Progressing Sustainability
Find out about our 20-year sustainability journey and our plans for where we go next
Performance Highlights from our Sustainability Report 2018/19
Enhancing People’s Lives
First
automotive company to perform a UN human rights saliency assessment
$67.7 million
total charitable contributions
$140 billion+
in goods and services sourced to date through our supplier diversity efforts with minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses
41,000
participants in Ford Driving Skills for Life training
148,849
total volunteering hours
98.2%
global salaried gender pay ratio for average female salaries to average male salaries within peer groups worldwide 1
1,163
supply chain working conditions assessments completed to date
~100,000 people
trained on human rights issues covering bribery, anti-harassment, anti-discrimination and other ethics and compliance topics
Global salaried employees by gender
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 73% | 73% | 72% |
| Female | 27% | 27% | 28% |
Lost-Time Case Rate (LTCR)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cases per 200,000 hours worked, Ford global rate | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.41 |
Advancing Our Planet
88 sites
with true zero waste to landfill status
5.5%
absolute reduction in global waste sent to landfill in 2018
100%
renewable energy for all manufacturing plants globally by 2035
14.5%
absolute reduction in water use since 2010
~300 vehicle parts
made using renewable resources such as soy, wheat, rice, castor, hibiscus, tree cellulose, jute and coconut
First
Climate Change Scenario Report produced outlining Ford’s vision of the low-carbon future
257 suppliers
surveyed using CDP supply chain questionnaire and 214 surveyed using CDP water questionnaire
Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Combined Car and Truck Fleet (mpg)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| 29.8 | 29.6 | 28.9 |
Absolute Worldwide Facility CO2 Emissions (million metric tons)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| 4.62 | 4.43 | 4.38 |
Global Water Use per Vehicle Produced (cubic meters per vehicle)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
Innovating Future Motion
$11 billion
global investment in electrified vehicles by 2022
10+ years’
experience in self-driving vehicle technology
10+
new electrified vehicles from Ford and Lincoln to be launched by 2021
By 2021
we will launch self-driving commercial vehicles at scale
$740 million
invested to convert Michigan Central Station into a innovation hub in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood
From 2022
we plan to incorporate cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) connectivity into all new Ford models
Reporting Downloads Center
Sustainability Report 2018/19
Ford’s Sustainability Report is available to download in full or as separate chapters:
Reporting Framework Indices
- GRI Index (pdf, 768KB)
- UNGC COP Index (pdf, 191KB)
- UNGPRF Index (pdf, 325KB)
- SDGs Index (pdf, 389KB)
- TCFD Index (pdf, 173KB)
- SASB Index (pdf, 173KB)
- Bloomberg Gender Equality Index Survey (pdf, 232KB)
Previous Sustainability Reports
- Sustainability Report 2017/18 (pdf, 4.1MB)
- GRI Content Index 2017/18 (pdf, 793KB)
- Sustainability Report 2016/17 (pdf, 3.73MB)
- Sustainability Report 2015/16 (pdf, 4.14MB)
Financial Reports
- Annual Report 2018 (pdf, 7.81MB)
- Form 10-K (pdf, 14.22MB)
- Notice of 2019 Virtual Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement (pdf, 1.44MB)
Climate Change Scenario Report
CDP Responses
Community
Supplementary Downloads
Human Rights
Since 2004, we have conducted more than 40 human rights assessments to evaluate how our facilities around the world align with our Code of Human Rights, Basic Working Conditions and Corporate Responsibility (Policy Letter 24). The reports of assessments undertaken in the past three years are available for download below.
