BMW Recognized by Consumers for Excellence in Social Impact

BMW is an acknowledged leader in automotive engineering and luxury. But add another recent accolade: earning a spot on Forbes’ 2025 Best Brands for Social Impact list.

The Forbes’ list is based on how consumers rated brands on qualities such as values, trust, social stances, sustainability and community support. Forbes partnered with consumer insights company HundredX in surveying 165,000 consumers between march 2024 and February 2025. The survey resulted in more than 4.4 million ratings across 3,900 unique brands. The top 300 brands made the list and BMW was ranked #65 – one of the top five automotive brands.

How a brand creates a social impact is a many-pronged effort, according to Forbes, and must be integrated into its business model. Rob Pace, CEO of customer-insights company HundredX said, “It’s not some side hobby, not some PR thing, but built into the product, built into what you do, and relevant to your business.”

While BMW has focused on engineering and luxury in creating its Ultimate Driving Machines, it also is committed to sustainability as central to its plans for the future. BMW calls it “our 360° holistic approach to sustainability. ... Important measures to reduce CO2e emissions by 2030 include using renewable energies in production, electrifying the vehicle fleet, and increasing the use of green electricity and secondary raw materials in the supply chain. At the same time, we continue to improve our efficiency standards, which are already very high.”

In addition to the Forbes’ 2025 Best Brands for Social Impact list, BMW has been recognized by Forbes in multiple arenas, including:

“Schomp BMW is committed to the values that have made BMW a leader in excellence in social impact,” said Schomp Automotive Group’s Dealer Principal Aaron Wallace. “As a dealership, we are also very proud that BMW has recognized our efforts by naming us one of its 2025 ‘Centers of Excellence.’”