BMW named world’s most sustainable automotive company
News
9 Sep 2016
BMW Group has once again been named the world’s most sustainable automotive company by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
BMW is the sector leader on the Index and out of the three car manufacturers listed, it is the only one to feature every year since 1999.
Between 1995 and 2015 BMW succeeded in reducing the CO2 emissions of its new vehicles sold in Europe by 40 per cent. In 2015 its average CO2 emission across Europe were 127 g/km and worldwide 147 g/km.
This was helped by a systematic expansion of alternative drive trains in the BMW line up, which now includes seven models that are either all-electric, like the BMW i3, or combine a conventional engine with an electric motor as a plug-in hybrid.
Ursula Mathar, head of sustainability and environmental protection at BMW, said: “The BMW Group is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. For us, sustainability is an important part of our identity and our strategy. We have accomplished a great deal in recent years and continue to set ourselves concrete goals for the future. We are delighted to be named sector leader once again in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. This shows that our activities continue to have an impact and we are on the right track.”
