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Together with the Annual Report 2016, BMW Group has also released its new Sustainable Value Report for last year. In the report, the company provides extensive, transparent information on key sustainability issues and the current status of its ten sustainability goals for 2020.
The BMW Group took first place in the most recent ranking of sustainability reports conducted by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW). The Sustainable Value Report is therefore currently considered the best sustainability report produced by a major German company.
Among the highlights is BMW Group’s reduced the CO2 emissions of its new vehicles sold in Europe by approx. 41% between 1995 and 2016. The European vehicle fleet (EU-28) posted an average fuel consumption of 4.6 l diesel/100 km or 5.6 l petrol/100 km and average CO2 emissions of 124 g/km in 2016.
A total of more than 853,000 customers worldwide used the BMW Group’s car-sharing services in 2016 which is an increase of 45% compared with 2015.
The European DriveNow fleet currently comprises more than 5,400 vehicles, of which 15.4% are pure electric BMW i3s. As of 31 Dec. 2016, DriveNow served around 607,000 customers in Germany and roughly 815,000 Europe-wide (2015: over 580,000 Europe-wide).
The BMW Group has lowered energy and water consumption, waste and wastewater volumes, and solvent and CO2 emissions per vehicle produced by an average of 50% since 2006. Compared to the previous year, they were able to reduce resource usage and emissions per vehicle produced by an average of 4.9% in 2016.
In 2016, BMW increased the “green electricity†share of purchased electricity worldwide to 63%.
The BMW Group has participated in the CDP’s Supply Chain Programme since 2014. Suppliers in the programme accounted for 69% of BMW Group purchasing volumes in 2016 (2015: 53%). This ensures significantly greater transparency with regard to CO2 emissions in supplier chains. Suppliers participating in the programme reported a reduction of roughly 36 million tons in CO2 emissions (2015: 35 million tons).
The BMW Group maintained a high level of investment in its workforce in 2016, with employees spending an average of 3.8 days on education and training. Focal points for training were the areas of electro-mobility, digitalisation and Industry 4.0. Spending on these measures totalled € 352 million in 2016.
Since 2011, the BMW Group and the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC) have presented the Intercultural Innovation Award to innovative social organisations around the world that contribute to intercultural dialogue. By the end of 2016, primarily through the Intercultural Innovation Award, BMW has had already reached more than 1.2 million people through exchange programmes, online platforms and educational projects.
The BMW Group has been the most sustainable automobile manufacturer in the world for the past three years in the rating published by RobecoSAM AG for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
The BMW Group will once again participate this year in the WWF’s Earth Hour on 25 March. Between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., lights will be turned off at the BMW Four-Cylinder Building and the BMW Museum in Munich.
