Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

Munich, Germany

BMW is a leading German luxury automaker renowned for its performance, innovative automotive engineering, and high-quality vehicles. The company manufactures a range of luxury cars, including electric models such as the BMW i7, and is recognized globally for its design and technology.

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-19.71

0.03% May 3

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BMW Joins Automakers in Ethical Pledge Against Seabed Minerals

In an emerging commitment to ethical supply chain practices, BMW is among the automakers that have pledged not to use seabed minerals, highlighting a shift towards sustainable sourcing and responsible business practices amid global environmental concerns related to deep-sea mining.

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Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is currently rated as an Enabler.

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Companies in this segment facilitate authoritarian practices while claiming neutrality. They provide resources or support that indirectly bolster oppressive regimes, thereby undermining democratic accountability without overtly endorsing the regime.

Latest Events

MAR

27

2025

BMW Joins Automakers in Ethical Pledge Against Seabed Minerals
60.00

In an emerging commitment to ethical supply chain practices, BMW is among the automakers that have pledged not to use seabed minerals, highlighting a shift towards sustainable sourcing and responsible business practices amid global environmental concerns related to deep-sea mining.
JUL

01

2024

BMW Lobbying and Political Influence Activities 2024
-36.78

An analysis of BMW's significant lobbying expenditures as reported by LobbyFacts highlights the company's active involvement in political lobbying during the 2024 financial year, raising concerns about its potential contribution to policies that may bolster authoritarian practices.
-40

Political Contributions and Lobbying Efforts

March 20

BMW's reported lobbying expenses, ranging between 2,000,000€ and 2,249,999€ for the financial year 2024, indicate a deliberate strategy to influence political decision-making. This form of corporate political activity can undermine democratic processes by securing preferential access and influence with regulators and policymakers, thus indirectly supporting authoritarian tendencies.

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
MAY

20

2024

BMW Forced Labor Supply Chain Issue
-72.73

BMW continued sourcing auto parts from a Chinese supplier flagged for forced labor in Xinjiang, despite being informed of the problematic ties. This behavior highlights serious ethical concerns within their supply chain practices.
-80

Supply Chain Ethics

March 20

BMW was found to have continued importing components from a supplier in China with known ties to forced labor in Xinjiang, even after being notified by the Senate finance committee investigation. This decision directly implicates BMW in unethical supply chain practices, as the company failed to heed warnings related to labor rights abuses.

BMW and others bought parts from China supplier flagged for forced labor
MAR

07

2016

BMW and the Holocaust: Acknowledging Past Complicity
-29.34

BMW publicly apologized for its involvement in supplying vehicles to the Nazi regime and using forced slave labor during World War II. This event underscores the company's historical complicity in human rights abuses and economic collaboration with an authoritarian regime.
-80

Labor Relations and Human Rights Practices

March 20

BMW's use of forced and slave labor during World War II represents a severe violation of worker rights and human dignity, reflecting an ethically reprehensible business practice. This historical action contributed significantly to its complicity with the Nazi regime.

BMW and the Holocaust
-65

Economic Collaboration

March 20

BMW's production of military equipment and engines for Nazi fighter planes, under the aegis of the Nazi regime, exemplifies economic collaboration with an authoritarian government. This historic activity contributed resources to a regime responsible for massive human rights abuses.

BMW and the Holocaust