JOY THROUGH DIVERSITY AT THE BMW GROUP.

THE FUTURE CAN ONLY BE BUILT TOGETHER.

Diversity – in every form – is one of the most important success factors for us. Because as diverse as our customers, suppliers and investors are worldwide, so diverse are our teams, which manage to put a smile on our customers' faces every day.

And we know that passion knows no differences, so we encourage diversity in all our teams. Because if you want to set standards in shaping the sustainable and individual mobility of the future, you also have to go ahead with the corporate culture. This diversity in our teams enables us to better understand, reflect and make more intelligent decisions about the various requirements of our stakeholders from all over the world. Our diversity is the cornerstone of our company's success and not only secures our innovative strength, but also our long-term competitiveness.

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Our commitment to more diversity.

To us, equal opportunities and inclusion are a lived reality, not an empty promise – every day and everywhere. Because the different and complementary perspectives and abilities of everyone increase our innovative power and make us strong for any challenge.

Three colleagues at the BMW Group are having a collaborative conversation in a modern office setting.

GENDER.

We focus strongly on promoting gender parity. Through a variety of activities and measures, we are working towards a balanced gender ratio across all levels of the hierarchy.

In this way, we ensure that our talents can develop even better at all levels. We offer a broad basis for equal opportunities, for example through Parental Coaching, Joint Leadership, Equal Pay and many other measures. Furthermore, we create the best conditions for networking and exchange with our internal women's networks and other internal collaborations.

We also work closely with external partners to further strengthen our commitment to gender diversity.

An experienced colleague in rework checks the quality in the engine compartment.

AGE & EXPERIENCE.

Due to an earlier entry into the company and a later exit, for example due to the increasing retirement age, the working life of our colleagues is growing.

Currently, four generations are working successfully together with us. We promote intergenerational cooperation - with the aim of creating a productive exchange between the generations and supporting our talents in such a way that they can optimally utilize their individual potential. Furthermore, our offerings in the field of occupational health management as well as our flexible working time models enable our colleagues to plan their life phases individually.

Two colleagues, one in a wheelchair, working in production together.

PHYSICAL & MENTAL ABILITIES.

It is part of our self-image to provide an inclusive and barrier-free work environment for colleagues with physical or mental disabilities. We ensure that all our talents, with or without disabilities, feel equally comfortable and can shape creative processes from different perspectives. Because we know that these different viewpoints play an enormous part in enabling us all to achieve great things together day after day. We use, among other things, the possibilities of digitalization and Industry 4.0 to make work easier and better, especially for our colleagues with disabilities.

Outside our company, we also engage through cooperations with workshops for people with disabilities (WfbM) and, as a member of the Valuable 500, set a sign for inclusion and diversity.

A Group of diverse colleagues at the BMW Group infront of a building letting balloons rise into the sky.

CULTURAL BACKGROUND.

We are proud to have colleagues from over 110 different nations in our teams and actively promote the exchange between the different cultures through training and other measures. The cultural diversity of our employees helps us on the one hand to understand the specific needs of our customers in a wide variety of markets and to align our products accordingly. On the other hand, it helps us to respond quickly and flexibly to changing requirements.

A Group of BMW Group employees holding up letters with the MINI slogan "Big Love" in rainbow colors.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION & IDENTITY.

For us, diversity means living a culture that is based on appreciation and respect, so that people of all origins can contribute and develop with their personality and identity.

BMW Group PRIDE stands for exactly that. The network acts as the mouthpiece of the LGBTIQ+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer) where diversity, equality, trust, respect and inclusion come first. Together, we ensure a positive, tolerant and open work environment in which everyone is welcome regardless of their sexual identity.

We also send a clear signal to the outside world: in 2021, for instance, we joined the PROUT EMPLOYER network of the Prout at Work Foundation and signed the "UN Standards of Conduct for Business for Tackling Discrimination against LGBTI people".

Diversity Charta Flag infront of a building.

DIVERSITY CHARTER.

Since 2011, we have also been involved with the Diversity Charter, a corporate initiative that promotes the recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the corporate culture. By signing the Charta, we have officially taken on the commitment to create a work environment that is free of prejudice.

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TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY.

Diversity is a multifaceted term – especially when we talk about its dimensions and implementation in the company. Colleagues from different areas of the BMW Group answer the question of what exactly defines diversity and what it looks like in everyday life.

Ilka Horstmeier and two colleagues standing infront of flags of many different countries.

"We at the BMW Group are convinced that different perspectives and talents strengthen our company."

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ILKA HORSTMEIER.
Member of the Board of Management, People and Real Estate, Labour Relations Director.

Portrait of the Head of Production for High-Voltage Storage Generation 5 DIngolfing, Regensburg.

"We benefit from the diversity of our employees and their different perspectives. After all, our customers also differ in terms of their nationality, age and gender."

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DR. STEFAN KASPEROWSKI.
Head of Production High-Voltage Storage Generation 5 Dingolfing, Regensburg.

The female Head of Project Management for the Product Line M sitting in a wheelchair having a conversation with a colleague around a test vehicle.

"Diversity in my team offers us the great advantage that we can bring together the different experiences of the individual employees. Open communication and appreciation – both part of our corporate culture – are very important to me and I'm committed to living by them."

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TINA SCHMIDT-KIENDL.
Head of Project Management Product Line BMW M.

A female Specialist for Base System in exchange with a colleague at a test rack.

"My team stands for diversity, culture, a friendly atmosphere and flexible working hours. The diversity in my team helps us to understand, reflect and make more intelligent decisions."

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NISHA PARRAKAT.
Software Specialist Base System.

Frank Weber, member of BMW board, walking through the development workshop.

"We ensure that all employees work in an environment that is characterised by 100% tolerance and thus makes 100% performance possible. This is a personal concern for me. Therefore: Zero tolerance for intolerance and discrimination!”

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FRANK WEBER.
Member of the Board of Management, Development.

Two Representatives of the internal BMW Group PRIDE network.

"Our PRIDE network is already active at many locations of the BMW Group worldwide. We want the company and team to keep an open mind, and we need strong role models up and down the hierarchy who lead by example and practise tolerance and diversity."

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CLAUDIA AND CHRISTIAN.
Representatives of our internal PRIDE network.

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