In an effort to increase their sustainability and decrease the environmental impact of their facilities Ford is reducing the amount of water used in their manufacturing processes.
Ford is starting 2012 with an aggressive plan to reduce the amount of water used in their manufacturing processes. Ford is driving their goal to not only have efficient vehicles, but to also be an all-around efficient company including the way that they produce and manufacture products.
The aggressive plan that Ford is taking to reduce their water usage in manufacturing has a goal of 30 percent global reduction by 2015 of the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. These efforts come on the heels of the Ford’s Global Water Management initiative launched in 2000 reducing the company’s global water use by 62 percent, or 10.5 billion gallons.
Reducing their water use by 10.5 billion gallons is equivalent to how much water 105,000 American residences use yearly on average. If Ford is able to meet their current goal of 30 percent more reduction, they will drop the amount of water used per car from 2509.9 gallons in 2000 to 924.7 gallons in 2015.
In order to achieve this significant amount of water reduction Ford has been applying innovative technology to its production processes. When the water reduction inniative began in 2000 Ford had very little ability to even track water usage. Today Ford engineers have developed systems to track and even predict the amount of future water usage.
By reporting and tracking the sustainability measures of their manufacturing processes Ford is showing their commitment to environment friendly manufacturing. Integrating water conservation into their manufacturing processes is just one part of Ford’s global sustainability strategy.
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