Ford to develop ’sustainability strategy’

Ford Motor has promoted an executive to a top-level environmental remit in another reflection of green issues’ elevation to the top of the US car industry’s agenda.

Susan Cischke will be responsible for establishing a “long-range sustainability strategy” and environmental and safety policy for the company, reporting to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive. Ms Cischke formerly reported to Ford’s head of corporate affairs as head of Ford’s environmental and safety engineering.


Europe’s main carmakers mostly already have board-level executives with environmental responsibilities.

The Detroit-area carmakers are stepping up their environmental efforts amid a shift in political and public opinion in the U.S. on the issues of global warming and energy security. Mr Mulally, a former senior executive at Boeing, said he believed that the “vast majority of data” pointed to “global warming