German car group BMW has been named as the world’s most sustainable automobile manufacturer for the seventh consecutive year.
The group, which has its MINI pressing plant in Swindon, achieved top slot in the ranking published by the SAM Group for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.
BMW is also the only automotive manufacturer to be listed in this family of indexes every year since it was established in 1999.
BMW chairman Dr Norbert Reithofer said: “The success of the BMW Group is built on a long-term approach and responsible action. Being ranked sector leader for the past seven years underscores our corporate strategy and approach. I would like to thank all of our company’s 95,000 employees whose day-to-day work makes this progress possible."
Sustainability is an integral part of the BMW’s corporate strategy – it appointed the automotive industry’s first environmental officer in 1973. Since then it has systematically refined its concept of sustainability and two years ago it firmly established corporate sustainability at group level.
