Ford Motor Company Joins Suppliers Partnership for the Environment

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 2007 – Ford Motor Company today announced it has joined The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP).

SP is an innovative partnership between automobile original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). SP addresses the goals of the membership by creating new and innovative business-centered approaches to environmental protection that improve the environment while providing value throughout the automobile supply chain. SP provides a forum for small, mid-sized and large automotive and vehicle suppliers to work together, learn from each other, and share environmental best practices.

"Ford Motor Company is pleased to be part of the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment," said Andy Hobbs, director, Environmental Quality Office, Ford Motor Company. "We believe that our membership in SP is another indication of Ford Motor Company’s continued leadership in global environmental and sustainability activities that improve the environment while providing increased economic opportunities for the automobile supply chain. We look forward to working with SP and helping the organization expand its reach within the automobile supply chain while addressing important environmental and sustainability issues within the automobile industry.”

The SP Board Representative for Ford Motor Company will be Susan Cischke, senior vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. During the SP Fourth Quarter Membership Meeting that took place on November 8 in Washington, DC, Andrew Hobbs, Director, Environmental Quality Office, Ford Motor Company, was elected an At-large Chair of the SP Executive Committee, the entity that manages the day-to-day activities of the organization.

“We are very pleased to announce that Ford Motor Company has joined SP," said Randy Leslie, vice president and general manager, Johnson Controls, Inc. and SP's chairman. “SP continues to grow by providing economic and environmental value to all levels of the automobile supply chain.”

“One of the exciting things about this announcement for SP is that Ford Motor Company now joins Chrysler and General Motors in providing their leadership to SP,” said Leon Richardson president, Chemico Systems, Inc. and SP's Membership Chair. “SP's mission is to reduce our member companies' environmental footprint and do so in a way that will provide economic opportunity for the automobile supply chain. We welcome Ford Motor Company’s participation in SP and are we will continue to work to encourage other leadership companies to join the organization.”

SP members include: Advanced Technology & Marketing Group; Allegiant Global Services, LLC; Americhip International; Atwater Steel Trading Co.; BAE Industries; Buck's Oil Company, Inc.; Chemico Systems, Inc.; Chrysler; Coyne Textile Services; DENSO International America, Inc.; Eagle Ottawa LLC; Environmental Recycling Group; Enviroplas, Inc.; Federal-Mogul Corporation; Flex Form Technologies; Ford Motor Company; FTS Technologies; Gage Products Company; General Motors Corporation; General Oil Company, Inc.; Goodwill Association of Michigan; Guardian Automotive; International Components Strategies, Inc.; Johnson Controls Inc.; Mobile Fluid Recovery, Inc.; MPS Group; MYCELX Technologies Corp.; OmniChem LLC; Petoskey Plastics, Inc.; Quaker Chemical.

Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With about 260,000 employees and about 100 plants worldwide, the company’s core and affiliated automotive brands include Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo and Mazda. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford’s products, please visit www.fordvehicles.com.

For more information about SP, please visit SP's website at www.supplierspartnership.org.

Source: Ford Motor Company