BMW Brilliance’s First Comprehensive Response to UN Sustainable Development Goals
BMW Brilliance Publishes Sustainability Report 2018
Promotes Sustainable Development Throughout Value Chain with Enhanced Responsibility

• BMW Brilliance gave a comprehensive response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the first time, aligning its business with the goals
• BMW Brilliance’s electric vehicles sales volume totaled 21,438, increasing ninefold from 2017
• In 2018, BMW Brilliance's Corporate Average Fuel Consumption reached 5.84L/100km (a 5.3% decrease from 2017), maintaining top ranking among automobile joint ventures in China

Shenyang: On September 9th, the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. Sustainability Report 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the Sustainability Report) was officially launched. According to the Sustainability Report, BMW Brilliance's Corporate Average Fuel Consumption reached 5.84L/100km (a 5.3% decrease from 2017), maintaining top ranking among automobile joint ventures in China.

As a member of the United Nations Global Compact, BMW Brilliance integrated the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its business for the first time and actively fulfilled its social responsibilities to achieve the SDGs. The contents of the Sustainability Report corresponded to the SDGs. To reinforce the disclosure of responsibilities, BMW Brilliance invited an authoritative third-party audit agency to conduct data assurance on 18 prioritized Key Performance Indicators for the first time on the basis of compiling the report in accordance with the latest GRI Standards.

Dr. Johann Wieland, President and CEO of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd., said, “The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are part of a global action plan to shape economic progress in an environmentally compatible manner and in accordance with social equity, and at BMW Brilliance, we are convinced that companies can make a positive contribution to achieving these goals. BMW Brilliance has a proven track record of delivering on our sustainability commitments. Our aspiration to be the leading sustainable provider of premium individual mobility across the entire value chain of China’s automotive industry is in full stride with our latest products and innovations. We are producing technology-leading BMW vehicles, engines, and high voltage batteries, and pioneering E-Mobility in China.”

Upholding the vision to be the leading sustainable provider of premium individual mobility across the entire value chain of China’s automotive industry, BMW Brilliance has achieved significant results across its three main pillars: Products and Services, Production and Value Creation, and Employees and Society.

Leading Future Mobility With Sustainable Products and Services

BMW Brilliance strives to provide responsible and sustainable products and services that reduce emissions and keep our customers safer and healthier. BMW Brilliance’s Corporate Average Fuel Consumption reached 5.84L/100km in 2018, a 5.3% decrease from 2017, and remains the top-ranked joint venture in China in terms of corporate average fuel consumption achievement rate. This achievement not only benefited from the application of efficient dynamics technology, but also significant growth of electric vehicle production volume. In 2018, BMW Brilliance’s electric vehicles sales volume reached 21,438, a ninefold increase from 2017.

In terms of CO2 emissions reduction, BMW Brilliance’s average fleet CO2 emissions fell 5.4% in 2018, from 146.9g/km to 139g/km. Meanwhile, BMW Brilliance is creating an E-Mobility ecosystem. With innovative technology and superior R&D capabilities, BMW Brilliance is constantly promoting the development of new energy products and services, and has launched 5 electric vehicle models in the past 5 years. In 2018, BMW Brilliance laid the foundation for the Phase 2 extension of the High Voltage Battery Centre in Shenyang, which will support the production of the all-electric BMW iX3 in 2020. BMW Brilliance is also actively supporting for the infrastructure and service providers that enable electric vehicle mobility. By the end of 2018, BMW’s public charging network had expanded to more than 150 cities in China with over 80,000 charging pillars.

Setting an Example for Green and Smart Manufacturing

BMW Brilliance is a role model for green and smart manufacturing. All vehicles are manufactured using Industry 4.0 technologies and eco-efficient production processes - efforts that won BMW Brilliance the National Green Plant Award. BMW Brilliance demonstrates “Intelligent Manufacturing in China” with its practical efforts. Both Dadong and Tiexi have developed highly flexible production lines capable of producing traditional combustion engine vehicles and electric vehicles on the same assembly line.

By increasing its own renewable power generation capacity and purchasing wind power, BMW Brilliance’s CO2 emission free electricity consumption reached 43% in 2018, and forecast to reach 90% in 2019. At the same time, the continuous increase of logistics efficiency is also an important representation of its green production. By continuously optimizing the multimodal transport scheme and increasing the use of shipping and railway transportation, BMW Brilliance has reduced CO2 emissions per car in finished vehicle logistics by 43% since 2014.

While promoting its own sustainable development, BMW Brilliance also actively engages suppliers to implement responsible and sustainable production. In 2018, BMW Brilliance intensified the risk management of Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS). By implementing the new EHS Protection Agency (EPA) initiative, BMW Brilliance extended its risk management of the supply chain to N-tier suppliers, expanded the depth and breadth of supplier management, assisted the sustainable development of suppliers, and realized a win-win strategy across the value chain.

Rooted in China, Creating Shared Value for the Industry and Society

BMW Brilliance celebrated its 15th anniversary as a joint venture between BMW Group and Brilliance Group in 2018, and its emphasis on talent is key to its successful development for the past 15 years. In 2018, BMW Brilliance won six employer awards, including “Best Employer in China”, which are a testament to its outstanding performance in the field of human resources management.

As an advocate and practitioner of strategic Corporate Social Responsibility, BMW Corporate Social Responsibility is committed to creating shared value and implementing its long-term commitment to Chinese society with practical actions. The year 2018 was marked with a series of milestones. BMW China Culture Journey debuted the Yushu Impression series, which aims to achieve cultural poverty alleviation by creating shared value. The BMW Children’s Traffic Safety Education program launched "BMW Children’s Traffic Safety Ambassador" in school for the first time, engaging volunteers to go into nearly 200 schools across the country to promote children’s road safety education, benefiting more than 70,000 teachers and students. The program also set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title - "Largest traffic conducting lesson". BMW held the first BMW JOY Home Football Tournament Summer Camp, and 100 primary school students between the ages of 9 to 12 and 20 physical education teachers received football skills training in Shenyang. In addition to continuous innovation in its corporate social responsibility projects, BMW officially established the BMW Corporate Volunteer Association to encourage more employees to participate in voluntary service. At the same time, BMW first used the scientific and comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility evaluation system - the IOOI (Input, Output, Outcome, Impact) model - to evaluate Corporate Social Responsibility projects both quantitatively and qualitatively throughout its implementation process to achieve transparent and measurable social benefits.