- Policy Letter 24: Code of Human Rights, Basic Working Conditions and Corporate Responsibility (pdf, 156KB)
- Code of Conduct Handbook (pdf, 1MB)
- ABF Supplier List (pdf, 168KB)
- 2018 Policy Letter 24 Survey – Valencia Assembly Plant (pdf, 172KB)
- 2018 Policy Letter 24 Survey – Chennai Engine Plant (pdf, 136KB)
- 2018 Policy Letter 24 Survey – Irapuato Transmission Plant (pdf, 227KB)
- 2018 Policy Letter 24 Survey – Ohio Assembly Plant (pdf, 149KB)
- 2017 Policy Letter 24 Assessment – Chihuahua Engine Plant (pdf, 267KB)
- 2017 Policy Letter 24 Assessment – Cologne (pdf, 311KB)
- 2017 Policy Letter 24 Assessment – Dearborn Truck Plant (pdf, 242KB)
- 2017 Policy Letter 24 Assessment – Ford Vietnam (pdf, 225KB)
- 2016 Policy Letter 24 Assessment – Chicago Stamping Plant (pdf, 55KB)
- 2016 Policy Letter 24 Assessment – Chongqing Facilities (pdf, 64KB)
- 2016 Policy Letter 24 Assessment – Ford Otosan (pdf, 111KB)
- 2016 Policy Letter 24 Assessment – Sao Bernardo de Campo (pdf, 66KB)
Environmental Management
- Environmental Policy (pdf, 17KB)
- Global ISO 14001 certificates (pdf, 2.5MB)
- ISO 50001 certificate (pdf, 237KB)
Product Sustainability Index
- Ford of Europe’s Product Sustainability Index, OECD Workshop (pdf, 259KB)
- Product Sustainability Index Report, Ford S-MAX and Ford Galaxy (pdf, 507KB)
- Product Sustainability Index Fact Sheet, Ford Fiesta (pdf, 166KB)
- Ford Focus Product Sustainability Index (PSI) (pdf, 352KB)
OAC Plan Summaries
- OAC TRA Phase 1 Plan Summaries (pdf, 537KB)
- OAC TRA Phase 2 Plan Summaries (pdf, 307KB)
- D2EP Plan Summary – Ford OAC – Dec 21 2016 (pdf, 165KB)
- Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Plan Summary – Ford OAC – Dec 21 2016 (pdf, 212KB)
- Hydrotreated Light Distillate Plan Summary – Ford OAC – Dec 21 2016 (pdf, 210KB)
- Nitric Acid Plan Summary – Ford OAC – Dec 21 2016 (pdf, 109KB)
- Propane Plan Summary – Ford OAC – Dec 21 2016 (pdf, 196KB)
- Manganese – Plan Summary – Ford OAC – Feb 12 2016 (pdf, 108KB)
- Sodium Nitrite – Plan Summary – Ford OAC – Feb 12 2016 (pdf, 102KB)
- Zinc – Plan Summary – Ford OAC – Feb 12 2016 (pdf, 110KB)
EEP Plan Summaries
- EEP TRA Plan Summary – CO (pdf, 107KB)
- EEP TRA Plan Summary – Copper – Dec 20 (pdf, 88KB)
- EEP TRA Plan Summary – Manganese – Dec 20 (pdf, 88KB)
- EEP TRA Plan Summary – NOx (pdf, 108KB)
- EEP TRA Plan Summary – PM2.5 (pdf, 108KB)
- EEP TRA Plan Summary – PM10 (pdf, 108KB)
WEP TRA Plan Summaries
- WEP TRA Plan Summary – CO (pdf, 122KB)
- WEP TRA Plan Summary – Copper – Dec 20 (pdf, 89KB)
- WEP TRA Plan Summary – HLD (pdf, 104KB)
- WEP TRA Plan Summary – PM2.5 (pdf, 112KB)
- WEP TRA Plan Summary – PM10 (pdf, 110KB)
- WEP TRA Plan Summary – Lead – Dec 20 (pdf, 87KB)
- WEP TRA Plan Summary – Manganese – Dec 20 (pdf, 88KB)
- WEP TRA Plan Summary – Nickel – Dec 20 (pdf, 87KB)
Other
1 While this ratio provides a rough measure of pay equity, it does not account for individual circumstances such as job titles, education, and experience. Such factors may explain much of the difference between the female and male averages. A peer group consists of employees in the same region, salary grade, and skill team, when available.
2 Includes FFV credits. Does not include A/C or Off-Cycle credits. The decline in combined car and truck fuel economy is primarily due to customers purchasing larger cars and more trucks and reduced CAFE FFV credits. Despite the decrease in combined car and truck CAFE, on an individual basis, our vehicles continue to make fuel economy improvements. See Improving Fuel Economy.