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14 Group Management Report
14 A Review of the Financial Year
16 General Economic Environment
20 Review of Operations
42 BMW Stock and Bonds
45 Disclosures pursuant to § 289 (4)
and § 315 (4) HGB
47 Financial Analysis
47 Internal Management System
49 Earnings Performance
51 Financial Position
52 Net Assets Position
55 Subsequent Events Report
55 Value Added Statement
57 Key Performance Figures
58 Comments on BMW AG
62 Risk Management
68 Outlook
In , for the fourth time in succession, the BMW Group
was the sector leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability in-
dices and is thus the most sustainable car manufacturer in
the world. The BMW Group is the only enterprise from the
automobile sector to have been represented continuously
in this important group of sustainability indices since their
creation in . In order to be included in the index, the
business, ecological and social performance of some ,
enterprises is analysed and the best in each sector chosen
to appear in the relevant Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
The analyses include an assessment of general sustain-
ability criteria as well as of measures implemented in re-
sponse to sector-specific challenges.
In the SAM Group’s corporate sustainability assessment
published at the beginning of , the BMW Group re-
ceived three top awards with the titles Sector Leader, Gold
Class and Sector Mover. Each year the SAM Group as-
sesses more than , companies from  industrial sec-
tors on the basis of company-specific sustainability criteria.
The BMW Group is therefore the leading automotive com-
pany in terms of sustainable business (SAM Sector Leader),
picking up more than   of possible points (SAM Gold
Class) and making the most progress in the sector (SAM
Sector Mover). The BMW Group has also been included –
for eight consecutive years now – in the FTSE4Good indi-
ces, which focus on SRI.
The BMW Group keeps the public informed of its perform-
ance in the field of sustainable business by publishing its
Sustainable Value Report every two years. The report can
be downloaded from the internet at www.bmwgroup.com/
sustainability. A printed version can also be ordered at that
address. In March , the most recent Sustainable Value
Report (for  / ) was awarded first prize in the Best
Carbon Disclosure category of the Corporate Responsibility
Reporting Awards  (CRRA). The CRRA  are the
first global independent internet-based reporting awards,
acknowledging the best sustainability reports in
nine dif-
ferent categories. The BMW Group won by a huge
margin
in the category for the best report on climate protection.
The BMW Group’s next Sustainable Value Report will be
published in .