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12 Group Management Report
12 A Review of the Financial Year
14 General Economic Environment
18 Review of Operations
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BMW Group – Capital Market
Activities
45 Disclosures pursuant to § 289 (4)
and § 315 (4) HGB
48 Financial Analysis
48 Internal Management System
50 Earnings Performance
52 Financial Position
54 Net Assets Position
56 Subsequent Events Report
56 Value Added Statement
58 Key Performance Figures
59 Comments on BMW AG
63 Internal Control System
64 Risk Management
70 Outlook
efficiency was raised by a further 8 percentage points
during
the 12-month period under report.
Greater resource conservation in production
Groupwide activities undertaken to raise energy efficiency,
coupled with the effect of lower production volumes
(– 181,501 automobiles / – 12.6 %), resulted in 400,000 MWh
less energy being required in
2009 than in the pre vious
year. Energy-saving measures
included optimised operat-
ing times for technical equipment, increased efficiency
of ventilation systems and improved light management.
These measures saved approximately euro 9 million in
2009. Energy consumption per vehicle produced, how-
ever, rose slightly to 2.89 MWh (2008: 2.80 MWh), partly
due to the fact that despite the reduced production volume
in 2009 energy is still required, even in production-free
times. Secondly, production start-ups for new models
such as the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo and the BMW X1
as well as extensive construction work (for instance at the
US plant in Spartanburg), temporarily required two pro-
duction lines to be operated simultaneously and additional
energy-intensive work to be carried out during production
downtimes. However, the newly constructed and more
efficient paint shops and assembly lines at the Spartanburg
plant will help reduce resource consumption from 2010
onwards. In line with the slight rise in energy consumption,
CO2 emissions per vehicle produced also rose to 0.91 tons
of CO
2
in 2009 (2008: 0.82 tons). In 2009 we did not,
however, need to make full use of the CO
2
emissions al-
lowances
allocated to us within the European Emissions
Trading System.
The Spartanburg plant in the US covers a large part of its
energy needs (electricity and heat) by using methane gas
collected at a nearby landfill site. In 2009 approximately
euro 8.6 million was spent on expanding the capacity and
improving the efficiency of this system. Despite the expan-
sion of the plant, this investment enables more than 60 %
of the plant’s total energy requirements to be covered by
methane gas. Savings in the Spartanburg region will in-
crease from
a current figure of 59,000 tons of CO
2
p. a. to
approximately
92,000 tons in 2010. This innovative project
enables the
plant to save approximately euro 5 million
p. a. in energy
costs.
Total water consumption for production was reduced by
460,000 m3 in 2009. At 2.56 m3 per vehicle produced,
we again achieved the previous year’s low value. Process
wastewater was reduced from 0.64 m
3
per vehicle (2008)
to 0.62 m3 (2009). Similar to energy consumption, we are
continually working on ways of reducing water consump-
tion
and the amount of process wastewater consumed
during production downtimes.
The amount of non-recyclable production waste sank
by
over 28 % in 2009. The amount of waste for disposal
per vehicle produced decreased from 14.84 kg in 2008
to
10.63 kg in 2009. We achieved these improvements
partly by using new recycling processes and also by en-
hancing the quality of waste separation in the production
area.
We also reduced the amount of solvent used by almost
10 % in 2009. Solvent emissions (VOC) per vehicle pro-
duced
currently stand at 1.77 kg (2008: 1.96 kg). The in-
creased bundling of car bodies of the same colour in the
painting process made it possible to reduce the amount of
solvent needed for rinsing and cleaning painting equip-
ment. We were also able to further reduce the solvent con-
centration used in cleaning solutions.
A further reduction in surface protection for new cars also
contributed to lower emissions during the year under re-
port. In 2009, some 91 % of new cars were delivered with-
out surface protection such as wax, adhesive films or pro-
tective sheaths (2008: 82 %).
Process wastewater per vehicle produced
in m3 / vehicle
0.90
0.80
0.70
0.60
0.50
0.40
05 06 07
* 08 09
0.76 0.67 0.64 0.64 0.62
* B
asis for data expanded in 2007 from ten to 17 locations. Until 2006: Munich,
Dingolfing, Landshut, Regensburg, Leipzig, Steyr, Rosslyn, Spartanburg, Hams Hall,
Oxford. Since 2007:
Berlin (brake disc production), Eisenach, Swindon, Goodwood,
Rayong (assembly), Chennai
(assembly) and BMW Brilliance in Shenyang.
Water consumption* per vehicle produced
in m3 / vehicle
2.70
2.60
2.50
2.40
2.30
2.20
05 06 07 08 09
2.60 2.56 2.61 2.56 2.56
*
The indicators for water consumption refer to the production sites of the BMW Group.
The water consumption includes the process water input for the production as well
as the general water consumption e. g. for sanitation facilities.