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		<title>Case study: How Ford reduces vehicles’ end-of-life environmental impacts</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As a leading global automaker, Ford seeks to understand all the impacts its products and services have, so that it can manage them more effectively. To achieve this, Ford looks at them holistically, over their entire life cycle, to be better able to reduce its environmental footprint –including automobiles’ end-of-life impacts. This case study is based on the 2017/18 Sustainability Report by Ford 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 [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a leading global automaker, Ford seeks to understand all the impacts its products and services have, so that it can manage them more effectively. To achieve this, Ford looks at them holistically, over their entire life cycle, to be better able to reduce its environmental footprint –including automobiles’ end-of-life impacts.</p>
<p><strong>This case study is based on the </strong><strong>2017/18</strong> <strong>Sustainability Report</strong> <strong>by </strong><strong>Ford</strong><strong> published on the Global Reporting Initiative </strong><a href="http://database.globalreporting.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Sustainability Disclosure Database</strong></a><strong> that can be found at this </strong><a href="https://database.globalreporting.org/reports/62994/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>link</strong></a><strong>. 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.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<p>Automobiles are some of the most highly recycled consumer products in the world, and most of the materials they contain can be recovered at the end of their useful lives. <strong>Ford tries to achieve the highest level of economically and environmentally viable recovery of vehicles</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Ford%20tries%20to%20achieve%20the%20highest%20level%20of%20economically%20and%20environmentally%20viable%20recovery%20of%20vehicles&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsustaincase.com%2Fcase-study-how-ford-reduces-vehicles-end-of-life-environmental-impacts%2F&via=sustaincase" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter">&nbsp;</i>Tweet This!</a> through the careful selection of materials, and by sharing information about the materials its vehicles contain with dismantlers. In order to reduce vehicles’ end-of-life environmental impacts Ford took action to:</p>
<ul>
<li>implement take-back schemes</li>
<li>apply alternative end-of-life treatments</li>
<li>promote recycling</li>
</ul>
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<li>Which are the <strong>most important impacts</strong> (material issues) Ford has identified;</li>
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<p><strong>What are the material issues the company has identified?</strong></p>
<p>In its 2017/18 Sustainability Report Ford identified a range of material issues, such as product carbon footprint and fuel economy, supply chain management, assessment, capacity building and performance, ethical business practices, human rights, customer satisfaction, product quality and safety. Among these, reducing vehicles’ end-of-life environmental impacts stands out as a key material issue for Ford.</p>
<p><strong>Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards</strong></p>
<p>The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/gri-101-foundation-containing-standard-interpretation-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“The organization should identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations.”</a></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Key stakeholder groups </strong><strong>Ford</strong><strong> engages with:   </strong></p>
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<td width="119"><strong>Stakeholder Group</strong></td>
<td width="360"><strong>               Method of engagement</strong></td>
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<td width="119">Communities</td>
<td width="360">·      Community Relations Committees</p>
<p>·      Interactions with governments</p>
<p>·      Membership of associations</p>
<p>·      Dialogue with nongovernmental organisations</p>
<p>·      Ford Fund</p>
<p>·      Driving Skills for Life programme</td>
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<td width="119">Customers</td>
<td width="360">·      Consumer Insight process</p>
<p>·      Market research</p>
<p>·      Customer care programmes</p>
<p>·      Dealer interactions</p>
<p>·      Ford.com website</p>
<p>·      Ford Owners magazine</td>
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<td width="119">Dealers</td>
<td width="360">·      Intranet communications</p>
<p>·      Brand sales and service representatives</p>
<p>·      Brand Dealer Councils</p>
<p>·      Dealer roundtables</p>
<p>·      President’s Circle</p>
<p>·      Salute to Dealers</p>
<p>·      Advertising and public service announcements</p>
<p>·      U.S. NADA Dealer Attitude Survey</td>
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<td width="119">Employees</p>
<p>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="360">·      Intranet site</p>
<p>·      Sustainability Report and executive summary</p>
<p>·      Social media applications</p>
<p>·      Union representatives</p>
<p>·      Joint labour–management committees</p>
<p>·      Webcasts, videos, blogs and executive Q&amp;A sessions with senior management</p>
<p>·      “Town Hall” meetings</p>
<p>·      Employee surveys</p>
<p>·      Employee Resource Group initiatives</p>
<p>·      Test drive and product reveal events</td>
