Green facilities

DEARBORN, Mich., June 18, 2008 – When Ford Motor Company’s Rouge Plant Manager Rob Webber looks out his office window at the facility’s “living” roof he sees a field of green where Canadian geese, mallard ducks and killdeer nest and raise offspring. Seeing wildlife flourish at the Rouge Center would have seemed far fetched five years ago.

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* Ford Motor Company celebrates the fifth anniversary of the “greening” of Ford Rouge Center and the construction of its environmentally friendly Dearborn Truck Plant.
* Sustainability experts say the Ford Rouge Center project inspired other businesses and organizations around the world to pursue similar projects.

ALLEN PARK, Mich., May 6, 2008 – Ford Motor Company's Fairlane Green retail and recreational development, today received the national Phoenix Award for excellence in brownfield development.

The Phoenix Award recognizes projects that remediate environmentally challenged sites while stimulating economic development.

"It is an honor to receive the Phoenix Award for Fairlane Green," said Sean McCourt, Ford Land chairman. "This project demonstrates how responsible developments can yield corporate, community and environmental benefits."

The award was presented at the National Brownfields Conference held May 5-7 in Detroit. The conference is hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency and the International City/County Management Association.

DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 19, 2007 – Smith College and Ford Motor Company celebrated the groundbreaking today for Ford Hall, a $73 million dollar sciences and engineering facility that will serve as home for the college’s Picker Engineering Program. The Ford Motor Company Fund’s $10 million lead gift, pledged in 2001, represents the company’s strong commitment to advancing opportunities for women in engineering. In addition to the building investment, the Ford Motor Company Fund has contributed an additional $2.6 million for a variety of activities in support of the engineering program at Smith, including scholarships, curriculum development, K-12 outreach programs, and sustainability efforts on campus.

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