Sustainability 2011/12

Climate Change and the Environment

Migration to Alternative Fuels and Powertrains

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At Ford, our plans for migrating to alternative fuels and powertrains include implementing vehicles that run on renewable biofuels, increasing the use of advanced clean diesel technologies, increasing our hybrid vehicle applications and introducing battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. We are also working to advance hydrogen-powered vehicle technologies.

For more information on our plans regarding each of these alternative fuels and powertrain technologies, please click on the Ford vehicles above.

Climate Change and the Environment
- Design for Lifecycle Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Greening Our Products
  - Sustainable Technologies and Alternative Fuels Plan
    - Overview of Our Plan
    - A Portfolio Approach
    - Improving Fuel Economy
    - Migration to Alternative Fuels and Powertrains
  - Non-CO₂ Tailpipe Emissions
  - Sustainable Materials
  - Electrification: A Closer Look
- Greening Our Operations
- Data
- Voice: Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri

Year in Review
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Highlights

View Our Sustainability Goals

Learn about Ford’s sustainability-related goals and progress for 2011.

Assurance

Read about our approach to third-party review of this report and data assurance.
Our Blueprint for Sustainability
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Delivering Our Sustainability Strategy

Our sustainability strategy helps us deliver Great Products, a Strong Business and a Better World.

Human Rights Commitment

Learn about how we revised our Policy Letter 24, which embodies our commitment to human rights.
Financial Health
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Profitable Growth

The most important thing we can do is profitably grow our Company by making the world’s best vehicles.

Product Competitiveness

Our financial turnaround has been based on delivering high-quality, innovative and desirable products.
Climate Change and the Environment
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Power of Choice

We’re delivering a range of affordable, fuel-efficient vehicles

Meeting Our Goals

We’re meeting our goals to reduce the environmental footprint of our vehicles and operations.
Water
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New Goal

We’re aiming to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle by 30 percent by 2015.

Water Consumption Lifecycle

We’re quantifying water consumption over the life of a typical light-duty vehicle.
Vehicle Safety and Driver Assist Technologies
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Top Safety Picks

Twelve of our vehicles earned Top Safety Picks from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in 2012.

Connected Vehicles

Imagine a future in which vehicles “talk” to each other – and to other transportation infrastructure.
Supply Chain
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Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

We expanded our supply chain GHG emissions to 128 suppliers.

Building a Sustainable Supply Chain

To date, we have trained more than 1,750 of our suppliers in our working conditions program.
People
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Adding Jobs

In the U.S., we have pledged to add 12,000 hourly jobs by 2015.

Ford in the Community

Each year, thousands of our workers help in our efforts to build a stronger world.
Ford Around the World
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CO₂ Reductions in Europe

In Europe, our ECOnetic models are driving improvements in fuel efficiency and CO₂ reductions.

Conservation in China

Ford of China’s grants program supports grassroots efforts in environmental protection and conservation.