Ford's Board and senior executive level governance of environmental issues is described in the Accountability section.
We have an environmental policy and directives that apply to our operations globally.
All Ford manufacturing facilities and our product development function are certified to ISO 14001, the leading global standard for managing environmental issues. In addition, we have asked our preferred "Q1" suppliers of production parts to certify their facilities. These commitments place our most significant potential environmental impacts under one comprehensive environmental management system.
Ford of Europe has developed a Product Sustainability Index (PSI) to track whether their new products are moving toward the goal of sustainability. The PSI provides a basis for evaluating and improving sustainability performance for new generations of vehicles across environmental, social and economic areas. This holistic approach to product development is an industry first, with the new S-MAX and Galaxy being the pioneer vehicles created with the PSI. The improved sustainability profile of these vehicles was certified by an independent, external review panel according to ISO 14040, a global standard for life cycle assessment. The new Mondeo, which goes on sale in mid-2007, was also developed using the PSI.
