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indices published by Dow Jones Indexes, Stoxx
Limited and SAM Group.
In addition, the Group again achieved first place
in the Corporate Responsibility Ranking published
by oekom research AG and hence the best mark for
the fulfilment of ecological and social responsibility.
The BMW Group remains one of the group of
leading enterprises included in the most important
sustainability indices used on the global financial
markets. BMW stock is thus participating in the
strong growth of investments based on sustainability
criteria.
Sustainable Value Report published
Attaining financial success is the main goal of the
BMW Group. This also provides a sound basis to
allow it to accept responsibility in environmental and
social issues. Sustainability is thus a duty of manage-
ment as well as an important factor for success. This
link is documented in the Sustainable Value Report
2003/2004, which was published in autumn 2003.
The report has been prepared along the lines of the
guidelines issued by Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI). It provides detailed information about the
BMW Group’s involvement in the areas of environ-
mental care, employees and social responsibility
issues and underlines the link with the Group’s
financial success.
The Sustainable Value Report is available in
German, English, Chinese and Japanese and can be
obtained, free of charge, via the e-mail address
sust[email protected] report can also be
accessed online at www.bmwgroup.com/sustainability.
Award won for investor relations
At the annual conference of the German Investor
Relations Group, the BMW Group was awarded first
prize in the competition for “Beste Investor Relations
Deutschland” (BIRD). This award was the result of
areaders’ survey carried out by the magazine “Börse
Online”, which was particularly aimed at measuring
the credibility and understandability of investor re-
lations.
Development in value of a BMW stock investment in euro thousand
Investment of euro 10,000 at 1.1.1994, including dividends and proceeds from subscription rights, values at end of year
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
94 95 96 97 03
11. 4 11.3 16.6 21.4
98
25.9
99
31.6
00
36.4
01
42.1
02
31.2
39.6