Welcome to our 2009/10 Sustainability Report
"This is one of the most exciting times in our industry since mass automobile production began more than a century ago. New technologies are radically transforming some of the most fundamental and enduring elements of the automobile. The companies that lead these changes will create new 'green' jobs and generate profits while reducing fuel use and CO2 emissions, benefiting both the economy and the environment."
Alan Mulally
President and Chief Executive Officer
Highlights:
- Ford holds the most IIHS Top Safety Picks of any vehicle manufacturer
- Ford introduces MyFord™, an all-new user interface that connects drivers with in-car technologies
- SYNC® enables drivers to use cell phones while keeping eyes on the road and hands on the wheel
- Ford introduces the world's first automotive inflatable seat belts
- Ford Driving Skills for Life includes modules on avoiding distracted driving
- Ford named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute
- Ford the only automaker listed among Newsweek magazine's "Green Rankings"
- Ford supports the Schumer bill, which would ban handheld texting while driving
- In 2009, Ford gained market share in most of our business units across the globe
- In 2009, Ford achieved its first full year of positive net income since 2005
- Ford is investing nearly $14 billion in advanced technology vehicles in the United States
- Ford makes assembly plants more "flexible" to adapt vehicle production to changing markets
- Ford boosts production of smaller-sized vehicles
- Ford employees and retirees provide more than 100,000 hours of community service work
- Ford launches new "green" initiatives for dealers to reduce carbon footprints
- Ford makes progress on a major employee safety indicator
- Ford named among the 10 best companies for supplier diversity
- Ford has reduced global energy consumption by 44 percent since 2000
- Ford the first automaker to introduce a soy-foam headliner
- Ford introduces wheat-grass-reinforced plastics in vehicle interior parts
- Ford to introduce fuel-efficient EcoBoost™ engines and PowerShift transmissions in Asia in 2010
- From 2004 to 2009, Ford had the greatest fleet-wide fuel economy improvement of any automaker
- Ford reduces global water use by more than 16 percent in 2009
- Ford reduces global waste to landfill by more than 20 percent in 2009
- Ford continues to streamline dealer and supplier networks
- Ford's fuel-efficient EcoBoost™ engine attracts new buyers to Ford vehicles
- Ford's new "C-car" platform will form the base for more than 2 million units per year by 2012
- The Ford Fiesta will bring best-in-class fuel economy of 40 mpg to the U.S. in 2010
- Ford had the fewest vehicle defects among all full-line manufacturers at three months in service
- Ford delivers best-in-class interior quietness with new virtual development technology
- Ford on track to surpass our goal of a 30 percent reduction in CO2 emissions from our U.S. and European new vehicles
- Ford voluntarily reports greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Brazil and China
- In 2009, Ford trained more than 180,000 of our suppliers' workers in human rights through outreach programs
- Ford's human rights efforts were ranked first in CRO magazine's 100 Best Corporate Citizens list
- Ford was the only North American automaker invited to participate in the UN Global Compact's Supply Chain Sustainability Advisory Group
- Ford is catalyzing integrated sustainable mobility demonstration projects in five major U.S. metropolitan areas
- Ford helps to sponsor "Beyond Oil: The Sustainable Communities Initiative," a sustainable mobility conference in Seattle
Top Stories From This Year's Report
Electrification Strategy
See how Ford is addressing the challenges and opportunities of vehicle electrification.
Blueprint for Sustainability
We have set a goal to reduce our U.S. and EU new-vehicle CO2 emissions by 30 percent by 2020, compared to 2006. Read about our blueprint for sustainability, which spells out our technology and product strategy to meet this goal.
Perspectives on Sustainability
See what experts (like Goldman Sachs' Abby Joseph Cohen) say about our efforts.
Topics
- climate change,
- downsizing,
- emissions,
- governance,
- employees,
- human rights,
- innovation,
- materiality,
- mobility,
- safety,
- stakeholders,
- supply chain,
- technologies,
- waste
ABOUT THIS REPORT
This report is aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, at an application level of A.