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Employee Separation / Asset Related Charges, Net
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Restructuring Charges [Abstract]  
Employee Separation / Asset Related Charges, Net
Employee Separation / Asset Related Charges, Net
La Porte Plant, La Porte, Texas
In March 2016, DuPont announced its decision to not re-start the Agriculture segment’s insecticide manufacturing facility at the La Porte site located in La Porte, Texas.  The facility manufactures Lannate® and Vydate® insecticides and has been shut down since November 2014.  As a result of this decision, during the six months ended June 30, 2016, a pre-tax charge of $75 was recorded in employee separation / asset related charges, net which included $41 of asset related charges, $18 of contract termination costs, and $16 of employee severance and related benefit costs.                                                                                                                                                                             

2016 Global Cost Savings and Restructuring Plan
At June 30, 2016, total liabilities related to the program were $278. A complete discussion of restructuring initiatives is included in the company's 2015 Annual Report in Note 4, "Employee Separation / Asset Related Charges, Net."

Account balances and activity for the restructuring program are summarized below:
 
Severance and Related Benefit Costs
Asset Related Charges
Other Non-Personnel Charges1
Total
Balance at December 31, 2015
$
648

$
—

$
32

$
680

Payments
(256
)
—

(24
)
(280
)
Net translation adjustment
3

—

—

3

  Other adjustments
(134
)
37

9

(88
)
Asset write-offs
—

(37
)
—

(37
)
Balance as of June 30, 2016
$
261

$
—

$
17

$
278


1. 
Other non-personnel charges consist of contractual obligation costs.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, a net benefit of $(90) and $(88) was recorded associated with the 2016 global cost savings and restructuring plan in employee separation / asset related charges, net in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statements. This was primarily due to a reduction in severance and related benefit costs partially offset by the identification of additional projects in certain segments.  The reduction in severance and related benefit costs was driven by the elimination of positions at a lower cost than expected as a result of redeployments and attrition as well as lower than estimated individual severance costs.  

The net (benefit) charge related to the segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
June 30,
 
2016
2016
Agriculture
$
(5
)
$
16

Electronics & Communications
(8
)
(15
)
Industrial Biosciences
(3
)
(4
)
Nutrition & Health
(12
)
(13
)
Performance Materials
(9
)
(5
)
Protection Solutions
(7
)
(10
)
Other
—

3

Corporate expenses
(46
)
(60
)
 
$
(90
)
$
(88
)



2014 Restructuring Program
At June 30, 2016, total liabilities related to the program were $40. A complete discussion of restructuring initiatives is included in the company's 2015 Annual Report in Note 4, "Employee Separation / Asset Related Charges, Net."

Account balances and activity related to the program are summarized below:
 
Severance and Related Benefit Costs
Other Non-Personnel Charges 1
Total
Balance at December 31, 2015
$
76

$
2

$
78

Payments
(38
)
—

(38
)
Balance as of June 30, 2016
$
38

$
2

$
40



1. 
Other non-personnel charges consist of contractual obligation costs.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, a $2 net adjustment to the estimated costs associated with the 2014 restructuring program was recorded in employee separation / asset related charges, net in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statements. This was primarily due to the identification of additional projects in certain segments, offset by lower than estimated individual severance costs and workforce reductions achieved through non-severance programs. The adjustments related to the segments for the three months ended June 30, 2015 as follows: Agriculture - $4, Electronics & Communications - $(11), Industrial Biosciences - $1, Nutrition & Health - $4, Performance Materials - $2, Protection Solutions - $(1), and Other - $3.

Cost Basis Investment Impairment
During the first quarter 2015, a $38 pre-tax impairment charge was recorded in employee separation / asset related charges, net within the Other segment. The majority related to a cost basis investment in which the assessment resulted from the venture's revised operating plan reflecting underperformance of its European wheat based ethanol facility and deteriorating European ethanol market conditions. As a result, the carrying value of DuPont's 6 percent cost basis investment in this venture exceeded its fair value by $37, such that an impairment charge was recorded.