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Climate Change and the Environment - Sustainability 2011/12 - Ford Motor Company Climate Change and the Environment - Sustainability 2011/12 - Ford Motor Company Home Contact Downloads GRI Index UNGC Index Site Map Glossary corporate.ford.com Sustainability 2011/12 CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Design for Lifecycle Sustainability Climate Change Greening Our Products Greening Our Operations Data Climate Change 105 miles per Voice: Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri and the gallon Environment equivalent achieved by Focus Electric, which we began selling this year Ford is focused on minimizing the environmental impacts of 100 percent our vehicles and operations, including reducing our of Ford Motor Company vehicles built in contribution to climate change. North America have soy foam in their seat cushions and backs, as of 2011 Ford is committed to doing our part to prevent or reduce the potential for environmental, economic and social harm due to climate change. We have a science-based strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our products and operations that focuses on doing our share to stabilize carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere. We are on track to meet the Vehicle CO2 Reductions central elements of our strategy: Each of our new vehicles is a leader, or among the leaders, in fuel economy, and we are reducing GHG emissions across our We reduced fleet-average global product portfolio. We have also set a goal to reduce our facility CO2 CO2 emissions from our emissions by 30 percent per vehicle by 2025 compared to a 2010 baseline, 2011 model year U.S. new building on our reduction of 31 percent from 2000 to 2010. vehicles by 9 percent compared to the 2007 We are also committed to reducing the overall environmental footprint of our model year. vehicles and operations across a range of environmental issues. For example, we continue to increase the use of sustainable materials in our vehicles. And, we reduced waste to landfill by 20 percent per vehicle from 2010 to 2011 and expect Ford Focus ECOnetic to reduce it again by 10 percent per vehicle in 2012. We are also continuing to reduce VOC emissions from our operations through the use of innovative We introduced the Ford technologies. Focus ECOnetic, which delivers fuel economy of In this section we discuss our approach to the issue of climate change and the 3.4L/100km and is the most ways we are working to reduce the environmental footprint of our products and fuel-efficient non-hybrid operations. family car available in Europe. Facilities Goals We committed to reduce our facility CO2 emissions by 30 percent from 2010 to 2025 on a per-vehicle basis and average energy consumed per vehicle by 25 percent from 2011 to 2016 globally. http://corporate.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2011-12/environment[13/06/2012 19:58:05] Climate Change and the Environment - Sustainability 2011/12 - Ford Motor Company Sustainable Materials We now use at least 25 percent recycled-content seat fabrics in all new or redesigned vehicles sold in North America. Home > Climate Change and the Environment http://corporate.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2011-12/environment[13/06/2012 19:58:05] Design for Lifecycle Sustainability - Sustainability 2011/12 - Ford Motor Company Home Contact Downloads GRI Index UNGC Index Site Map Glossary corporate.ford.com Sustainability 2011/12 CLIMATE CHANGE AND Design for Lifecycle Sustainability THE ENVIRONMENT Design for Lifecycle We use a lifecycle approach to assess and minimize the total adverse impacts Sustainability of our vehicles from a sustainability perspective – from raw materials extraction Related Links Quantifying Our through manufacturing and use to end of life. This approach considers and This Report Environmental Impacts works to minimize negative impacts upfront in product design decisions. Called Eco-driving Design for Sustainability (DfS), the approach is integrated and holistic, to Product Sustainability Index Greening Our Operations ensure that we achieve a balance between environmental, social and economic Logistics Climate Change aspects in our product development process. Product Sustainability Index Greening Our Products Progress and Performance – We are continuing to advance how we apply DfS principles. For example, we developed a Product Vehicles Greening Our Operations Sustainability Index (PSI) tool, which has been used in our European product development Supply Chain operations since 2002. This tool helps us to assess and find opportunities to reduce the impacts of Data Sustainable Materials our products over their entire lifecycle – including environmental impacts such as global warming Voice: Dr. Rajendra K. from greenhouse gas emissions, societal questions such as pedestrian protection and