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dgerst Champion Author South Carolina Posts:2,721 Points:557,975 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Jun 24, 2012 9:21:41 PM Ignore dgerst Report Abuse German automaker, BMW, took a bolder, greener step towards environmental sustainability when it became the official sponsor of the United Nations Rio 20 World Environmental Summit in Rio de Janeiro. As part of its sponsorship of the world summit, BMV showcased its main sustainable management milestones in its exclusively built BMW Group Sustainability Lounge, a 400-square-meter pavilion. The exclusive lounge was located on the official conference premises and was built with lightweight white nylon. The lounge was built in such a way that it supported itself with air pressure and nylon fabric, which allowed for optimal utilization of daylight. Like Us on Facebook : The Rio 20 world summit attracted a large crowd over the last month with an estimated 50,000 people from different parts of Visit Auto World News for full article

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German automaker, BMW, took a bolder, greener step towards environmental sustainability when it became the official sponsor of the United Nations Rio 20 World Environmental Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

As part of its sponsorship of the world summit, BMV showcased its main sustainable management milestones in its exclusively built BMW Group Sustainability Lounge, a 400-square-meter pavilion. The exclusive lounge was located on the official conference premises and was built with lightweight white nylon. The lounge was built in such a way that it supported itself with air pressure and nylon fabric, which allowed for optimal utilization of daylight.

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dgerst Champion Author South Carolina Posts:2,721 Points:557,975 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Jun 25, 2012 8:25:58 AM Ignore dgerst Report Abuse And their partnering with Toyota to reduce auto emissions.
ExplorerWA Champion Author Washington Posts:4,088 Points:798,350 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Jun 25, 2012 12:20:55 AM Ignore ExplorerWA Report Abuse Agenda 21.....sustainable development. Not good.
bandannaman Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,849 Points:365,610 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jun 24, 2012 10:10:21 PM Ignore bandannaman Report Abuse BMW, really? [Edited by: bandannaman at 6/24/2012 10:10:04 PM EST]
MusicalMan7 All-Star Author Ohio Posts:597 Points:93,430 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Jun 24, 2012 9:50:43 PM Ignore MusicalMan7 Report Abuse So what has BMW done to make its cars green (paint them?)?
uglytom Champion Author Florida Posts:7,464 Points:1,542,015 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Jun 24, 2012 9:23:35 PM Ignore uglytom Report Abuse Cheers for BMW!