BMW Group signs international declaration of "Cleaner Production" of the United Nations environmental program

Munich, Germany. September 27, 2001. This week the BMW Group signed the
international declaration of the United Nations' environmental program this
week.

This treaty with the BMW Group again confirms the cutting edge role of the
sustainable treatment of resources in the sense of a responsible and
considerate dealing with and within the environment.

"To the BMW Group sustainability is a corporate principle. Being the first car
manufacturer in the world to certify all our production plants according to ISO
14000 was the first step. Being the leader of the Dow Jones Sustainability
Index twice asserts us that we not only are on the right way but have made good
progress as well. As we joined the environmental programme of the United
Nations "Cleaner Production" is just another logical step in the direction of
consequent sustainability", emphasises Dr. Norbert Reithofer, member of the
board of the BMW AG, who signed the treaty in company of Aloisi de Larderel,
director of the United Nations environmental organisation UNEP.

Aloisi de Larderel as well sees a direct connection between the Groups joining
the globally valid "Cleaner Production Programme" and the successful
sustainability strategy of the company. "For the finance and investor community
the sustainability strategy and the acceptance of the BMW Group to the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index play an increasingly bigger role in evaluating the
enterprise.

The BMW Group was confirmed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as the
worldwide leading car manufacturer in view of sustainable economy in 1999 and
2000.

The international declaration of the United Nations now signed by BMW is a
voluntary made agreement to make use of a specific, preventive strategy, the
so-called Cleaner Production. This strategy from the very beginning propagates
the avoidance of negative influences in contrast to the so-called
"End-of-Pipe" solution, where environmental technologies come into operation at
the end of the production process only.

As the first European car manufacturer the BMW Group published a sustainability
report, the "Sustainable Value Report". The BMW Groups "Sustainability Value
Report" can be found on the Website www.bmwgroup.com using the link
"Engagement".

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