225 BMW Group Report 2024 To Our Stakeholders Combined Management Report Group Financial Statements Responsibility Statement and Auditor’s Report Remuneration Report Other Information Sustainability Statement R Raw materials supplier A raw materials supplier is an economic operator in the raw ma- terial supply chain. Raw materials supply chain All activities and processes in the raw material value chain up to the point at which a raw material is used as input to produce ma- terials, intermediate or final products. S Sabbatical BMW Group employees who use the option to take an employee- financed leave of absence for a specified period of time. Scholarship holders Persons with a temporary contract at a BMW Group company who either regularly gain practical experience in the same BMW Group company during their studies or who are completing a trainee programme. Share of employees with severe disabilities at BMW AG The share of severely disabled employees is a special feature of German legislation in accordance with Volume IX of the German Social Code (SGB IX) and is to be determined for BMW AG with all its German company locations and units. In accordance with legal requirements, the share of severely dis- abled employees is calculated from the ratio of the total number of jobs at BMW AG to the number of mandatory jobs filled and is expressed as a percentage. According to § 154 SGB IX, compa- nies with more than 20 jobs must staff at least 5% of them with severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent status. People with a degree of disability of at least 50% are considered severely disabled. Further information on the calculation can be found in the Ger- man legislation according to SGB IX. Exceptions to the total and compulsory jobs defined in SGB IX can be viewed at the employ- ment agency. Share of suppliers of production-related material with implemented or agreed preventive measures at the time of awarding The metric consists of two sub-indicators: — #1: Share of suppliers of production-related materials (di- rect suppliers) who had already implemented preventive measures at the time of awarding in the respective reporting year — #2: Share of suppliers of production-related materials (di- rect suppliers) with whom agreements on preventive measures have been made in the respective reporting year By signing a contract with the BMW Group, direct suppliers un- dertake to implement, expand or continue the necessary preven- tive or remediation and control measures by an agreed target date. The measures, which are queried, validated and evaluated as part of the procurement process using the Drive Sustainability online assessment, serve to minimise potential risks or to elimi- nate any deficiencies. For more details on the online assess- ment, see the metric ↗ Number of supplier locations assessed with self- assessment questionnaire. This online assessment, which is validated by an external service provider, is assessed in the BMW Group system with regard to the minimum requirements defined by the BMW Group for sup- plier sites along the entire global value chain. The metric is based on supplier sites that were awarded a contract in the reporting year. Each supplier's site is only counted once, regardless of the number of times its online assessment was revised during the reporting year. If all measures that fulfil the minimum requirements of the BMW Group have already been taken at a supplier site, the status is set to "green" and it is included in sub-indicator #1. If a supplier site and the purchasing department have agreed on a date for implementing the necessary preventive measures as part of the awarding process, the status is set to “yellow” and included in sub-indicator #2. The metric is based on GRI 308-1, 308-2, 414-1 and 414-2. The metric includes no information on the supply chain of the Chinese joint operation Spotlight Automotive Ltd., as the BMW Group does not have this information for the reporting year. The BMW Group supports Spotlight Automotive Ltd. with the implementation and further development of management approaches and reporting structures on due diligence obligations in the supply chain. Share of women in management positions The BMW Group's strategic goal for women in management po- sitions is both an absolute and a relative target according to ESRS and is calculated in line with ↗ Gender distribution at the management level in number and percentage.