General Motors and Ford Motor Company Host July 20th Press Conference to Discuss Findings of a Four-Year Study on Making Mobility Sustainable

  *  Report sponsored by the World Business Council for Sustainable
     Development

WHAT: General Motors and Ford Motor Company, on behalf of the Sustainable Mobility Project, will announce at a press conference on July 20th the findings of Mobility 2030: Meeting the Challenges to Sustainability, the first collaborative effort by industry to outline a vision for sustainable mobility. Developed by 12 global automotive and energy companies, the report identifies seven goals that need to be addressed through global cooperation in order to meet the transportation needs of society in the future.

  WHO:    *  Tom Gottschalk, Executive Vice President, Law and Public
             Policy, GM and Co-Chair, Sustainable Mobility Project
          *  Sue Cischke, Vice President, Safety and Environmental
             Engineering, Ford Motor Company
          *  Odd Gullberg, Chief Operating Officer, World Business Council
             for Sustainable Development
          *  Other member company representatives

  WHEN:   Tuesday, July 20, 2004
          11:00 a.m.
          (Lunch will be served)

  WHERE:  Detroit Institute of Arts
          5200 Woodward Avenue
          Detroit, Michigan 48202

          Parking available off of John R.  Please enter the Museum through
          the John R entrance.

  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The WBCSD is a coalition of 170 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development. Its members consist of approximately 1,000 global business leaders from more than 35 countries and 30 major industrial sectors. The Sustainable Mobility Project aims to develop a global vision covering the sustainable mobility of people, goods and services. The project shows possible pathways towards sustainable mobility that will answer societal, environmental and economic concerns. The full report and more information about the WBCSD are available at http://www.wbcsd.org/ .