163 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 OWN WORKFORCE Material impacts, risks and opportunities Type Stage of the value chain Policies Targets Specific actions Workplace accidents resulting in physical injury reduce an employee's ability to live a fulfilling life, or may in worst cases be fatal. Negative impact − BMW Group-wide health and safety management − Occupational safety along the value chain − None − Prevention and care through hazard and stress analyses − Qualification measures, quality au- dits and certification of the occupa- tional health and safety manage- ment system − Holistic health management system with access to in-house health ser- vices Emplaced preventive measures through health standards and offerings for the employees (e.g. sports offer- ings, health check-up) can improve the health and safety of the employees. Positive impact Secure employment for own workers provides financial stability, contributing to mental health and well-being to employees worldwide. Positive impact − Long-term strategic human re- sources planning − Integrative Just Transition Approach − Employer attractiveness − Measures derived from the long- term strategic human resources planning, for example the use of dif- ferent employment types − Use of working time accounts at all production sites where this is legally possible Promoting social dialogue can foster satisfaction and cooperation among workers globally, as it provides em- ployees with a platform and mechanism to voice their concerns and share their ideas. Positive impact − Change process of the BMW Group − Employee representatives and col- lective bargaining − None − Central opportunities to participate and regular dialogue between em- ployees and the Company − Measurement of the organisation’s performance using the High Perfor- mance Organisation Index as part of a biennial employee survey − Up to two meetings per year be- tween the BMW EURO Works Coun- cil and corporate management. Em- ployee representatives from produc- tion sites outside Europe are also invited to attend.