GRI Index
This report is aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines released in October 2006, at an application level of A. To locate the elements and information contained within the guidelines, use the index below. For a detailed explanation of the indicators, visit the GRI website.
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Part I: Profile Disclosures
1. Strategy and Analysis
Profile Disclosure and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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1.1 | Statement from the most senior decisionmaker of the organization (e.g., CEO, chair or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy. | |||
1.2 | Description of key impacts, risks and opportunities. |
2. Organizational Profile
Profile Disclosure and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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2.1 | Name of the organization. | |||
2.2 | Primary brands, products and/or services. | |||
2.3 | Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries and joint ventures. | |||
2.4 | Location of organization's headquarters. | |||
2.5 | Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries either with major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report. | |||
2.6 | Nature of ownership and legal form. | |||
2.7 | Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served and types of customers/beneficiaries). | More detailed information on our products and services is reported on in our annual financial reporting, including our 10-K and Annual Report. | ||
2.8 | Scale of the reporting organization, including: number of employees; net sales (for private sector organizations) or net revenues (for public sector organizations); total capitalization broken down in terms of debt and equity (for private sector organizations); and quantity of products or services provided. | Information on our scale is reported on in our annual financial reporting, including our 10-K and Annual Report. | ||
2.9 | Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership including: the location of, or changes in operations, including facility openings, closings, and expansions; and changes in the share capital structure and other capital formation, maintenance and alteration operations (for private sector organizations). | |||
2.10 | Awards received in the reporting period. |
3. Report Parameters
Report Profile
Profile Disclosure and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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3.1 | Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided. | |||
3.2 | Date of most recent previous report (if any). | |||
3.3 | Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.). | |||
3.4 | Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. |
Report Scope and Boundary
Profile Disclosure and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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3.5 | Process for defining report content, including: determining materiality; prioritizing topics within the report; and identifying stakeholders the organization expects to use the report. | |||
3.6 | Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). See GRI Boundary Protocol for further guidance. | |||
3.7 | State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report. | |||
3.8 | Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations and other entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organizations. | |||
3.9 | Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report. | |||
3.10 | Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g., mergers/acquisitions, change of the base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods). | |||
3.11 | Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary or measurement methods applied in the report. |
GRI Content Index
Profile Disclosure and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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3.12 | Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. |
Assurance
Profile Disclosure and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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3.13 | Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, explain the scope and basis of any external assurance provided. Also explain the relationship between the reporting organization and the assurance provider(s). |
4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement
Governance
Profile Disclosure and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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4.1 | Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight. | |||
4.2 | Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer (and, if so, their function within the organization's management and the reasons for this arrangement). | |||
4.3 | For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members. | |||
4.4 | Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. | |||
4.5 | Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers and executives (including departure arrangements), and the organization's performance (including social and environmental performance). | |||
4.6 | Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided. | |||
4.7 | Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization's strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics. | |||
4.8 | Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct and principles relevant to economic, environmental and social performance and the status of their implementation. Explain the degree to which these: are applied across the organization in different regions and departments/units; and relate to internationally agreed standards. | |||
4.9 | Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental and social performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct and principles. | |||
4.10 | Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental and social performance. |
Commitments to External Initiatives
Profile Disclosure and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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4.11 | Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principles is addressed by the organization. Article 15 of the Rio Principles introduced the precautionary approach. A response to 4.11 could address the organization's approach to risk management in operational planning or the development and introduction of new products. | |||
4.12 | Externally developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses. |
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4.13 | Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations in which the organization: has positions in governance bodies, participates in projects or committees; provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or views membership as strategic. |
Stakeholder Engagement
Profile Disclosure and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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4.14 | List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. Examples of stakeholder groups are: communities; civil society; customers; shareholders and providers of capital; suppliers; and employees, other workers and their trade unions. | |||
4.15 | Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. | |||
4.16 | Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. | |||
4.17 | Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting. |
Part II: Disclosures on Management Approach
Economic
Aspects | Status | Report Links | Notes |
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Economic performance | |||
Market presence | |||
Indirect economic impacts |
Environmental
Aspects | Status | Report Links | Notes |
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Materials | |||
Energy | |||
Water | |||
Biodiversity | |||
Emissions, effluents and waste | |||
Products and services | |||
Compliance | |||
Transport | |||
Overall |
Social: Labor Practices and Decent Work
Aspects | Status | Report Links | Notes |
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Employment | |||
Labor/management relations | |||
Occupational health and safety | |||
Training and education | |||
Diversity and equal opportunity |
Social: Human Rights
Aspects | Status | Report Links | Notes |
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Investment and procurement practices | |||
Non-discrimination | |||
Freedom of association and collective bargaining | |||
Child labor | |||
Forced and compulsory labor | |||
Security practices | |||
Indigenous rights |
Social: Society
Aspects | Status | Report Links | Notes |
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Community | |||
Corruption | |||
Public policy | |||
Anti-competitive behavior | |||
Compliance |
Social: Product Responsibility
