Climate Change and the Environment

We have comprehensive strategies and goals for minimizing our environmental impacts, including reducing our contribution to climate change.

Climate Change Strategy

Ford has a science-based strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our products and operations that focuses on doing our share to stabilize carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentrations in the atmosphere.

Read more about our strategy, commitment and progress

Our Goals and Performance Progress

Goal: For each of our new or significantly refreshed vehicles, continue to offer a powertrain with leading fuel economy.

We reduced the average CO₂ emissions of our European car fleet by 18% between 2007 and 2013. In the U.S. in 2013, we improved the average fuel economy of our car fleet by 2% and of our truck fleet by 3% compared with 2012.¹

Goal: Reduce CO₂ emissions from our facilities by 30% per vehicle produced from 2010 to 2025.

In 2013, we reduced facilities CO₂ emissions per vehicle produced by 9% and average energy consumed per vehicle produced by 4% compared with 2012.

Goal: Reduce waste sent to landfill by 40% on a per-vehicle basis between 2011 and 2016 globally.

We reduced waste to landfill per vehicle produced by 14% in 2013 compared with 2012.

See more at Ford’s Goals, Commitments and Status: Climate Change and the Environment

Sustainable Technologies and Alternative Fuels Plan

Our sustainable technologies and alternative fuels plan is our route to improving fuel economy and cutting the CO₂ emissions of our products around the world. We have already implemented all of the near-term and many of the mid-term elements of this plan.

Case Study: Helping Fleet Customers Meet Environmental and Cost Goals

We have developed a suite of purchasing tools to help fleet customers understand the most cost-effective ways to reduce the carbon emissions of their vehicle fleets, helping them meet environmental and financial goals simultaneously.

Voice: John Fleming

Executive Vice President, Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs, Ford Motor Company

“When we consider building a new plant, we look at the same issues no matter where we are thinking of locating the facility – air emissions, water usage, waste water and waste. But of course the emphases may vary depending on the local conditions.”

Electrification

We are taking a comprehensive approach to electrified vehicles (EVs). We have introduced six EV products. We are developing a suite of customer support tools such as charging station locaters and fuel-efficiency tracking apps and working with utilities, cities and other partners to develop an electrified vehicle ecosystem that facilitates the adoption and use of EVs.

Read more in Electrification: A Closer Look

2013 Highlights

114 million + all-electric miles driven by Ford full battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) customers so far, resulting in an 8 million kg reduction in CO₂ compared to gasoline-powered miles.