economic Pachauri issues such as cost of ownership. The PSI is used by the engineering teams that are responsible for product development decisions. We use other lifecycle assessment approaches in research and sustainability departments to address general strategic questions that are not necessarily linked to individual vehicle development programs. Among our product sustainability efforts, we are increasing our use of sustainable materials and eliminating undesirable materials and substances such as heavy metals and substances that are known to be common allergens. We are also working to reduce greenhouse gases and other emissions from our facilities and vehicles by developing cleaner and more energy-efficient production processes, improving the efficiency of our packaging and transportation logistics and introducing cleaner and more fuel-efficient vehicles. Downstream in our value chain, we are working with drivers to educate them on ways to increase fuel economy and reduce vehicle emissions for example through our Eco-Mode and Smart Gauge with Eco-Guide driver interface technologies and our eco-driving program. Upstream, we are working with our suppliers to increase the sustainability of our products throughout the supply chain. Home > Climate Change and the Environment > Design for Lifecycle Sustainability http://corporate.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2011-12/environment-lifecycle[13/06/2012 19:58:10] Quantifying Our Environmental Impacts - Sustainability 2011/12 - Ford Motor Company Home Contact Downloads GRI Index UNGC Index Site Map Glossary corporate.ford.com Sustainability 2011/12 CLIMATE CHANGE AND Quantifying Our Environmental Impacts THE ENVIRONMENT Design for Lifecycle The first step in improving the lifecycle impacts of our products is to understand the environmental aspects of our products and the potential environmental impacts associated with them.1 We use Sustainability Related Links lifecycle assessment to understand the impacts of our vehicles. Lifecycle assessment tracks Quantifying Our emissions generated and materials and energy consumed for a product system over its entire This Report Environmental lifecycle, from cradle to grave, including raw material acquisition, material production, product Electrification: A Closer Look Impacts manufacture, product use, product maintenance and disposal at end of life. For vehicles, this includes the environmental burdens associated with mining ores, making materials (e.g., steel, Product Sustainability Index Product Sustainability Index aluminum, brass, copper, plastics, etc.), fabricating them into parts, assembling the parts into a Vehicle Websites Climate Change vehicle, operating the vehicle over its entire lifetime, producing fuel for the vehicle, maintaining the vehicle and finally dismantling the vehicle at the end of its life, recycling and reusing materials as Ford Fiesta Greening Our Products possible and disposing of materials as necessary. Lifecycle assessment is an essential tool when Ford Focus Electric thinking about the environmental impacts of complex systems. Ford Focus (European) Greening Our Operations Ford Kuga Estimates of vehicles’ total lifecycle impacts vary depending upon the specifics of the vehicle Data analyzed and the vehicle’s powertrain and fuel type. For example, assessments of the Ford Fiesta, Ford Mondeo Voice: Dr. Rajendra K. Focus, and Mondeo – conducted using our Product Sustainability Index (PSI) tool – found Pachauri significant differences in lifecycle CO2 emissions between the three vehicle models and between different engine and fuel types within a vehicle model. In all cases the vehicle use phase produces the largest portion of lifecycle CO2 emissions (for example, 77 percent of total for the Focus diesel and 83 percent for the Mondeo gasoline). Vehicles with better fuel economy do reduce the use phase’s contribution to lifecycle CO2 emissions, however, the use phase remains the dominant phase for most environmental impacts. See the table below for comparisons of lifecycle CO2 emissions across these three vehicles. Lifecycle CO2 Emissions Comparison across Vehicle Models, Engines, and Fuel Types Vehicle Model Engine Fuel Type Lifecycle CO2 emissions 2011 Ford Fiesta 1.25 L Gasoline 30 metric tons * 2011 Ford Fiesta 1.6 L Diesel 21 metric tons 2011 Ford Focus 1.6 L Gasoline 32 metric tons 2011 Ford Focus 1.6 L Diesel 27 metric tons 2011 Ford Kuga 2.0 L Diesel 36 metric tons 2011 Ford Mondeo 2.0 L Gasoline 42 metric tons 2011 Ford Mondeo 2.0 L Diesel 37 metric tons * 1 metric ton = 1,000 kg = 0.98 U.K. tons = 1.1 U.S. tons The PSI results also show that these vehicles made progress on multiple aspects of sustainability compared to the previous models. For more information on PSI please see the PSI section Assessing the Lifecycle Emissions of Electrified Vehicles Assessing
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