A pioneer in climate protection, the BMW Group continues to pursue its ambitious goal to lower CO2 emissions. Efforts cover the entire value chain to achieve effective climate protection by combining the right products with the right manufacturing. Renewable energy in plants coupled with innovative charging concepts for vehicles are consistently reducing the carbon footprint of the company and its products.
‘Avoid rather than compensate’ is a key premise of the BMW Group’s CO2 strategy and fundamental to its efforts over many years to cut emissions and energy consumption at plants around the world – with new, energy-efficient production systems and smart energy management, among other things.
From the end of 2020, the BMW Group will purchase CO2-free energy only – worldwide
Wherever possible, the BMW Group powers its production facilities with energy from renewable sources. The options for generating renewables on-site are assessed for each one, resulting in a wind farm at Plant Leipzig (GER), a methane gas system at Spartanburg, and photovoltaic systems at Plants Oxford (UK), Shenyang (CN) and San Luis Potosí (MEX).