To our valued stakeholders,
In 2022, PPG remained resilient and committed to delivering on our purpose, creating value for our customers, meeting the needs of our people and supporting the communities where we operate.
While sustainability has been a critical component of our strategy for over a decade, we're continuously looking to the future. As part of our promise to deliver on our purpose – We Protect and Beautify the World – we've set new, ambitious 2030 environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals that will guide our continued efforts. We've established a stronger focus on decarbonization, including emissions reduction targets that have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). These targets include PPG's first scope 3 emissions reduction target, an ambitious goal that will require working with partners throughout our value chain to collaborate on greenhouse gas reduction strategies. The full set of 2030 targets are outlined in more detail in this report.
We succeed by helping our customers succeed, partnering with them to create industry-leading sustainable innovations that help improve productivity. For example, we're working alongside Steelcase, an American manufacturer of architecture, furniture and technology products, to identify new uses for waste from our industrial coatings and support the circular economy. Last year, we made approximately 250,000 pounds of recycled coatings from powder coatings used by Steelcase by reclaiming overspray that would have otherwise been sent to a landfill. While we've recently partnered with customers on new, industry-leading technologies, our sustainable innovations span decades. For nearly 20 years, the PPG B1:B2™ process has helped automakers around the world halve their energy consumption in the most energy intensive areas of their manufacturing facilities - the paint shop - by eliminating a step in the curing process.
Sustainably advantaged products and processes made up 39% of PPG's sales last year, and we expect that they will comprise half of our product sales by 2030. Throughout this report, you will see countless examples of PPG's products that are making tangible contributions to a more sustainable tomorrow - extending the useable lifespan of bridges and buildings; reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by eliminating curing stages for our automotive coatings and sealants; enabling aluminum food and beverage packaging to be infinitely recyclable; and even improving the fuel efficiency of airplanes and cargo ships.
These innovations don't happen without the dedication of PPG People. That's why we continue to invest in people strategies that enable our more than 50,000 PPG People to deliver exceptional performance. We know that diverse teams perform better - period. One of our core focus areas is building and supporting a more diverse, equitable and inclusive PPG. We made strong progress toward our DE&I goals in the last year, increasing non-frontline headcount of U.S. Black employees by 19%, Latino employees by 16% and Asian employees by 8%. Our representation of non-frontline female professionals reached 31%, and we engaged 34% of our global workforce in our global Employee Resource Networks and DE&I capability-building programs. Learn more in the diversity, equity and inclusion section of this report.
We know that our impact extends beyond PPG to the communities where we live, work and play. Our global community giving totaled more than $16.2 million in 2022 to support the communities where we operate, funding educational programming that advances racial equity throughout the U.S. and promotes education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). PPG has also completed 473 COLORFUL COMMUNITIES® projects around the world since 2015, transforming schools, community support organizations and public spaces with PPG products and employee volunteers.
As we go forward, we will continue to focus on developing innovative solutions to help our customers achieve their sustainability aspirations, and remain a reliable, collaborative partner along the value chain.
I encourage you to learn more about PPG's progress in our 2022 ESG Report. Thank you for your continued collaboration, partnership and interest in PPG.
Tim Knavish
PPG president and chief executive officer