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Performance Summary

The table below provides three-year performance data according to a set of key indicators.

In previous sustainability reports, we organized our data and indicators around Ford's Business Principles. This year - although most of the indicators themselves are the same as in years past - they have been organized into the broader categories of Economy, Environment and Society. This shift mirrors the organization of our Web report and represents an internal evolution in our approach to sustainability. It also aligns the report more clearly with the Global Reporting Initiative's guidelines.

This report covers the year 2007 and early 2008. The data are primarily for 2007 (for operations) and for the 2007 and 2008 model years (for vehicles). The data cover all of Ford Motor Company's wholly and majority-owned operations globally, unless otherwise noted. Changes in the basis for reporting or reclassifications of data previously reported are noted below.

This report is aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative's G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, released in October 2006, at a self-declared application level of "A". See the GRI index for a complete index of GRI indicators.

  2005 2006 2007
Employee satisfaction, Pulse survey, overall, percent satisfied1 62 62 64
Overall dealer attitude, Ford, relative ranking on a scale of 1–100 percent (summer/winter score)2 70/72 70/64 41/59
Overall dealer attitude, Lincoln Mercury, relative ranking on a scale of 1–100 percent (summer/winter score)2 64/64 64/64 35/56
Ford Motor Company Fund contributions, $ million3 80 58 37
Corporate contributions, $ million3 28 25 17
Volunteer corps, thousand volunteer hours4   80 86
Lost-time case rate (per 100 employees), Ford Motor Company 1.4 1.1 0.7
Lost-time case rate by region (per 100 employees), Ford Motor Company      
Americas 2.1 1.5 1.2
Asia Pacific/Africa 0.2 0.1 0.1
Europe 1.0 0.9 0.7
Severity rate (per 100 employees), days lost per 200,000 hours worked 23.2 14.5 12.6
U.S. safety recalls, number per calendar year5 16 11 15
U.S. units recalled, number of million units5 6.0 1.7 5.5
IIHS Top Safety Picks, number of vehicles6 2 6 8

NOTES TO THE DATA

  1. Employee satisfaction
    In 2006, the Pulse survey was changed to incorporate new dimensions. While there was no change to the number or content of the existing 55 core questions asked on Pulse, they were realigned into eight revised dimensions. These changes were made because the revised dimensions are: better focused on current business priorities, provide a framework for more focused feedback and action planning, and two revised dimensions (including the revised Employee Satisfaction Index) can be benchmarked externally.

  2. Overall dealer attitude
    The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Dealer Attitude Survey measures overall dealer attitude. Scores are for the summer and winter respectively of the year noted.

  3. Ford Motor Company Fund and corporate contributions
    See the Community section for a description of our charitable contributions.

  4. Volunteer corps
    The Volunteer corps was founded in 2005, and 2006 is the first year data are available. However, volunteerism and community service have long been a part of Ford's culture.

  5. Recalls
    Recalls are by calendar year rather than model year. A single recall may affect several vehicle lines and/or several model years. The same vehicle may have multiple recalls. (Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.) Two 2007 recalls, affecting over 4.8 million vehicles, are related to older technology components introduced in vehicles more than a decade ago.

  6. Top Safety Picks
    To earn a Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a vehicle must receive a rating of "good" in offset frontal impact, side impact and rear impact evaluations, and offer electronic stability control. Top Safety Picks compare vehicles within the same size categories. Ratings across vehicle size categories should not be compared. IIHS first issued Top Safety Picks in the 2006 model year.

    Additional vehicle safety data can be found in the Society data section. Also, complete ratings data by vehicle can be found on the Web sites for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program and the European New Car Assessment Program.