Sustainable Value Report 2001/2002 - BMW Group

sibility for integrating people with disabilities
into the work process.The company also
outsources work to government-approved
employers of disabled citizens.
BMW AG employs over 2,000 handicapped
persons who represent 3.4 percent of the
company’s workforce. Work orders to handicapped
suppliers reached a total volume of
nearly c21 million in 2000. In this way, BMW AG
makes a significant contribution to helping the
handicapped secure meaningful employment.
Further improvement to health and work
safety
Today’s jobs in industrial enterprises must be
secured both economically and in terms of
employee health. Over the past 10 years, BMW
has consistently reduced the frequency of
industrial accidents.The number of reported
job-related accidents involving hourly workers
at BMW AG totaled 396 in 1999.This figure
decreased by 18 percent in 2000 to 326.The
primary focus of BMW Group health protection
is on prevention. Along with a comprehensive
sports and recreation program, the BMW
plant in Munich provides a fitness center for
Proportion of foreign nationals at BMW AG*
* Includes all non-German citizens
employees. In 1999 this was supplemented by
the “MOVE” center offering physical therapy for
employees suffering from muscular or skeletal
ailments. Medical facilities available at various
BMW sites include health centers with doctor’s
offices, mental health services, and substance
abuse programs.This targeted approach to
employee health at BMW AG contributed to a
decrease in the hours lost due to sickness
from 5.1 percent in 1995 to 4.4 percent in 2000.
Campaign for tolerance
BMW employees come from over 100 different
nations. Around 12.4 percent of BMW AG
workers are from countries outside of Germany.
Consequently, the guidelines of the long-term
BMW Group personnel policy focus on transcending
national and cultural borders. For
over 30 years, this principle has been a mainstay
of BMW campaigns to prevent discrimination
both inside and outside of the company.
The main emphasis of this work is on crosscultural
learning designed to bring different
nationalities and ethnic groups together.
“If we, as a company, are made to ‘feel at home’ everywhere in the world,
then it must be important for us to ensure that everyone who comes to
work for BMW is treated equally and respected as an individual.”
Professor Joachim Milberg, BMW Group Chairman of the Board
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60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
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’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00
8,185 8,130 8,409 8,229 8,205
BMW workers at the Kaliningrad plant
Foreign nationals
(13.8%) (13.4%) (13.1%) (12.9%) (12.4%) Percentage
51,235 52,463 55,651 55,556 58,057 German nationals
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