Ford Makes a Splash with Strong Water Stewardship Commitment, Earning Recognition from CDP

Ford environmental stewardship efforts have been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a global environmental nonprofit, in a report outlining current water risks and future water-related financial opportunities for companies. The report highlights the company’s water-saving innovations at manufacturing facilities as real-world business success stories.

“It’s gratifying, each year, to see our progress toward zero water withdrawals for manufacturing processes”

Andy Hobbs, Ford global director, Environmental Quality Office, Environmental & Safety Compliance

“Ford has unquestioningly benefitted from our years-long relationship with CDP and we appreciate the valuable insight its water security program has added to our internal processes,” said Andy Hobbs, global director, Environmental Quality Office, Environmental & Safety Compliance at Ford. “Together with CDP and a growing number of our suppliers, we are ensuring billions of gallons of water are preserved for human consumption.”

In the global evaluation of more than 15,500 global companies, Ford’s efforts in the areas of water security and climate stewardship received a coveted double ‘A’ score from CDP. Ford was the only automaker to achieve the CDP A-List in both water and climate.

“We were grateful to receive a double A score from CDP and also encouraged to see an increasing number of companies participating in CDP’s data collection”

Cynthia Williams, Ford Global Director, Sustainability, Homologation and Compliance

“This is an important metric, which Ford will remain committed to as we push toward our goal of carbon neutrality. We encourage our suppliers and partners to do the same,” said Cynthia Williams, Global Director, Sustainability, Homologation and Compliance, Ford.

CDP is the independent global architect, aggregator and distributor of the world’s most widely used environmental disclosure system. Its annual environmental disclosure and scoring process is widely recognized as the gold standard of corporate environmental transparency. A record-breaking 18,700 companies reported environmental data in 2022. The full list of companies that made this year’s CDP A List is available here.

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