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Data On This Page
A. Worldwide Facility Energy Consumption
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 85.8 | 82.8 | 69.5 | 73.8 | 65.6 | 61.0 |
| Direct | 54.0 | 50.8 | 39.0 | 44.6 | 37.3 | 36.7 |
| Indirect | 31.8 | 32.0 | 30.5 | 29.2 | 28.3 | 24.3 |
- Data managed through the Global Emissions Manager database
B. Worldwide Facility Energy Consumption per Vehicle
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 14.08 | 13.13 | 11.17 | 12.20 | 10.82 | 12.15 |
| BTUs/vehicle direct | 8.86 | 8.06 | 6.27 | 7.37 | 6.15 | 7.31 |
| BTUs/vehicle indirect | 5.22 | 5.07 | 4.90 | 4.83 | 4.67 | 4.84 |
- Data managed through the Global Emissions Manager database
C. Worldwide Facility CO2 Emissions
Target: Various regions are developing mandatory targets, and this makes it difficult to set a global corporate target for greenhouse gas emissions. Voluntary manufacturing greenhouse gas emission targets apply (see Commitments and Requirements). Our energy efficiency index target also has the effect of driving reductions in CO2 emissions.
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| Direct | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Indirect | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- Third-party verified (North America and EU)1
- Reported to regulatory authorities (EU). Voluntarily reported to registry or other authority (U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, Philippines, Chongqing, China).
D. Worldwide Facility CO2 Emissions per Vehicle
Target: Various regions are developing mandatory targets, and this makes it difficult to set a global corporate target for greenhouse gas emissions. Voluntary manufacturing greenhouse gas emission targets apply (see Commitments and Requirements). Our energy efficiency index target also has the effect of driving reductions in CO2 emissions.
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1.36 | 1.32 | 1.28 | 1.11 | 1.01 | 1.09 |
| Direct | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.38 |
| Indirect | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.71 |
- Data managed through the Global Emissions Manager database
Notes to the Data
Chart A
Data have been adjusted to account for facilities that were closed, sold or new. This data does not include Automotive Components Holdings (ACH) facilities.
Chart B
Energy consumption and CO2 emissions per vehicle divides energy used or CO2 emitted by the number of vehicles produced. Averaging energy and CO2 emissions by the number of vehicles produced yields a somewhat imperfect indicator of production efficiency. When the number of vehicles produced declines, as it has since 2000, per-vehicle energy use tends to rise because a portion of the resources used by a facility is required for base facility operations, regardless of the number of vehicles produced.
We believe that the long-term trend of declining per-vehicle energy use and CO2 emissions indicate that more efficient production since 2000 is offsetting the tendency of these indicators to rise during periods of declining production. This interpretation is reinforced by our Energy Efficiency Index, which focuses on production energy efficiency and which has been steadily improving. Our Energy Efficiency Index target also has the effect of driving reductions in CO2 emissions. These data do not include ACH facilities.
Chart C
Data have been adjusted to account for facilities that were closed, sold or new.This data does not include Automotive Components Holdings (ACH) facilities.
Sixty-one percent of Ford's global facility GHG emissions are third-party verified. All of Ford's North American GHG emissions data since 1998 are externally verified by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the auditors of the NASDAQ stock exchange, as part of membership in the Chicago Climate Exchange. In addition, all of our European facilities impacted by the mandatory EU Trading Scheme are third-party verified.
Chart D
Energy consumption and CO2 emissions per vehicle divides energy used or CO2 emitted by the number of vehicles produced. Averaging energy and CO2 emissions by the number of vehicles produced yields a somewhat imperfect indicator of production efficiency. When the number of vehicles produced declines, as it has since 2000, per-vehicle energy use tends to rise because a portion of the resources used by a facility is required for base facility operations, regardless of the number of vehicles produced.
We believe that the long-term trend of declining per-vehicle energy use and CO2 emissions indicate that more efficient production since 2000 is offsetting the tendency of these indicators to rise during periods of declining production. This interpretation is reinforced by our Energy Efficiency Index, which focuses on production energy efficiency and which has been steadily improving. Our Energy Efficiency Index target also has the effect of driving reductions in CO2 emissions. These data do not include ACH facilities.
Chart E
The Index, which covers energy use in North America, is "normalized" based on an engineering calculation that adjusts for typical variances in weather and vehicle production. The Index was set at 100 for the year 2000 to simplify tracking against our target of 3 percent improvement in energy efficiency.