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Blueprint for Sustainability

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Climate Change-Related Commitments and Progress

Commitment Target  
Products
European Automobile Manufacturers Association CO2 commitment (industry) Voluntary target to achieve EU new car fleet average of 140 grams of CO2 per km by 2008; equivalent to 25% average CO2 reduction compared with 19951 MISSED TARGET - Under review by EU Commission
Australian Industry-wide National Average CO2 Emissions (NACE). Previously known as National Average Fuel Consumption (NAFC) (industry) Voluntary target to achieve national average CO2 emissions of 222 g/km for light vehicles under 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass by 2010. Requires an overall reduction in average CO2 emissions of 12% between 2002 and 2010 ON TRACK
Canadian Greenhouse Gas Memorandum of Understanding (industry) Industry-wide voluntary agreement to reduce GHGs from the Canadian car and truck fleet by 5.3 megatonnes by 2010 compared to projected emissions ON TRACK
Operations
Global manufacturing energy efficiency (Ford) Improve energy efficiency by 6% between 2006 and 2008, following an improvement of 22% from 2000 to 2006 ACHIEVED
UK Emissions Trading Scheme (Ford) UK operations to achieve a 5% absolute reduction target over the 2002–2006 timeframe based on an average 1998–2000 baseline. Program concluded in 2007 ACHIEVED
Chicago Climate Exchange (Ford) Reduce North American facility emissions by 6% between 2000 and 2010 ON TRACK
Greener Miles/Hybrid Offset (Ford) Voluntarily offset CO2 emissions from manufacturing MY2007 and MY2008 hybrid electric vehicles. Offer customers the opportunity to offset CO2 from driving ACHIEVED
Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers (industry) Reduce U.S. facility emissions by 10% per vehicle produced between 2002 and 2012 ON TRACK
Voluntary GHG Reporting (Ford) Voluntarily report facility CO2 emissions to national emissions registries in Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines and the United States ACHIEVED
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    • MISSED TARGET - Under review by EU CommissionMISSED TARGET – Under review by EU Commission
  1. Auto industry progress to date toward meeting the voluntary targets has made a very significant contribution toward the EU's overall efforts to address climate change. The industry has consistently pointed out that the agreement constitutes one of the most challenging CO2 reduction initiatives within the EU and that it is extremely ambitious, both technically and economically. Despite increasingly adverse market conditions, Ford and the industry continue to work hard to move toward the 2008 calendar year target. The focus is now on developing appropriate 2012 calendar year targets. The performance of Ford brands in Europe against the 1995 baseline is shown on the data overview.