Our Value Chain and Its Impacts

In 2012:

• We spent $5.5 billion on engineering, research and development.
• 661 U.S. utility patents were issued to Ford and subsidiaries for new technologies and processes we developed.
• We launched 25 vehicles and 31 powertrains globally.

• Since 2011, we have been asking our global production supply base to report their use of Conflict Minerals by material weight.
• We have reduced the use of dysprosium, a rare earth element, by about 50 percent in our hybrid systems; we expect this will save up to 500,000 pounds of rare earth metals annually.

• Since 2006, we have been tracking and reporting transportation- and logistics-related GHG emissions; we now track this for all our regions and report externally for North America, South Africa, India and Australia.
• We are reducing our freight emissions by reducing the number of vehicle miles traveled to deliver parts, as well as improving route efficiencies and switching to lower-emission transport methods.
• Our European operations use 90 percent reusable containers, and we are seeking to increase that amount.

• In 2012, we spent $90 billion with more than 12,700 production and non-production supplier companies globally.
• All of our direct suppliers adhere to our requirements on human rights, working conditions and environmental sustainability, as laid out in our Global Terms and Conditions.
• To date, more than 80 percent of our production Aligned Business Framework (ABF) suppliers – which represent approximately 65 percent of our annual buy – have demonstrated that they have codes of conduct aligned with international standards.
• As of December 31, 2012, Ford’s supplier training programs had impacted 84,710 sub-tier supplier companies and more than 430,200 individual employees at supplier companies.

• In 2012, we employed 171,000 people globally.
• Also in 2012, we added 8,100 salaried and hourly jobs in the U.S. and 2,470 hourly and salaried jobs in our Asia Pacific and Africa region.
• From 2013 through 2017, we expect to spend about $125 million on our facilities in the Americas and Europe to comply with stationary source air and water pollution and hazardous waste control standards that are now in effect or are scheduled to come into effect during this period.
• In 2012, we contributed $3.2 billion in taxes globally.
• Also in 2012, we invested $30.1 million in local communities through charitable contributions.

• In 2012, we sold more than 5.66 million vehicles globally.
• As of year-end 2012, our 3,286 Ford and Lincoln dealers in the U.S. employed 189,000 individuals, with an annual payroll of approximately $7 billion.
• Worldwide, we had 11,619 Ford and Lincoln dealerships as of year-end 2012.

• For the 2013 model year, Ford offers eight vehicles that get 40 mpg (or MPGe) or better.
• From the 2007 to the 2012 model year, we reduced fleet-average carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from our new vehicles in the U.S. by 15 percent, and from the 2006 to 2012 calendar year we reduced the fleet-average CO₂ emissions from our European vehicles by 14 percent.
• For the 2012 model year, 93 percent of Ford nameplates earned a Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
• In Europe, Ford earned the most Best in Class awards from the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), as well as the most Euro NCAP Advanced rewards for advanced safety technologies.

• As of March 2013, more than 600 dealers in 48 states have participated in our green dealer onsite facility assessment to identify energy- and cost-saving opportunities and become certified to sell our electrified vehicles. More than 200 additional dealers have signed up to undergo this process during the remainder of 2013.
• Since 2002, our Core Recovery Program – through which we reuse and recycle parts removed at dealership service centers for use in the production of new Ford vehicles – has saved approximately 120 million pounds of vehicle waste from being buried in landfills or sent to junkyards.

• In North America, about 95 percent of vehicles that go out of registration are processed by a dismantler or scrap metal recycling facility, with approximately 86 percent of the vehicle by weight recovered for reuse, remanufacturing or recycling.
• In Europe, Ford has take-back and recycling networks for Ford brand vehicles in 19 EU markets and participates in collective recycling systems in another 10. All Ford vehicles marketed in Europe are now certified as reaching recyclability of 85 percent and recoverability of 95 percent.