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<td width="119">Investors</td>
<td width="360">·      Investment community forums</p>
<p>·      Quarterly earnings communications</p>
<p>·      Annual shareholders’ meeting</p>
<p>·      Annual report</p>
<p>·      Proxy statement</p>
<p>·      SEC filings (e.g., 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K)</p>
<p>·      Ratings and rankings</td>
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<td width="119">Suppliers</td>
<td width="360">·      Top Supplier meetings</p>
<p>·      Ford Partnership for a Cleaner Environment (PACE)</p>
<p>·      Aligned Business Framework supplier dialogue sessions</p>
<p>·      Supplier quality roundtables</p>
<p>·      Supplier Diversity Development Networking</p>
<p>·      External supplier organisations</p>
<p>·      Coalitions including EICC</td>
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<p><strong>How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues</strong></p>
<p>To identify and prioritise material topics Ford engaged with both internal and external stakeholders through interviews, inviting stakeholders to comment on material topics and rate them according to importance.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://fbrh.co.uk/en/gri-certified-training/2-day-fbrh-gri-standards-certified-training-course-about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-11761" src="https://sustaincase.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sustainability-GRI-report-key-doc-for-success-ad-sustaincase-GRI-SDG-ESG-Sustainability-report-200x320px.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="320" /></a>What actions were taken by </strong><strong>Ford</strong><strong> to</strong> <strong>reduce vehicles’ end-of-life environmental impacts?</strong></p>
<p>In its 2017/18 Sustainability Report Ford reports that it took the following actions for reducing vehicles’ end-of-life environmental impacts:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Implementing take-back schemes</strong></li>
<li>Across Europe, Ford offers car owners a cost-free take-back network, with take-back points that meet Ford’s waste-quality standards. The recycling network is set by each European market and licensed by the appropriate national environment agency. As part of this procedure, Ford’s Environmental Quality Office and End-of-Life teams perform a structured duty-of-care audit process, visiting take-back points to make sure Ford’s vehicles are treated responsibly at the end of their useful life, and keeping the latest end-of-life network information available on Ford National EU web portals.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Applying alternative end-of-life treatments</strong></li>
<li>None of Ford’s current components contain mercury, but to address end-of-life issues associated with mercury in older vehicles, Ford was instrumental in getting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to work with state authorities, dismantlers, steelmakers and environmental groups to recycle mercury switches. With over 10,000 participants in the scheme, 7 metric tons of mercury were recovered by the end of 2017. Ford also supports treatment technologies that make the recycling of end-of-life vehicles more economically and ecologically viable, and co-sponsored a life cycle assessment that showed the environmental benefits of diverting plastic, foam and other nonmetallic materials from landfill and using them for energy recovery.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Promoting recycling</strong></li>
<li>At its U.S. dealership service centres Ford recycles, reuses and reprocesses the parts removed during servicing, such as headlights, bumpers and windshield-wiper motors. Dealers are charged for new parts, but are reimbursed if they are recycled through Ford’s Core Recovery Programme. Parts that can be remanufactured are cleaned, machined and tested before being used in new vehicles; otherwise, they are used to make new parts. The scheme forms part of Ford’s voluntary Go Green Dealer Sustainability Programme, to which approximately half of Ford’s U.S. Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers belong.</li>
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<p><strong>Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?</strong></p>
<p>The GRI Standard addressed in this case is: <a href="http://www.adata.org.cn/sustainability/sdevaluation/global/20171228/download/gri-301-materials-2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disclosure 301-3 Reclaimed products and their packaging materials</a></p>
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<p><strong>Disclosure 301-3</strong> Reclaimed products and their packaging materials corresponds to:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8</a>: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>Resource efficiency of products and services</li>
<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12</a>: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>Resource efficiency of products and services</li>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As a leading global automaker, with 166,000 people working in plants and offices in over 100 countries around the globe, Ford’s logistics operations, from receiving parts and components from suppliers to delivering finished vehicles to dealerships, represent an important opportunity to reduce Ford’s environmental impacts, especially with regard to emissions. This case study is based on the 2017/18 Sustainability Report by Ford 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 [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>As a leading global automaker, with 166,000 people working in plants and offices in over 100 countries around the globe, Ford’s logistics operations, from receiving parts and components from suppliers to delivering finished vehicles to dealerships, represent an important opportunity to reduce Ford’s environmental impacts, especially with regard to emissions.</p>
