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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.

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I Think I Was The First Executive

Bill Ford

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.

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