Aspects | Status | Report Links | Notes |
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Customer health and safety | |||
Product and service labelling | |||
Marketing communications | |||
Customer privacy | |||
Compliance |
Part III: Performance Indicators
Economic
Economic Performance
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EC1 | Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings and payments to capital providers and governments. | Information related to operating costs is referenced as "automotive costs of goods sold" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. Information related to payments to providers of capital is referenced as "cash paid interest expenses" and "stockholder dividends" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. Ford does not report on employee compensation and does not intend to do so in the future because the information is proprietary. | ||
EC2 | Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change. | |||
EC3 | Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations. | |||
EC4 | Significant financial assistance received from government. |
Market Presence
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EC5 | Range of ratios of standard entry-level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation. | |||
EC6 | Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally based suppliers at significant locations of operation. | Ford uses local suppliers everywhere we operate, and in several localities in which we operate, suppliers set up operations nearby to support Ford operations. In addition, the local economic development model described is aligned with our Supplier Diversity Development initiatives. Attributes of our Supplier Diversity Development initiatives include: economic development rationale, local employment opportunities and workforce development, supplier development and a considerable financial history of purchases from minority- and women-owned companies. These initiatives operate exclusively in the U.S. and are driven in part by compliance with federal requirements. Globally, a mandated Black Economic Empowerment Program also drives supplier development and local employment for Ford in South Africa. Ford does not track the proportion of spending on locally based suppliers at significant locations of operation because local sourcing has not appeared as an important issue in our materiality analyses. | ||
EC7 | Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at locations of significant operation. | Ford doesn't track this information, because our materiality analysis determined that the procedures used for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community is not a material issue. However, Ford's recruiting initiatives are designed to be inclusive and hire from all segments of the diverse populations and communities in which we live and work. Opportunities for employment and advancement are available on a non-discriminatory basis – without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, handicap or veteran status. We take affirmative action in accordance with the law to have minorities and women represented appropriately throughout the workforce and to provide qualified handicapped persons, disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era opportunity for employment and advancement. |
Indirect Economic Impacts
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EC8 | Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind or pro bono engagement. | |||
EC9 | Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts. |
Environmental
Materials
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EN1 | Materials used by weight or volume. | In our materiality analysis, the use of sustainable materials appears as a significant issue, and we provide extensive coverage of that issue. However, accounting for the amount of every material used has not been identified as a material issue for internal or external stakeholders. | ||
EN2 | Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials. | We report on our use of recycled materials and our efforts to increase recycled content in our vehicles. However, accounting for the exact percentage of recycled materials used in all of our vehicles has not been identified as a material issue for internal or external stakeholders. |
Energy
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EN3 | Direct energy consumption by primary energy source. | |||
EN4 | Indirect energy consumption by primary source. | |||
EN5 | Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements. | |||
EN6 | Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy-based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives. | |||
EN7 | Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved. |
Water
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EN8 | Total water withdrawal by source. | |||
EN9 | Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water. | |||
EN10 | Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused. |
Biodiversity
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EN11 | Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas. | We believe that protecting biodiversity is an important issue, and we report on our efforts to increase and protect wildlife habitat. However, this issue was not identified as material in our analysis because Ford facilities, once established, do not routinely disturb land, wildlife or biodiversity. In siting new facilities, we conduct a due diligence process and an environmental impact assessment, both of which consider potential impacts on biodiversity. | ||
EN12 | Descriptions of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas. | |||
EN13 | Habitats protected or restored. | |||
EN14 | Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity. | |||
EN15 | Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk. |
Emissions, Effluent, and Waste
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EN16 | Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. | |||
EN17 | Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. | |||
EN18 | Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved. | |||
EN19 | Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight. | |||
EN20 | NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions by type and weight. | |||
EN21 | Total water discharge by quality and destination. | Significant discharges to water by type are not currently tracked at the corporate level. The large majority of wastewater discharges are treated before discharge. The Company is collecting baseline data on discharges to municipal wastewater treatment plants, and this data will be reported as soon as practical, likely within two years. | ||
EN22 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method. | This is an area in which Ford is increasing its tracking and reporting. We currently report on waste by type categorized into hazardous and non-hazardous. We also report on waste disposal to landfill. With our new GEM database, we are now tracking waste disposal methods beyond landfill (i.e., recycling, reuse, compost, incineration, other.) With this new data tracking tool, we will be able to more report fully on this metric in the next few years. | ||
EN23 | Total number and volume of significant spills. | |||
EN24 | Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally. | |||
EN25 | Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization's discharges of water and runoff. |
Products and Services
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EN26 | Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation. | |||
EN27 | Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category. |
Compliance
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EN28 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations. |
Transport
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EN29 | Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization's operations, and transporting members of the workforce. |
Overall
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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EN30 | Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type. | Our established accounting methods allow us to track expenditures for items like environmental protection and controls, but do not include methods for estimating costs associated with indirect economic, environmental or social costs and benefits. For example, during the last five years, we took charges to our consolidated income for engineering, research and development we sponsored in the following amounts: We recorded $5 billion, $4.7 billion, and $7.1 billion of engineering, research, and development costs that we sponsored during 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively. Engineering, research and development is focused on improving the performance (including fuel efficiency) of our products, and to develop new products. |
