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Part II
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS, continued
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Segment Reviews
Segment operating earnings is defined as income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes excluding significant pre-
tax benefits (charges), non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit costs, exchange gains (losses), corporate
expenses and interest. Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit costs includes all of the components of
net periodic benefit cost from continuing operations with the exception of the service cost component. Reclassifications of prior
year data have been made to conform to current year classifications. See Note 22 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for
details related to significant pre-tax benefits (charges) excluded from segment operating earnings. All references to prices are on
a U.S. dollar (USD) basis, including the impact of currency, unless otherwise noted.
A reconciliation of segment operating earnings to income from continuing operations before income taxes for 2015, 2014 and
2013 is included in Note 22 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
DuPont Sustainable Solutions, within the company's Safety & Protection segment, is comprised of two business units: clean
technologies and consulting solutions. Effective January 1, 2016, the clean technologies business unit will become part of the
Industrial Biosciences segment with the focus on working with customers to improve the performance, productivity and
sustainability of their products and processes. The company will explore a range of options to maximize the growth of the consulting
solutions business unit which effective January 1, 2016 will be reported within Other. Sustainable solutions net sales accounted
for about 2 percent of the company's total consolidated net sales for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Segment results and 2016 segment outlook information are not reflective of the 2016 reporting change.