<p><strong>This case study is based on the </strong><strong>2017/18</strong> <strong>Sustainability Report</strong> <strong>by </strong><strong>Ford</strong><strong> that can be found at this <u><a href="https://corporate.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2017-18/doc/sr17.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">link</a></u>. 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.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://sustaincase.com/good-communication-with-responsible-csr-reporting/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-1719 noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-1719 size-large tie-appear" src="https://sustaincase.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Identify-measure-manage-change-1024x139.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px" srcset="https://sustaincase.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Identify-measure-manage-change-300x41.jpg 300w, https://sustaincase.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Identify-measure-manage-change-768x104.jpg 768w, https://sustaincase.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Identify-measure-manage-change-1024x139.jpg 1024w" alt="Layout 1" width="618" height="84" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ford seeks to achieve emissions reductions in its logistics operations by, among others, improving the efficiency of processes</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Ford%20seeks%20to%20achieve%20emissions%20reductions%20in%20its%20logistics%20operations%20by%2C%20among%20others%2C%20improving%20the%20efficiency%20of%20processes&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsustaincase.com%2Fcase-study-how-ford-reduces-emissions-from-logistics-operations%2F&via=sustaincase" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter">&nbsp;</i>Tweet This!</a>, adopting new technology and using alternative modes of transport. In order to reduce emissions from logistics operations Ford took action to:</p>
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<li>improve the efficiency of its network</li>
<li>update vehicle fleets and optimise packaging</li>
<li>collaborate to improve measurement and reporting</li>
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<p><strong>What are the material issues the company has identified?</strong></p>
<p>In its 2017/18 Sustainability Report Ford identified a range of material issues, such as product carbon footprint and fuel economy, ethical business practices, supply chain management, assessment, capacity building and performance, human rights, customer satisfaction, product quality and safety. Among these, reducing emissions from logistics operations stands out as a key material issue for Ford.</p>
<p><strong>Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards</strong></p>
<p>The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:</p>
<p><u><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/gri-101-foundation-containing-standard-interpretation-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“The organization should identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations.”</a></u></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Key stakeholder groups </strong><strong>Ford</strong><strong> engages with:   </strong></p>
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<td width="158"><strong>Stakeholder Group</strong></td>
<td width="480"><strong>               Method of engagement</strong></td>
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<td width="158">Communities</td>
<td width="480">·         Community Relations Committees</p>
<p>·         Interactions with governments</p>
<p>·         Membership of associations</p>
<p>·         Dialogue with nongovernmental organisations</p>
<p>·         Ford Fund</p>
<p>·         Driving Skills for Life program</td>
</tr>
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<td width="158">Customers</td>
<td width="480">·         Consumer Insight process</p>
<p>·         Market research</p>
<p>·         Customer care programs</p>
<p>·         Dealer interactions</p>
<p>·         Ford.com website</p>
<p>·         Ford Owners magazine</td>
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<td width="158">Dealers</td>
<td width="480">·         Intranet communications</p>
<p>·         Brand sales and service representatives</p>
<p>·         Brand Dealer Councils</p>
<p>·         Dealer roundtables</p>
<p>·         President’s Circle</p>
<p>·         Salute to Dealers</p>
<p>·         Advertising and public service announcements</p>
<p>·         U.S. NADA Dealer Attitude Survey</td>
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<td width="158">Employees</p>
<p>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="480">·         Intranet site</p>
<p>·         Sustainability Report and executive summary</p>
<p>·         Social media applications</p>
<p>·         Union representatives</p>
<p>·         Joint labor–management committees</p>
<p>·         Webcasts, videos, blogs and executive Q&amp;A sessions with senior management</p>
<p>·         “Town Hall” meetings</p>
<p>·         Employee surveys</p>
<p>·         Employee Resource Group initiatives</p>
<p>·         Test drive and product reveal events</td>
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<td width="158">Investors</td>
<td width="480">·         Investment community forums</p>
<p>·         Quarterly earnings communications</p>
<p>·         Annual shareholders’ meeting</p>
<p>·         Annual report</p>
<p>·         Proxy statement</p>