Social: Labor Practices and Decent Work
Employment
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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LA1 | Total workforce by employment type, employment contract and region. | The number of employees by region can be found in Ford's Annual Report on Form 10-K. | ||
LA2 | Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender and region. | This is proprietary information. | ||
LA3 | Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations. |
Labor/Management Relations
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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LA4 | Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. | Substantially all of the hourly employees in our Automotive operations in the U.S. are represented by unions and covered by collective bargaining agreements. Most hourly employees and many non-management salaried employees of our subsidiaries outside the U.S. are also represented by unions. | ||
LA5 | Minimum notice period(s) regarding operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements. |
Occupational Health and Safety
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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LA6 | Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management–worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs. | Approximately 75 percent of the Company's workforce globally are covered by the health and safety committees. This includes the entire manufacturing workforce and some staff organizations. | ||
LA7 | Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region. | Absenteeism is covered by collective bargaining agreements which vary. The data are not tracked centrally. | ||
LA8 | Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families or community members regarding serious diseases. | |||
LA9 | Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions. |
Training and Education
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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LA10 | Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category. | We provide information on employee training programs relevant to sustainability, however, our materiality analysis did not identify the average hours of training per employee as a material issue. | ||
LA11 | Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings. | |||
LA12 | Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews. |
Diversity and Opportunity
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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LA13 | Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity. | This indicator is partially not applicable. We report on the makeup of our Board of Directors and our U.S. workforce. However, definitions of diversity vary globally and data cannot be aggregated meaningfully outside the U.S. | ||
LA14 | Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category. | This is proprietary information. |
Social: Human Rights
Strategy and Management
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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HR1 | Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening. | |||
HR2 | Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken. | |||
HR3 | Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained. |
Non-Discrimination
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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HR4 | Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken. | This is proprietary information. |
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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HR5 | Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights. |
Child Labor
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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HR6 | Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labor. |
Forced and Compulsory Labor
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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HR7 | Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor, and measurements to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labor. |
Security Practices
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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HR8 | Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization's policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations. |
Indigenous Practices
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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HR9 | Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken. |
Social: Society
Community
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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SO1 | Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating and exiting. |
Corruption
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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SO2 | Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption. | |||
SO3 | Percentage of employees trained in organization's anti-corruption policies and procedures. | |||
SO4 | Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption. |
Public Policy
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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SO5 | Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying. | |||
SO6 | Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians and related institutions by country. |
Anti-Competitive Behavior
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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SO7 | Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust and monopoly practices and their outcomes. | Legal actions are described in the Company's Annual Report on the Form 10-K. |
Compliance
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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SO8 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations. | Additional information on fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations can be found in the Company's Annual Report on the Form 10-K. |
Social: Product Responsibility
Customer Health and Safety
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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PR1 | Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures. | |||
PR2 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of products and services, by type of outcomes. | Information on all legal proceedings and incidents of non-compliance can be found in the Company's Annual Report on the Form 10-K. |
Products and Service Labeling
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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PR3 | Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements. | Ford's vehicles are subject to numerous labeling requirements that vary by country, region and state. We maintain compliance through our normal product requirement compliance systems. We report on the sourcing of components of our products on vehicle stickers. We report on safe use of the product or service in vehicle manuals. In Europe, we use an Eco-label that goes beyond legal requirements and also inform customers in the driver's manual about the impact of air conditioning on real-world fuel economy. Eco-labels also discuss substances that might produce an environmental or social impact. Ford of Europe also reports on disposal of products. In the U.S., Ford makes vehicle dismantling guides available. | ||
PR4 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes. | |||
PR5 | Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction. |
Marketing Communications
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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PR6 | Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion and sponsorship. | |||
PR7 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, including advertising, promotion and sponsorship by type of outcomes. | Information on all legal proceedings and incidents of non-compliance can be found in the Company's Annual Report on the Form 10-K. |
Customer Privacy
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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PR8 | Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data. |
Compliance
Performance Indicator and Description | Status | Report Links | Notes | |
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PR9 | Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services. | Information on all legal proceedings and incidents of non-compliance can be found in the Company's Annual Report on the Form 10-K. |
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