Restructuring and Impairment Charges

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Impairment ChargesWe recorded net pre-tax restructuring and impairment charges of $4 million, $387 million and $93 million in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Restructuring Charges

During 2022, we recorded $4 million of pre-tax restructuring related charges, which included $3 million of costs associated with our Cost Smart selling, general and administrative expense (“SG&A”) program and $1 million of costs as part of our Cost Smart Cost of sales program.

During 2021, we recorded a total of $47 million of pre-tax restructuring related charges. We recorded pre-tax net restructuring charges of $27 million as part of our Cost Smart Cost of sales program, which primarily consisted of accelerated depreciation and other costs recorded in our North America segment. We also recorded $17 million of employee-related and other costs associated with our Cost Smart SG&A program, consisting of professional services and employee-related severance costs primarily in our North America and EMEA segments.

During 2020, we recorded a total of $48 million of pre-tax restructuring charges. We recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $25 million for our Cost Smart SG&A program, which were primarily for employee-related severance costs recorded in our North America and EMEA segments, professional services costs in our North America segment and other costs. We also recorded $23 million of pre-tax restructuring charges for our Cost Smart Cost of sales program, which were primarily for inventory and mechanical stores write-offs and other costs associated with the closure of our Lane Cove, Australia production facility and closures of North America facilities and product lines including our Berwick, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility and the cessation of ethanol production at our Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility.

The Cost Smart Cost of sales and Cost Smart SG&A programs began in 2018. During 2018 and 2019, we recorded a total of $78 million of pre-tax restructuring charges for our Cost Smart Cost of sales program and a total of $39 million for our Cost Smart SG&A program.

Impairment Charges

During 2021, we recorded a $340 million impairment charge for assets and liabilities we contributed to the Argentina joint venture, which consisted of $311 million related to the write-off of the cumulative translation losses associated with the contributed net assets and $29 million related to the final write-down of the contributed net assets to fair value.

During 2020, we recorded a $35 million impairment charge for our indefinite-lived intangible asset associated with the TIC Gums tradename due to our decision to change our marketing strategy related to the brand. Additionally, we recorded a $10 million other-than-temporary impairment of our equity method investment in Verdient when we agreed to acquire the remaining 80 percent interest in Verdient.

A summary of our severance accrual at December 31, 2022, is as follows ($ in millions):


Balance in severance accrual as of December 31, 2021	$	3
Payments made to terminated employees	(3)
Balance in severance accrual as of December 31, 2022	$	—