1、2009 Corporate Sustainability Report Update2009 CSR Update|2Table of ContentsA Message From the Chairman .2Corporate Governance .2Company Profile .3Business Performance.4Products and Innovation .5Energy and the Environment.6Employees and the Workplace.8Community Involvement and Social Performance.9A
2、wards and Recognition.11I am pleased to present the 2009 update to PPGs 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
3、 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
4、our businesses in terms of difficult economic conditions,I believe that PPGs performance was admirable under the circumstances.Of equal importance,however,the economy did not detract from or deter our efforts toward driving the concepts of sustainability throughout everything we do at PPG.In this up
5、date,youll read about how our business portfolio continues to evolve;how we managed through the recent recession;new environmentally-beneficial products we introduced in 2009;our progress toward our environmental,health and safety goals;new philanthropic initiatives;awards and recognition weve recei
6、ved,and more.Charles E.Bunch Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerA Message From the ChairmanCorporate GovernanceEffective Oct.15,2009,Robert J.Dellinger succeeded William H.Hernandez as PPGs senior vice president,finance,and chief financial officer(CFO),in conjunction with Hernandezs planned retirem