<p>·         SEC filings (e.g., 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K)</p>
<p>·         Ratings and rankings</td>
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<td width="158">Suppliers</td>
<td width="480">·         Top Supplier meetings</p>
<p>·         Ford Partnership for a Cleaner Environment (PACE)</p>
<p>·         Aligned Business Framework supplier dialogue sessions</p>
<p>·         Supplier quality roundtables</p>
<p>·         Supplier Diversity Development Networking</p>
<p>·         External supplier organisations</p>
<p>·         Coalitions including EICC</td>
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<p><strong>How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues</strong></p>
<p>To identify and prioritise material topics Ford carried out interviews with both internal and external stakeholders, who were asked to rate issues according to importance.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://fbrh.co.uk/en/gri-certified-training/2-day-fbrh-gri-standards-certified-training-course-about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-11761" src="https://sustaincase.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sustainability-GRI-report-key-doc-for-success-ad-sustaincase-GRI-SDG-ESG-Sustainability-report-200x320px.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="320" /></a>What actions were taken by </strong><strong>Ford</strong><strong> to</strong> <strong>reduce emissions from logistics operations?</strong></p>
<p>In its 2017/18 Sustainability Report Ford reports that it took the following actions for reducing emissions from logistics operations:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improving the efficiency of Ford’s network</strong></li>
<li>To minimise the impacts of its inbound and outbound freight, Ford examines every opportunity to reduce the number of miles travelled and explore more fuel-efficient and lower-carbon modes of transport. Ford’s network efficiency initiatives include improved route planning, regional distribution centres to coordinate deliveries and “Milk run” routes with several collection points, along with driver training in fuel-efficient driving techniques. In addition, Ford uses rail, sea and river transport to reduce emissions and road miles, as well as multimodal solutions (e.g., “SWAP bodies”: road trailers that can also be used for rail).</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Updating vehicle fleets and optimising packaging</strong></li>
<li>Ford constantly updates its fleets to ensure it complies with the latest requirements of ISO 14001 and other regulatory standards. Accordingly, Ford seeks to utilise latest engine technologies and equipment modifications (for example, deflectors and speed limiters), as well as new packaging designs that carry extra loads. Ford also tries to achieve greater load density, for fewer trips and lower fuel consumption.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Collaborating to improve measurement and reporting</strong></li>
<li>Quantifying and reporting freight emissions helps Ford minimise its total life cycle carbon emissions and reduce its overall environmental footprint. Accordingly, Ford works with industry bodies and standards agencies to improve reporting methods, such as the Scope 3 GHG Emissions Standard, developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Ford is also actively collaborating with a team of students from the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (UM-SEAS) to evaluate its current CDP Scope 3 submission. In addition, through the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) in North America, the U.K. Department for Transport and Odette International in Europe, Ford encourages others in its industry to improve their measurement and reporting of GHG emissions.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?</strong></p>
<p>The GRI Standards addressed in this case are:</p>
<p>1) <a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/media/1012/gri-305-emissions-2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disclosure 305-3 Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions</a></p>
<p>2) <a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/media/1012/gri-305-emissions-2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disclosure 305-5 Reduction of GHG emissions</a></p>
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<p><strong>Disclosure 305-3 </strong>Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions corresponds to:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3</a>: Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>Air quality</li>
<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12</a>: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>Air quality, Transport</li>
<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13</a>: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>GHG emissions</li>
<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14</a>: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>Ocean acidification</li>
<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15</a>: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>Forest degradation</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Disclosure 305-5</strong> Reduction of GHG emissions corresponds to:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13</a>: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>GHG emissions</li>
<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14</a>: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>Ocean acidification</li>
<li><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/resource-download-center/sdg-compass-annex-linking-the-sdgs-and-gri-standards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15</a>: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss</li>
