PPG’s aim to be known as a sustainable global company is paying off with more industry recognition highlighting its inroads in its products and procurement.
PPG ranked among the top 7 per cent of 130,000 evaluated companies in the latest EcoVadis gold rating.
EcoVadis is a leading third-party sustainability ratings platform and its experts evaluate companies based on 21 factors grouped into four categories: environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement.
PPG earned a gold rating in corporate social responsibility and earned “advanced” scores in the categories of environment, labour and human rights, and sustainable procurement practices.
Factors that contributed to the result include 44 per cent of PPG’s sales came from sustainably advantaged products, it reduced its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 10 per cent and that 97 per cent of PPG’s key suppliers were assessed against stringent sustainability and social responsibility criteria.
PPG Vice President-Elect, Global Sustainability said Peter Votruba-Drzal says it was a proud achievement for one of the company’s key foucses.
“We take an extremely pragmatic approach to integrating sustainability throughout our operations and within our value chain to support our own ambitions and those of our customers, he says “It is a testament to the efforts of our more than 50,000 employees and reflects our recent progress.”