The business challenge
Ford Motor Company manufactures and distributes vehicles in more than 200 markets across six continents. Each manufacturing site produces vast amounts of data on carbon emissions and other environmental aspects. This needs to be standardised and collated for legislative compliance and emissions management purposes.
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For Implements Global Solution to Manage Emissions
1. TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS
EMISSIONS LOGIC SOLUTION
CASE STUDY
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FORD IMPLEMENTS GLOBAL SOLUTION TO MANAGE EMISSIONS
One of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers, Ford Motor Company regards environmental
performance as a business priority. It undertook a project to standardise reporting and management
of carbon emissions internationally. Logica and CarbonSim implemented a solution that centralised
reporting and aligned emissions management with business goals. This has since been extended to
Key benefits cover other environmental metrics including energy, waste and water.
• Achieve a consistent THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE
approach to monitoring
and measuring Ford Motor Company manufactures and distributes vehicles in more than 200 markets across six
continents. Each manufacturing site produces vast amounts of data on carbon emissions and other
environmental data environmental aspects. This needs to be standardised and collated for legislative compliance and
across all plants emissions management purposes.
• Meet regulatory and Environmental assets and liabilities must now be regularly reported on, and can be openly traded
reporting requirements between companies under regulations such as the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and
through voluntary arrangements such as involvement in the Chicago Climate Exchange. Ford had
• Save time and effort in an immediate need for a solution to meet a growing pressure of legislative reporting requirements,
as well as to develop a consistent company wide approach to managing and reducing carbon
managing data and emissions. This initially involved collecting and collating data across 54 manufacturing plants
reporting throughout Europe and the US.
• Reduce greenhouse
THE SOLUTION
gas emissions and
energy costs Logica and CarbonSim worked closely with the Ford environmental team to rapidly deploy the
EMISSIONS logic solution to cover dozens of sites in Europe and the Americas.
EMISSIONS logic is a comprehensive emissions management solution that has enabled Ford to
track greenhouse gas emissions and compliance against obligations as well as manage emissions
allowances. It can also be used to evaluate strategies and projects for emissions reduction and
generate internal and external reports.
As a result, Ford has been able to achieve a consistent approach to managing emissions across
multiple manufacturing facilities, regulatory regimes and emissions calculation methodologies. A
quickly realised benefit has been time savings related to tracking and managing large quantities of
data to satisfy complex reporting requirements. This allows Ford to spend more time and effort on
environmental improvements instead of data management.
The solution has since been extended, in line with Ford’s specific requirements, to cover
comprehensive plant-specific metrics including energy, water, waste and overall performance
against environmental objectives and targets. A regulatory module was also added which allows
Ford to store facility and regional environmental regulations to support manufacturing operations.
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The extended solution has been deployed throughout Ford’s manufacturing operations around the
world, including 70 manufacturing sites in 17 countries.
THE OUTCOME
The EMISSIONS logic solution enables Ford to consistently measure and monitor environmental
data. Ford has realised several other benefits through the implementation of EMISSIONS logic:
• Overall, Ford have been able to save time and effort in managing data and reporting. The
centralised gathering of data enables significant workload reduction and optimised usage of
personnel resources.
• Manufacturing plant managers are able to concentrate on plant operations and improving
environmental performance rather than tracking environmental regulations and data.
• Internal benchmarking can now take place between different operations to identify best-practices
and potential improvements. Data is used to establish detailed water consumption and waste
minimisation targets.
• Enables forward trades of emission allowances and supports financial accounting related to
emissions trading.
• Energy cost savings are expected based on optimized tracking of energy consumption and
project follow up.
• CO2 emissions related to future facility actions can be tracked and evaluated.
• The solution serves as a library of all applicable environmental regulatory requirements at the
local, national and international levels, preserving information critical to plant operations
regardless of personnel changes.
WHY WORK WITH LOGICA
We have a flexible, collaborative culture. Our innovative, practical solutions are tailored to client
needs. We deliver a blended service model that combines local knowledge with global resourcing.
We engage our clients on all levels. We pioneer technology across industries in recognition of the
world beyond IT. And, we create new ways for clients to succeed. Our goal is to be brilliant together
with you.
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