<li><strong>Business theme: </strong>Forest degradation</li>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Operating in over 100 countries and employing 201,287 people in 71 facilities across the globe, , with compliance and ethics as a solid foundation for the company’s business practices and activities. This case study is based on the 2016/17 Sustainability Report by Ford that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ 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 Making sure ethical business practices are implemented across the company’s operations worldwide is a [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Operating in over 100 countries and employing 201,287 people in 71 facilities across the globe, <strong>Ford tries to gain the trust of key stakeholder groups by operating responsibly and transparently</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Ford%20tries%20to%20gain%20the%20trust%20of%20key%20stakeholder%20groups%20by%20operating%20responsibly%20and%20transparently&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsustaincase.com%2Fcase-study-how-ford-promotes-a-culture-of-compliance-and-ethics-across-its-operations%2F&via=sustaincase" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter">&nbsp;</i>Tweet This!</a>, with compliance and ethics as a solid foundation for the company’s business practices and activities.</p>
<p><strong>This case study is based on the </strong><strong>2016/17</strong> <strong>Sustainability Report</strong> <strong>by </strong><strong>Ford</strong><strong> that can be found at this </strong><a href="http://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/en/company/2016-17-sustainability-report/Sustainability-Report-16-17.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>link</strong></a><strong>. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">economy and society,</span> and b) measuring, managing and changing.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<p>Making sure ethical business practices are implemented across the company’s operations worldwide is a key priority for Ford, in trying to be a good corporate citizen. In order to promote a culture of compliance and ethics across its operations Ford took action to:</p>
<ul>
<li>provide ethics advice</li>
<li>offer ethics and compliance training</li>
<li>encourage the reporting of violations</li>
<li>fight bribery and corruption</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>What actions</strong> were taken by Ford to promote a culture of compliance and ethics across its operations</li>
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<p><strong>What are the material issues the company has identified?</strong></p>
<p>In its 2016/17 Sustainability Report Ford identified a range of material issues, such as product carbon footprint and fuel economy, customer satisfaction, product quality and safety, supply chain management, assessment, capacity building and performance, government regulation and policy. Among these, promoting a culture of compliance and ethics across its operations stands out as a key material issue for Ford.</p>
<p><strong>Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards</strong></p>
<p>The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:</p>
<p><a href="https://g4.globalreporting.org/how-you-should-report/reporting-principles/principles-for-defining-report-content/stakeholder-inclusiveness/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“The organization should identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations.”</a></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Key stakeholder groups </strong><strong>Ford</strong><strong> engages with:   </strong></p>
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<td width="158"><strong>Stakeholder Group</strong></td>
<td width="480"><strong>               Method of engagement</strong></td>
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<td width="158">Communities</td>
<td width="480">·         Community Relations Committees</p>
<p>·         Interactions with governments</p>
<p>·         Membership of associations</p>
<p>·         Dialogue with nongovernmental organizations</p>
<p>·         Ford Fund</p>
<p>·         Driving Skills for Life program</td>
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<td width="158">Customers</td>
<td width="480">·         Consumer Insight process</p>
<p>·         Market research</p>
<p>·         Customer care programs</p>
<p>·         Dealer interactions</p>
<p>·         Ford.com website</p>
<p>·         Ford owners’ magazine</td>
</tr>
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<td width="158">Dealers</td>
<td width="480">·         Intranet communications</p>
<p>·         Brand sales and service representatives</p>
<p>·         Brand Dealer Councils</p>
<p>·         Dealer roundtables</p>
<p>·         President’s Circle</p>
<p>·         Salute to Dealers</p>
<p>·         Advertising and public service announcements</p>
<p>·         Dealer Attitude Survey</td>
</tr>
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<td width="158">Employees</p>
<p>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="480">·         Intranet site</p>
<p>·         Sustainability Report and executive summary</p>
<p>·         Social media applications</p>
<p>·         Union representatives</p>
<p>·         Joint labor–management committees</p>
<p>·         Webcasts, videos, blogs and executive Q&amp;A sessions with senior management</p>
<p>·         “Town Hall” meetings</p>
<p>·         Employee surveys</p>
<p>·         Employee Resource Group initiatives</p>
<p>·         Test drive and product reveal events</td>
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<td width="158">Investors</td>
