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23
Environmental protection: BMW Group
continues to set the trend
In the BMW Group, attaining high standards in envi-
ronmental practice is seen as a significant aspect of
sustainable business. The BMW environmental
team manages the complete cycle of each product
throughout the various stages of development, pro-
duction, usage and recycling.
Not just new products, but also innovative
materials and propulsion systems which improve the
environmental compatibility of the Groups range of
products are the focus of research and develop-
ment. The BMW VALVETRONIC technology, which
reduces consumption by approximately 14%, is
being built into more and more models of the BMW
range, from the BMW 316ti Compact through to the
BMW 745i.
The consumption of the BMW fleet in Germany
was again reduced. Taking 1990 as the basis, the
reduction to 2001 is more than 23%.
The BMW Group continued to set the trend in
terms of environmentally-compatible manufacturing.
The high standard of environmental practice
throughout the BMW Group is underpinned by the
figures for resource utilisation and emission levels:
energy and water usage, as well as CO2and solvent
emissions, per manufactured car continued to fall
in 2001. All of these values are exemplary for the
industry.
BMW Groups production plants throughout
the world had all been granted
EMAS
(Eco-Man-
agement and Audit Scheme) and the international
standard ISO 14001 certification by 1999. An
environment management system has also been
implemented at the new BMW engine plant at
Hams Hall within a very short space of time: series
production of the new four cylinder engine using
VALVETRONIC technology was started in January
2001 and the environmental certification for the
plant was granted in July 2001. The extensively
amended and modernised production plant in
Oxford, which was granted the ISO 14001 standard
in 1995, also meets the same environmental and
quality standards as all production plants in the
BMW Group. The water-based paint shop in Oxford
is one of the most modern in Europe. The develop-
ment plan for the site of the new BMW production
plant in the region of Leipzig/Halle has also been
designed to take into account all environmental
aspects.
Suppliers of parts and components are also in-
tegrated into the BMW Groups sustainability man-
agement system. Purchasing guidelines have been
revised for international usage. They now include
additional instructions to purchasers and suppliers
requiring them to take the principles of environmen-
tal compatibility and careful use of resources into
Consumption of BMW automobile fleet in Germany in %
(Index: 1990 = 100; Basis: DIN 1/3 Mix BMW fleet consumption VDA; values from 1998 computed on basis of the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC))
115
110
105
100
95
90
85
80
75
90
10 0 .0
91
97.0
92
90.6
93
88.8
94
85.5
95
83.1
96
85.0
97
85.6
98
84.2
99
80.7
00
78.3
01
76.3