Sustainability 2011/12
Our Blueprint for Sustainability
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Learn about Ford’s sustainability-related goals and progress for 2011.
Read about our approach to third-party review of this report and data assurance.
Our sustainability strategy helps us deliver Great Products, a Strong Business and a Better World.
Learn about how we revised our Policy Letter 24, which embodies our commitment to human rights.
The most important thing we can do is profitably grow our Company by making the world’s best vehicles.
Our financial turnaround has been based on delivering high-quality, innovative and desirable products.
We’re delivering a range of affordable, fuel-efficient vehicles
We’re meeting our goals to reduce the environmental footprint of our vehicles and operations.
We’re aiming to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle by 30 percent by 2015.
We’re quantifying water consumption over the life of a typical light-duty vehicle.
Twelve of our vehicles earned Top Safety Picks from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in 2012.
Imagine a future in which vehicles “talk” to each other – and to other transportation infrastructure.
We expanded our supply chain GHG emissions to 128 suppliers.
To date, we have trained more than 1,750 of our suppliers in our working conditions program.
In the U.S., we have pledged to add 12,000 hourly jobs by 2015.
Each year, thousands of our workers help in our efforts to build a stronger world.
In Europe, our ECOnetic models are driving improvements in fuel efficiency and CO2 reductions.
Ford of China’s grants program supports grassroots efforts in environmental protection and conservation.
