How Ford is motoring ahead with a water scarcity strategy

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The automaker reveals how it reduced its global water use by 61 per cent to keep its factories running in water stressed regions

For many companies, the cost of water—compared to the overall cost of production—hardly makes a blip on the radar screen. Yet clean water, or lack thereof, can cause a whole factory to suddenly have to...

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