222 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 Number of employees who have left the BMW Group and rate of employee turnover The turnover rate is based on the number of employees leaving the Company in the reporting year in relation to the average num- ber of employees in each month (annual value as a percentage). Reasons for leaving include, in particular, resignations by em- ployees and dismissals by employers, resignations by mutual agreement (including ↗ Employees in the inactive early retirement phase) and natural turnover due to retirement or death. Number of fatalities as a result of work-related injuries/accidents and work-related ill health This metric covers all occupational accidents resulting in fatalities suffered by BMW Group employees and other BMW Group em- ployees, temporary agency workers and external workers work- ing on BMW Group’s sites. Occupational accidents refer to work- related accidents as specified by ESRS. This includes deaths due to work-related accidents in the employee’s own household (ac- cidents in the home office). Deaths that occur on the way to or from work are not included. An accident is defined as a tempo- rary event caused by an external influence that results in injury, damage to health or death. Only accidents that occur on BMW Group premises, or in the home office while performing an activity in the interest of the employer which result in death, are counted. The BMW Group’s “communication instruction” and its health and safety policy ensure that the relevant people are in- formed in the event of an accident resulting in death. This in- cludes the occupational health and safety management officer as the responsible point of contact. Deaths resulting from work-related illnesses are included in this figure. They include fatal health disorders for which a company has been held responsible and successfully sued following a final court ruling. This presupposes that an official investigation has shown that the fatal illness or death is causally linked to the Com- pany's working conditions. The metric includes Spotlight Automotive Ltd. with a share of 100%. Number of (justified) notifications that could be clarified during the reporting year This metric is a subset of the reported information in ↗ Number of notifications of potential sustainability violations in the supply chain. The met- ric includes all cases that were opened and closed during the re- porting year. The metric consists of two sub-indicators: — #1: Number of indications of potential violations that could be clarified during the reporting year — #2: Number of justified notifications that were clarified dur- ing the reporting year Clarified means that the internal investigation has been finalised and the case is closed in the case management system. A case can be closed if the investigation has revealed that a case is un- justified or, if the identified violation has been shown to be justi- fied, it has already been remedied. Both scenarios lead to an in- tegration of the cases into sub-indicator #1. The subset of cases that can be assigned to the latter scenario are also included in sub-indicator #2. The BMW Group carries out a plausibility check to process the information received. If a case turns out to be justified, a plan for elimination of the identi- fied deficit is developed together with the supplier. Finally, the conclusion of these cases is preceded by an individual assess- ment by the BMW Group of the successful implementation of measures by the supplier concerned. After the measures have been implemented, the case is closed, archived, and docu- mented in the case management system. The definition of justi- fied cases is based, among other things, on the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) and the criteria for appropriate- ness defined therein (severity, ability to influence, probability of occurrence). The metric is based on GRI 308-2 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. Number of notifications of potential sustainability violations in the supply chain This metric includes the number of notifications of potential vio- lations of our sustainability principles in the supply chain that have been received through the BMW Group reporting channels. It includes all notifications on suppliers along the entire supply chain of all entities of BMW Group that were entered into the Group-wide electronic case management system during the fi- nancial year. The reference date for the period cut-off is therefore the date on which a case was entered into the system. The metric includes all personal notifications. Personal notifica- tions are usually made through the following sources: BMW Group SpeakUp Line, BMW Group Compliance Contact, lo- cal Compliance Offices, Ombuds Office, BMW Group Human Rights Contact Supply Chain, RBA Voices Complaint Mechanism, internal and external letters to the Board of Management/exec- utives, as well as other personal notifications to BMW Group units and departments. In addition, non-personal notifications, for example from media reports, are entered into the case management system and are thus included in the metric, provided that they are substantiated following an initial review. The metric is based on GRI 308-2 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.