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44
12 Group Management Report
12 A Review of the Financial Year
14 General Economic Environment
18 Review of Operations
42
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
held at the IAA in Frankfurt and expanded by the addition
of a stakeholder roundtable in Munich.
At the beginning of September 2009 the BMW Group once
again received the accolade of being industry leader in the
Dow Jones Sustainability Index. We have now been the
most sustainable car manufacturer in the world for the fifth
time in succession. The BMW Group is the only enterprise
in the automotive sector to have been represented con-
tinuously
in this important group of sustainability indices
since their creation in 1999.
At the end of September 2009 the BMW Group was
in-
cluded in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index, thus
confirming from the perspective of the Carbon Disclosure
Project (
CDP
) – a joint initiative of 475 investors with global
operations – that we are making an exemplary contribution
to climate protection.
During the winter of 2009, Sustainalytics assessed the
sus-
tainability performance of all DAX 30
®
companies. Scoring
74.3 out of a possible 100 points, the BMW Group received
the
best mark for sustainability. Important areas in which
we excel were identified as the environmental and social
standards set for suppliers, sound personnel and social
policies for the workforce and a high level of commitment
to the wider community. Sustainalytics is an independent,
innovative provider of “Responsible Investment Services”
and is one of the market leaders in Europe and North
America.
The BMW Group also won awards in 2009 for its Sustain-
able Value Report 2008. The BMW Group Sustainable
Value Report 2008 was deemed to be one of the three
best sustainability reports of the 150 largest companies in
Germany and the best one in the automotive sector. The
BMW Group made an impression on the jury in its Sustain-
able Value Report, particularly in its pursuit of sustainability
strategies and the way it has embedded the idea of sus-
tainability at all levels of the business. The competition for
the best sustainability reports is promoted by the Federal
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and by the Council for
Sustainable Development.