"It is important for us as a company to continue to strive for improvement in the environment, for the sake of those who live in it," said Kim Pittel, Ford group vice president, sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "We need to develop action plans to monitor, address and increase engagement on these salient issues, including management and remediation, and this assessment helps us to do just that." In the future, Wroten says her goal is to develop action plans to monitor, address and increase engagement on salient issues, to ensure continuous improvement, including management and remediation. Establishing an annual review process to confirm saliency of issues is also something on the list. "I would like to conduct a more detailed analysis of these prominent human rights risks in Ford's 22 priority sourcing locations and engage with regional internal and/or external stakeholders to gain a deeper understanding of local issues," she said. SOURCE: Ford Motor Company