PPG’s sustainability progress in 2018 include the following.

保护环境：PPG致力于有效利用资源，推动整个产业链的可持续发展，保护公司经营所在的环境。2018年，PPG在环境保护方面的成绩包括：

Preserving and protecting the environment: PPG is committed to using resources efficiently and driving sustainability throughout its entire value chain to preserve and protect the environment in which the company operates. PPG achieved:

可持续产品贡献公司销售额占比为32%，例如其低温固化汽车涂料工艺能帮助客户减少39％的能耗；

29％的生产和研发基地实现零垃圾填埋;

泄漏和释放率降低28％；

用水量降低7％

废弃物处理量降低6％。

32% of sales from sustainably advantaged products and processes, such as its low-cure automotive paint process that allows customers to use 39% less energy;

29% of manufacturing and research and development locations with zero waste to landfill;

28% improvement in the spills and releases rate;

7% reduction in water intensity; and

6% reduction in waste disposal intensity.

美化社区：PPG和PPG基金会通过与公司员工、社区合作伙伴及其他利益相关者的紧密合作与互动，努力实现创建更多彩、更明亮的社区的愿景。2018年，PPG和PPG基金会的成就包括：

Beautifying our communities: PPG and the PPG Foundation collaborate and engage with employees, community partners and other stakeholders to make the company’s vision of bringing color and brightness to communities a reality. In 2018, PPG and the PPG Foundation:

自2015年项目启动以来，PPG已完成超过200个“多彩社区”项目，成为公司社区公益活动中的重要里程碑，影响范围覆盖30个国家超过520万人；

全球捐赠超过900万美元；

员工志愿者服务时间超过25,000小时。

Completed the 200th COLORFUL COMMUNITIES® project since the program’s launch in 2015 – a significant milestone that allowed the company to impact more than 5.2 million people in 30 countries;

Donated more than $9 million globally; and

Logged nearly 25,000 employee volunteer hours.

尊重员工：PPG有义务确保员工的安全和健康，让他们具有参与感，并感受到公司对其各种贡献的尊重。在 2018年中：

Valuing our people: PPG has an obligation to ensure its employees are safe, healthy, engaged and valued for the diverse talents they bring to the company. In 2018:

20％的高层管理职位由女性担任，女性员工数量稳步增加;

工伤和疾病发生率降低了10％。

20% of top management positions were held by women, with a steady increase in female representation of total workforce; and

PPG achieved a 10% reduction in its injury and illness rate.