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001 BMW Group in figures
004 Report of the Supervisory Board
008 Supervisory Board
011 Board of Management
012 Group Management Report
031 BMW Stock
034 Corporate Governance
042 Group Financial Statements
106 BMW AG Financial Statements
112 BMW Group Annual Comparison
114 BMW Group Locations
116 Glossary
120 Index
sources used, meant it was possible to a large extent
to avoid a corresponding increase in CO2emissions.
The new BMW Leipzig plant, which is planned
to start production in 2005, will comply with the
very latest environmentally compatible production
standards. Heat recycling will, for example, ensure
particularly economical production.The paint shop
will utilise water-based systems. Final paint layers
will be applied using only powder-based paint tech-
niques.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
One of the main objectives of product development
is the on-going reduction of consumption and
emissions. The BMW Group is committed to devel-
oping efficient engine technologies and new con-
cepts with regard to intelligent lightweight con-
struction.The voluntary commitment given by the
German Automobile Industry Association ( VDA ) to
reduce the fuel consumption of German manufac-
turers by an average of 25% in the period from1990
to 2005 was already achieved by the BMW Group
in 2002.
The European Automobile Manufacturers As-
sociation (ACEA) has given a voluntary commitment
to reduce CO2emissions in the fleet of all European
manufacturers to 140 g/km by the year 2008, equiv-
alent to an average consumption of less than 6 litres
per 100 kilometres. This represents a reduction of
25% compared to the base year 1995. For the pur-
poses of ACEA monitoring, a target corridor of
165to170 g/km was fixed as the interim target for
the year 2003. The automobile industry managed
to achieve this level already by 2001 for the new car
fleet in Europe.The BMW Group is working on ad-
vanced technologies in order to be able to fulfil its
part of the commitment for 2008.
The BMW Group has been long committed to
developing hydrogen technology as an alternative
concept of propulsion. BMW CleanEnergy, a BMW
Group initiative, uses liquid hydrogen as fuel and the
combustion engine as the source of power. Green-
house gas emissions can be significantly reduced
when the hydrogen is generated from renewable
sources of energy. Series development of a hydro-
gen vehicle has commenced for the current BMW
7 Series. The first hydrogen-fuelled vehicles will be
delivered to customers during the life of the current
BMW 7 Series.
The CleanEnergy WorldTour, with which the
BMW Group is endeavouring to attract partners to
implement a hydrogen society, continued success-
fully in 2002, participating in the UN World Summit
in Johannesburg, and visiting London and Montreal.
At the latter location, the BMW Group was presented
the Robert M. Zweig Memorial Public Education
and Outreach Award by the US American National
Hydrogen
Association and a further award from the
International Association for Hydrogen.
Energy consumed per unit produced
in MWh
4.50
4.25
4.00
3.75
3.50
3.25
3.00
2.75
98 99 00 01
3.56 3.42
3.16 3.08
02
3.31
CO2emissions per unit produced
in tons
1.25
1.20
1.15
1.10
1.05
1.00
0.95
0.90
98 99 00 01
1.14
1.10
1.04
0.99
02
1.01