In a first for the automotive industry, the BMW Group is using recycled marine waste to produce visible trim parts in the injection moulding process. The equivalent of about 35 shipping containers of plastic waste ends up in the seas and oceans every hour. Plastic bottles, coffee cups, bags and even old fishing nets are massive pollutants in the waters. Pollution by ocean plastics is a growing challenge in many regions of the world. The BMW Group cooperates preventively and sources nets and ropes from ports to prevent fishing nets…
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BMW Group plans to source steel produced with green power and hydrogen from northern Sweden
The BMW Group continues to push forward with climate protection and is systematically pursuing its goal of significantly reducing CO2 emissions at their source in the supply chain. From 2025 on, the company plans to source steel produced with up to 95% less CO2 emissions and without requiring fossil resources such as coal. The BMW Group has now reached an agreement to this effect with the Swedish startup H2 Green Steel, which uses hydrogen and only green power from renewable energies for steel production. Owing to its particularly energy-intensive manufacturing…
Read MoreBMW Group publishes Sustainable Value Report 2017
The BMW Group made significant progress in shaping sustainable mobility in 2017. For the first time, the company sold more than 100,000 electrified vehicles in a single year. Although the percentage of diesel vehicles in Europe decreased, fleet consumption was further reduced – to an average of 122 grams per kilometre. As part of its holistic approach to decarbonisation, a major breakthrough in energy supply was also achieved at the company’s production locations. In 2017, for the first time, 100 percent of the electricity purchased by the BMW Group in…
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