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]]> With its production capacity of 455,000 commercial vehicles, 70,000 engines and 140,000 powertrains by the end of 2019, Ford Otosan is the biggest commercial vehicle production centre of Ford in Europe. In an ecosystem where there are 2,090 suppliers from 40 different countries on a global scale, Ford Otosan seeks to make sure that its standards are maintained, throughout its supply chain.

This case study is based on the 2019 Sustainability Report by Ford Otosan published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

Abstract

Ford Otosan cooperates with its business partners and suppliers and also contributes to their decent work and economic growth  Tweet This!, by spreading its sustainability approach through audits and two-way communication. In order to promote sustainability among its suppliers Ford Otosan took action to:

  • monitor suppliers’ compliance
  • provide training

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2019 Sustainability Report Ford Otosan identified a range of material issues, such as vehicle fuel consumption and emission levels, customer satisfaction, vehicle and traffic safety, innovation and digitalisation. Among these, promoting sustainability among its suppliers stands out as a key material issue for Ford Otosan.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards              

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups Ford Otosan engages with:

To identify and prioritise material topics Ford Otosan engaged with its stakeholders through the following channels:

Stakeholder Group                Method of engagement
Shareholders & Investors

 

 

 

 ·      Corporate web site and Investor Relations

·      Mobile Application

·      Investor and analyst presentations

·      Special circumstances disclosures

·      Meetings to assess financial results

·      One-to-one interviews and meetings

·      Meetings

·      Plant visits

·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report
Employees

 

 

 

 

 ·      Ford Otosan Working Principles

·      Internal portal

·      Internal television broadcast

·      Suggestion, appreciation and reward system

·      Working groups and committees

·      Internal publications such as Journal and General Manager’s Message Bulletin, announcements and notices

·      Social events

·      Performance Management System

·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Employee engagement surveys and questionnaires

·      Open Door and leadership meetings
Media

 

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Interviews and conversations

·      Meetings

·      Press releases

·      Special circumstances disclosures
Vocational Schools, Universities and Academy

 

 

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Academic congresses and seminars

·      Articles and publications, academic researches

·      Joint projects

·      Training and technical support

·      Sponsorships

·      Meetings
Dealerships

 

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Dealer meetings, Dealer Council and one-on-one

·      meetings

·      Dealer and customer satisfaction surveys

·      Internal publications

·      Trainings for dealers
Koç Community Companies

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Working groups

·      Project partnerships
Public Organisations

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Audits

·      Meetings

·      Trainings
Suppliers and Subcontractors

 

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Ford Otosan Working Principles

·      Trainings

·      Award ceremony

·      One-to-one interviews

·      OHS Committees
Non-Governmental Organisations

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Working groups, Committee and the Board of Directors Memberships

·      Memberships

·      Joint projects and initiatives

·      Meetings

What actions were taken by Ford Otosan to promote sustainability among its suppliers?

In its 2019 Sustainability Report Ford Otosan reports that it took the following actions for promoting sustainability among its suppliers:

  • Monitoring suppliers’ compliance
  • Ford Otosan monitors the compliance of its suppliers with quality and operational standards through comprehensive audits. Ford Otosan contributes to the development of its suppliers with five different audits and field visits. In 2019, Manufacturing Site Assessment (MSA) audits were performed on 110 of Ford Otosan’s vehicle parts suppliers:
    • Q1 audits: Ford Otosan carries out its main audits through the Q1 – Number One in Quality certification system.
    • Capacity audits: Ford Otosan carries out audits within the scope of Ford Motor Company global capacity audits.
    • Production issues: Ford Otosan conducts field visits to resolve any problems and challenges suppliers face during production.
    • Performance development: Ford Otosan works on auditing and performance development based on certain criteria by identifying suppliers that are open to improvement through the Ford Motor Company global system.
    • Risk management: Ford Otosan takes actions to prevent possible risks in areas such as natural disasters, fire and union-related risks by visiting suppliers. In addition to the supplier risk management application, Ford Otosan also conducts a separate supplier risk assessment, where the criteria of shipment, quality performance, capacity adequacy and financial status are taken into account.
  • Providing training
  • In order to support the development of suppliers, Ford Otosan provides various trainings in the environmental, social, economic and ethical fields. In 2019, Ford Otosan provided a total of 4,952 person hour training to suppliers. Ford Otosan offers supplier trainings through the Ford Otosan Supplier Network (FOSN) – a classroom and online conference channel. Ford Otosan organises class trainings every month, where it gives priority to suppliers who are open to development. Together with its suppliers, Ford Otosan donates to non-governmental organisations in return for their training, to create social benefits. With all these efforts in 2019, Ford Otosan provided TL 120,000 of education support to the Turkish Education Foundation (TEV) and Darüşşafaka Society. In 2019, Ford Otosan supported the improvement of the shipment performance of suppliers by launching eight different online training modules via FOSN. In addition, Ford Otosan Supplier Development team completed the content of the MMOG LE V5 Supplier Trainings for the development of MMOG/ LE (Material Management Operations Guideline Logistics Evaluation) – an international logistics standard. Ford Otosan also launched the Material Capacity Confirmation Letter (MCCL) with online supplier trainings at FOSN. The suppliers prospectively follow the material programmes updated weekly and provide information about their status.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standards addressed in this case are:

1) Disclosure 308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria

2) Disclosure 414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria

 

Disclosure 308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria does not correspond to any SDG.

