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The Road to Better is Ford’s commitment to building a more sustainable, inclusive and equitable transportation future.
It is our path to a better world, where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.
Sustainability is what drives our business today, and we’ve got ambitious plans for tomorrow. From cleaner transportation and manufacturing, and how materials are sourced and produced, to improving human rights, and revitalising communities. Responsible, more transparent and more sustainable supply chains are essential for a successful swtich towards all electric vehicles.
The Cologne Electric Vehicle Center is Ford's most carbon efficient vehicle assembly plant globally, targeting net carbon neutralityOnce fully operational, Ford Cologne’s EV Center; an important milestone on Ford's Road to Better plan.
Ford is committed to supporting and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
Ford is also committed to respecting human rights and we continue to work closely with our suppliers and with third-party assurers such as the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), and Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), to identify and immediately address human rights issues in our supply chain.
Ford is introducing a new range of electric vehicles in Europe and investing billions in the future of European based manufacturing to shift our entire line-up of passenger and commercial vehicles in Europe to 100% electric by 2035.
In our core Europe manufacturing operations, we have an accelerated strategy with the goal of being carbon neutral no later than 2035Ford is targeting carbon neutral EV and EV component.
Since 2000, we have achieved a 75.5% reduction in global annual water use, accounting for 199 billion cumulative gallons of water. Through integrating more water efficient processes and technologies in our manufacturing systems to further decrease our water consumption received an A score rating for water security from CDP.
In 2023 we received an A rating for Climate from CDP for the fifth year in a row.
Every business decision has a knock-on effect. Which is why we’re building a chain of responsibility; we’re aiming to use steel that has a reduced carbon footprint, committed to purchasing at least 10 percent near-zero carbon steel and aluminium by 2030, as part of the First Movers Coalition.
We are committed to source 100% carbon-free electricity for global operations by 2035. Today, we use 100% renewable electricity tariffs in our European Ford facilitiesAs the energy received from national distribution systems. In addition we are
increasing the volume of local produced renewable electricity with new and extended solar panel installations at our plants in Valencia (Spain), Cologne (Germany) and at several locations in the UK.
Across our European BlueOval plants, we've reached true zero waste to landfill since 2016, with a pledge to do the same across our global plants.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are an important part of our future. We are focused on expanding our EV offerings and electrifying our icons including, Mustang Mach-E, Ford F-150 Lightning, E-Transit and our European All-Electric Explorer as well as digitising our ecosystem of services.
We make electric iconic. From the Mustang Mach-E to the E-Transit and the All-Electric Explorer - the first electric vehicle to circumnavigate the globe. We are introducing a new range of electric vehicles in Europe and investing billions in the future of European based manufacturing to shift our entire line-up of passenger and commercial vehicles in Europe to 100% electric by 2035.
We’re making the shift to electric vehicles as easy as possible, because we believe the freedom to move should be accessible. With the BlueOval™ Charging Network, EV drivers have access to over 1,500 public charging points across Ireland – including high-power IONITY chargers.
Ford is committed to designing and building safe vehicles.
The all-new Transit Courier earned the highest possible platinum safety award from Euro NCAP.
We are also introducing Level 2 hands-free, eyes on advanced driver assistance system in the Mustang Mach-E.
Sustainability is at the heart of our innovation strategy, utilising the power of technology to provide solutions for the everyday. We’re making EV charging accessible, developing a robotic arm for drivers with disabilities. We’re researching the future of battery cell technology as we move towards a closed-loop manufacturing process and much more.
We developed Sensico, a bespoke synthetic material with all the benefits of leather, allowing us to build beautiful, leather-free vehicles. We're rolling this out across our vehicle line-up, starting with the All-Electric Explorer.
Your old car has reached its end of life, and you’re wondering what happens next. We’ll take it away for recycling completely free of charge, and will ensure it is recycled responsibly in accordance with End-of-Life Vehicle regulations.
We can make progress when we work together and we know we can’t do this alone. We are creating an environment that we’re all in together - and through Ford Fund, our philanthropic arm of Ford, the mission is to partner with communities to help move people forward and upward.
Transitioning to Electric Vehicles (EV’s) represents progress, yet, as Bill Ford pointed out in 2011 “A traffic jam with no emissions is still a traffic jam”. That’s why in Europe, we’ve launched our Park the Car initiative, encouraging our communities to opt for walking or cycling instead of driving for short trips. We understand that embracing active travel can drive meaningful change.
We are collaboration driven, addressing human and environmental responsibility together with our partners. Ford is part of Catena-X, a network set up to establish data standards for the automotive value chain. We launched M2030 in 2016 to 2022 to provide toolkits to our suppliers, to help them implement environmental best practices. We joined the Drive Sustainability partnership that aims to embed sustainable practices throughout the entire automotive supply chain and we were the first American automaker to join the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance, which works to advance more sustainable social and environmental practices in mining.
We’re putting our focus on the communities we work and live in. We’ve built a vast network of non-profit organisations, community groups, and other businesses in over 50 countries, investing in our people and committing millions in charitable donations via our global philanthropic arm, the Ford Fund. We also launched CV in the City, our response to a Ford Pro report in collaboration with Reuters, aimed at combating the amount of congestion and pollution caused by the urban delivery boom in Europe.
Ford is addressing its impact on climate change aligned with the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (Paris Agreement) by working to reduce our carbon footprint over time across our vehicles,
operations, and supply chain. We have announced
interim emissions targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Since 2016 Ford has been a signatory of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals. A 17-step blueprint for businesses that aligns with our commitments, targeting human rights issues, climate change and more. ‘For peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.’
