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As a customer- and product-driven company, our vehicles are the foundation of our business. Our products are also a major focal point of our environmental impacts and our efforts to reduce those impacts.

This section reports on the environmental aspects1 of our products, from their design through their use to the end of their life-cycle. Specifically, we report on:

  • The fuel efficiency of our products and product related greenhouse gas emissions
  • Tailpipe emissions including hydrocarbons, nitrous oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matter that can contribute to smog formation and other air pollution issues.
  • Sustainable materials including our efforts to increase our use of recycled and renewable materials, to improve vehicle interior air quality, and to eliminate substances of concern.
  1. Environmental aspects is a term used in the ISO 14001 framework to denote elements of an organization's activities, products and services that can interact with the environment.

By the end of 2009, Ford will be using soy foam seats on more than 1 million vehicles, reducing petroleum oil usage by approximately 1 million pounds per year.