It's amazing how much data is out there. The question is how do we put it in a form that's usable?

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.

Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives .

I think I was the first executive to ever speak at a Greenpeace business conference, in London in 2001. That didn't play well here at Ford, but I thought it was an important signal to send internally, that these were the kind of issues we needed to be grappling with.

I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.

A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.

For all the progress, we recognize we're very far from the finish line.