“Astonishing!” - Ford

Ranger scored highly in all areas of assessment, receiving particular
credit for pedestrian protection.
Even after Euro NCAP re-graded Ranger using a new scoring
system introduced for 2012, the pickup achieved the maximum
possible five-star rating. The result means Ranger remains the only
five star rated pickup on sale. The best-selling Focus also retained its
five stars after being reassessed.
Supply chain
Ford’s says its suppliers are critical allies to helping it to achieve
success in the marketplace and meet its sustainability goals.
The basis of Ford’s work with suppliers is the Ford Code of Human
Rights, Basic Working Conditions and Corporate Responsibility,
which applies to its own operations as well as its $75 billion supply
chain.
Ford takes a three-pronged approach to supply chain
sustainability:
· Building capability at individual supplier facilities by requiring
sustainability management and conducting supplier training, assessments
and remediation.
· Engaging strategic production suppliers to align approaches to a
range of sustainability issues.
· Collaborating within the automotive industry to develop common
approaches to sustainability issues.
In 2011, the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) jointly
sponsored with participating OEMs supplier training sessions held in
Brazil, India, Mexico and Turkey. These sessions were executed
successfully with the attendance of 387 total suppliers. 111 of these
suppliers were Ford suppliers. This brings the global total for trained
Ford suppliers to 1,766. In 2012, Ford plans to conduct additional
supplier training sessions.
In 2011, 800 employees in Germany took part in
volunteer projects for local communities
People
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Ford is dedicated to contributing to society and being actively
involved in the communities at all sites globally. In Europe, Ford
remains true to this corporate citizenship mind-set and is proud of its
long history of working to benefit society outside of just the vehicles
it produces.
In May 2000, Ford in Germany launched the Community Involvement
Programme, dedicated to volunteering actions in the community.
In 2011, Ford supported around 120 volunteering and community
projects. Ford employees were involved in a broad variety of volunteering
projects as a result with social, cultural or ecological benefits
at their core.
In 2011, 800 employees contributed 16 hours of their time, which
was funded by Ford, totalling 12,800 hours. Mobility sponsorship
was also undertaken, Ford offering five Transit vans to support a total
of 45 projects, which equated to 631 (vehicle) days on the road and a
total of 60,000 km driven.
Since the start of the German programme, over 600 vehicle
sponsoring projects for non-profit organisations have been realised in
the Community Involvement Programme, and around 9,200 Ford
employees have been involved in community volunteering actions,
helping some 1,150 individual projects with over 150,000 working
hours.
European Ford volunteers went out into the community as part of
the European Year of Voluntary in 2011, as well as the Ford Global
Week of Caring in 2011. For example, in the UK Bridgend Engine
Plant employees in South Wales walked 22 miles to raise money for
the Macmillan Cancer charity. Sixteen Product Development volunteers
from the Dunton Technical Centre worked at the Basildon
Disabled Sports Club, trimming hedges, cutting grass and clearing
gardens. Ford volunteers in Spain, Genk and Cologne also provided
support to their local community, participating in a range of projects.
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