DEARBORN, MI- Ford Motor Co. plans to cut its carbon dioxide emissions at its global facilities by 30 percent by 2025, according to its 14th annual Sustainability Report.
If achieved, the Dearborn-based automaker will have effectively cut nearly 70 percent of its facilities’ CO2 emissions since 2000. The report, which was released Friday, said Ford has already cut the emissions by 37 percent per vehicle between 2000 and 2012.
“In the more than 30 years I have been with the company, I have seen genuine transformation as Ford has integrated sustainability into its business plan, products, operations and relationships with stakeholders,” said Robert Brown, vice president, sustainability, environment and safety engineering, in a statement.
Ford also delivered on its commitment to reduce U.S. facility emissions by 10 percent per vehicle produced between 2002 and 2012, as part of an Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers program. And vehicle tailpipe emissions on a per vehicle basis have dropped 16 percent since 2007, according to the report.
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Leading the way for its reduced tailpipe emissions have been electrified and hybrid vehicles, such as the C-Max Hybrid and Energi; Fusion Hybrid and Energi; Lincoln MKZ Hybrid, and Focus Electric.
Besides CO2 emissions, Ford’s “Blueprint for Sustainability” plan, which outlines all of its sustainability plans, includes training programs, reduced waste-to-landfill and numerous other factors.
Ford issued its first voluntary sustainability report in 1999 as a way to summarize and report on the company’s initiatives regarding social, economic and environmental issues.
Ford officials are expected to discuss the new sustainability report Friday morning. For now, here’s a look at some other finding from the report:
- Trained 325 suppliers in sustainability management in 2012 as part of Ford’s Code of Human Rights, Basic Working Conditions and Corporate Responsibility; nearly 2,100 suppliers have been trained through the program
- Reduced waste-to-landfill by 19 percent per vehicle between 2011 and 2012, part of a plan to cut the amount of waste-to-landfill 40 percent per vehicle by 2016 (baseline is 2011)
- Reduced global water use by 1.95 million cubic meters from 2011 to 2012. Based on regional water cost estimates, this yielded more than $3 million in cost savings
- Cut global use of water per vehicle produced to 4.3 cubic meters (one cubic meter equals 264 gallons) in 2012 – down from 4.7 cubic meters in 2011 and 5.1 cubic meters in 2010. The company targets a 2 percent reduction in 2013 and continues working toward cutting water use 30 percent per vehicle by 2015 (2009 baseline)
- Reduced global water use by 62 percent between 2000 and 2012 – equal to about 10 billion gallons