<td width="480">·         Investment community forums</p>
<p>·         Quarterly earnings communications</p>
<p>·         Annual shareholders’ meeting</p>
<p>·         Annual report</p>
<p>·         Proxy statement</p>
<p>·         SEC filings (e.g., 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K)</p>
<p>·         Ratings and rankings</td>
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<td width="158">Suppliers</td>
<td width="480">·         Top Supplier meetings</p>
<p>·         Ford Partnership for A Cleaner Environment (PACE)</p>
<p>·         Aligned Business Framework supplier dialogue sessions</p>
<p>·         Supplier quality roundtables</p>
<p>·         Supplier Diversity Development Networking</p>
<p>·         External supplier organizations</p>
<p>·         Coalitions including EICC</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p><strong>How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues</strong></p>
<p>To prioritize material topics and identify key challenges and opportunities, Ford conducted interviews with both internal and external stakeholders, who were additionlly asked to rate issues according to importance.</p>
<p><strong>What actions were taken by </strong><strong>Ford</strong><strong> to</strong> <strong>promote a culture of compliance and ethics across its operations?</strong></p>
<p>In its 2016/17 Sustainability Report Ford reports that it took the following actions for promoting a culture of compliance and ethics across its operations:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Providing ethics advice </strong></li>
<li>Ford’s Corporate Compliance Office has developed various tools to provide employees with key compliance information. These tools include The Right Way, a free mobile application available in seven languages. The Right Way covers topics such as human rights, harassment and discrimination, human trafficking, bribery and corruption.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Offering ethics and compliance training</strong></li>
<li>Mandatory online training courses are provided by Ford to non-manufacturing employees and other key personally globally. These courses focus on a number of issues, including the protection of personal and company information, bribery and corruption, conflicts of interest, and the company’s ethical culture.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Encouraging the reporting of violations</strong></li>
<li>Known or possible violations of the law or of Ford’s Policy Letters and Directives can be anonymously reported, through telephone hotlines or email, to the General Auditors’ Office, Human Resources or the Office of the General Counsel.<a href="https://sustaincase.com/sustaincase-how-ford-promotes-a-culture-of-compliance-and-ethics-across-its-operations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-7211 size-medium" src="https://sustaincase.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/F217110173-SC-Ford-ethics-and-compliance_E-pubs_BANNERS_a1-300x180.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="180" srcset="https://sustaincase.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/F217110173-SC-Ford-ethics-and-compliance_E-pubs_BANNERS_a1-300x180.jpg 300w, https://sustaincase.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/F217110173-SC-Ford-ethics-and-compliance_E-pubs_BANNERS_a1.jpg 333w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></li>
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<li><strong>Fighting bribery and corruption</strong></li>
<li>To make sure that it operates according to the highest ethical standards, Ford:
<ul>
<li>implements clear bribery and corruption policies, as well as procedures for reporting breaches of law or policy</li>
<li>strengthened the anti-bribery and anti-corruption components of its Global Terms &amp; Conditions (and of other contracts) for the company’s suppliers</li>
<li>provides training to individuals who may come across bribery or corruption issues at work</li>
<li>assesses all operations for bribery and corruption risks</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Which GRI Standards have been addressed?</strong></p>
<p>The GRI Standards addressed in this case are:</p>
<p>1) <a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/media/1037/gri-102-general-disclosures-2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disclosure 102-16 Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior</a></p>
<p>2) <a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/media/1037/gri-102-general-disclosures-2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disclosure 102-17 Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics</a></p>
<p>3) <a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/media/1006/gri-205-anti-corruption-2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disclosure 205-2 Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures</a></p>
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<p>References:</p>
<p>1) This case study is based on published information by Ford, 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 at the link:</p>
<p><a href="http://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/en/company/2016-17-sustainability-report/Sustainability-Report-16-17.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/en/company/2016-17-sustainability-report/Sustainability-Report-16-17.pdf</a></p>
<p>2) <a href="http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page</a></p>
<p>3) <a href="https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx</a></p>
<p>4) <a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.globalre</a><a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">porting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/</a></p>
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