193 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 In this context, the establishment of uniform global standards and a statutory framework (e.g. EU Data Act, China cross-border data transfer) is a key priority. This helps to offset, among other things, risk to the Company’s reputation in the event of incidents affecting the security of consumers’ or end-users’ personal data. The BMW Group continues to engage with relevant authorities in the EU, the corresponding Directorate General and the European Parliament, and China, in particular with the relevant administra- tive authority CAC and the free trade zones Lin-gang and Daxing. These standards should be flexible and agile enough not to im- pair innovation and to fully exploit the advantages provided by digital progress. In this context, compliance with the respective vehicle registration policies and the relevant cyber security regu- lations must be ensured at all times. The BMW Group is also in discussions with the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMDV) regard- ing the law on establishing a national data trustee. This concerns access rights and the management of consent within a data trus- tee model that would supplement the EU Data Act. Human resources and social policy The BMW Group offers its employees a secure and attractive place to work as well as extensive personal development and professional training opportunities. Among other things, this has a positive impact on the skills and expertise of its workforce. At the same time, we are working with political stakeholders to up- date social and labour policy and adapt it to the way we work today. In a letter addressed to members of the German parliament and the German government, the BMW Group has called for a funda- mental overhaul of working time legislation to bring it into line with EU laws. In specific terms, this would involve creating greater flexibility in working hours by switching to a maximum weekly limit and making adjustments to break times. A potential regulation on recording working hours should take into account current Company practice and utilise the existing scope for ma- noeuvre. Political contributions The BMW Group made political contributions to the following re- cipient groups in the reporting year: — Dialogue events: Sponsoring of political events for collabo- ration and exchange purposes — Collaborations: Sponsoring with reciprocal business (for ad- vertising purposes) or lectures by representatives of the BMW Group The following table summarises significant political contributions made in the reporting year. Significant political contributions by recipient group 2024 by recipient group in € All recipients Dialog events / events Cooperations Europe 344,966 158,966 186,000 thereof Germany 327,261 141,261 186,000 Americas 273,155 69,798 203,357 thereof USA 268,514 65,157 203,357 Asia 15,136 15,136 – thereof China – – – Total 633,257 Any political contributions made by the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt (BFHQ) are not included in the figures stated above. Due to its close ties to the BMW Group, BFHQ was also incorporated into the key performance indicators. As a result, BFHQ did not make any political contributions for the BMW Group in 2024. Any political contributions made by the BFHQ are independent of the BMW Group and are made solely in pursuit of the interests of the BFHQ, and without consideration of any interests of the BMW Group. Positions in public administration There were no changes to the Board of Management in the 2024 reporting year. As a result, no members were appointed to the Board of Management who held a comparable position in a public administration (including regulatory authorities) in the two years prior to their appointment. In the 2024 financial year, a member was appointed to the Supervisory Board as part of the employee representative elections. This member has held a comparable position in public administration since the 2023 fi- nancial year. Transparency register entries The BMW Group is listed in the EU Transparency Register and in the equivalent registers of the EU Member States listed below.