This past Thursday, Ford Motor Company issued a press release announcing its plans to reduce its water consumption in the vehicle manufacturing process by a further three-fourths. Already an industry leader in terms of sustainability, Ford's latest initiative will save more than 10 billion gallons of water by the year 2020 as the automaker continues to strive for its ultimate goal of zero potable water usage in the vehicle manufacturing process.
Water conservation is a not a new idea for Ford. From 2000 to 2013, the company reduced its water usage by 61 percent, beating its initial goal of 2015 by nearly two years.
“Ford recognizes the human right to water,” says Kim Pittel, Vice President, Sustainability, Environment, & Safety Engineering. “Setting an aspirational goal of zero water withdrawal for its manufacturing processes and endorsing the CEO Water Mandate are all public demonstrations of this. We’ve not only moved to reduce water in our own facilities, but we are now sharing our leading practices for decreasing water use with our suppliers, and multiplying our impact.”
Ford is one of eight companies to earn the CDP's highest A rating for corporate water stewardship.
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