Disclosure 414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria corresponds to:

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.
References:

1) This case study is based on published information by Ford Otosan, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to Ford Otosan: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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]]> Case study: How Ford Otosan treats waste responsibly https://sustaincase.com/case-study-how-ford-otosan-treats-waste-responsibly/ Wed, 05 May 2021 06:19:27 +0000 https://ccprowebs.com/new-sustaincase.com/?p=12556 Ford Otosan is the largest commercial vehicle production centre of Ford Europe, with a production capacity of 455,000 commercial vehicles, 70,000 engines and 140,000 rear axles. Ford Otosan works on creating projects to eliminate waste at its source, produce less waste in processes where elimination at the source is not possible, support the reuse of waste, and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill and incineration plants. This case study is based on the 2019 Sustainability Report by Ford Otosan published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies […]

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]]> Ford Otosan is the largest commercial vehicle production centre of Ford Europe, with a production capacity of 455,000 commercial vehicles, 70,000 engines and 140,000 rear axles. Ford Otosan works on creating projects to eliminate waste at its source, produce less waste in processes where elimination at the source is not possible, support the reuse of waste, and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill and incineration plants.

This case study is based on the 2019 Sustainability Report by Ford Otosan published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

Abstract

Ford Otosan takes steps to prevent the generation of waste such as paper and plastic with green office practices  Tweet This!, also organising trainings and communicating with its employees in line with its zero waste target. In order to treat waste responsibly Ford Otosan took action to:

  • reduce plastic waste
  • implement a compost project
  • launch a Bioamp Bacteria Application

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2019 Sustainability Report Ford Otosan identified a range of material issues, such as customer satisfaction, vehicle and traffic safety, energy efficiency and emissions, innovation and digitalisation. Among these, treating waste responsibly stands out as a key material issue for Ford Otosan.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards              

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups Ford Otosan engages with:

To identify and prioritise material topics Ford Otosan engaged with its stakeholders through the following channels:

Stakeholder Group                Method of engagement
Shareholders & Investors

 

 

 

 ·      Corporate web site and Investor Relations

·      Mobile Application

·      Investor and analyst presentations

·      Special circumstances disclosures

·      Meetings to assess financial results

·      One-to-one interviews and meetings

·      Meetings

·      Plant visits

·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report
Employees

 

 

 

 

 ·      Ford Otosan Working Principles

·      Internal portal

·      Internal television broadcast

·      Suggestion, appreciation and reward system

·      Working groups and committees

·      Internal publications such as Journal and General Manager’s Message Bulletin, announcements and notices

·      Social events

·      Performance Management System

·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Employee engagement surveys and questionnaires

·      Open Door and leadership meetings
Media

 

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Interviews and conversations

·      Meetings

·      Press releases

·      Special circumstances disclosures
Vocational Schools, Universities and Academy

 

 

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Academic congresses and seminars

·      Articles and publications, academic researches

·      Joint projects

·      Training and technical support

·      Sponsorships

·      Meetings
Dealerships

 

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Dealer meetings, Dealer Council and one-on-one

·      meetings

·      Dealer and customer satisfaction surveys

·      Internal publications

·      Trainings for dealers
Koç Community Companies

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Working groups

·      Project partnerships
Public Organisations

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Audits

·      Meetings

·      Trainings
Suppliers and Subcontractors

 

 

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Ford Otosan Working Principles

·      Trainings

·      Award ceremony

·      One-to-one interviews

·      OHS Committees
Non-Governmental Organisations

 

 ·      Annual Report and Sustainability Report

·      Working groups, Committee and the Board of Directors Memberships

·      Memberships

·      Joint projects and initiatives

·      Meetings

What actions were taken by Ford Otosan to treat waste responsibly?

In its 2019 Sustainability Report Ford Otosan reports that it took the following actions for treating waste responsibly:

  • Reducing plastic waste
  • Ford Otosan adopts the zero waste approach in tackling plastic pollution and implements projects to reduce plastic waste at its source. Ford Otosan supports Koç Holding’s commitment to end consumption of disposable plastics by the end of 2020 and continues its efforts accordingly, eliminating the use of disposable plastics in dining halls and offices, reducing plastic consumption in these areas by 50%. Ford Otosan is also carrying out an awareness campaign in order to eliminate the use of plastic bags for the parts delivered as wrapped in nylon covers in Yeniköy and Gölcük plants. Ford Otosan examined the packaging of 454 different parts under the My Plant My Environment (Benim Fabrikam Benim Çevrem) project and identified the opportunity to improve the number of pieces per case for 177 parts, improve the number of pieces for 266 parts and reduce the use of plastic bags. And in terms of logistics costs, Ford Otosan saves 764,000 TL annually.
  • Implementing a compost project
  • In line with the goal of reducing domestic waste at the Eskişehir Plant, Ford Otosan designed a composting machine to produce compost and built it with the metal waste materials obtained from the plant. Thanks to this machine, food waste from the cafeteria and the tea wastes from the tea houses are used to produce compost. Ford Otosan aims to use this compost as a plant nutrient in the green areas located at its plant site and to give them to employees who demand it. Experimental studies and outputs of the project are still examined as an undergraduate thesis at Eskişehir Technical University, Environmental Engineering Department.
  • Launching a Bioamp Bacteria Application
  • Ford Otosan started to use bacteria instead of an oil trap to prevent the oils generated during the washing process from flowing into the wastewater. The bacteria prevented fat accumulation and solidification. Thanks to this project, Ford Otosan reduced waste generation and saved from monthly cleaning time and labour, also minimising occupational health and safety risks.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standard addressed in this case is: Disclosure 306-2 Waste by type and disposal method

Disclosure 306-2 Waste by type and disposal method corresponds to:

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.
References:

1) This case study is based on published information by Ford Otosan, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to Ford Otosan: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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