Siemens 2006 Annual Report Download - page 13

Letter to our Shareholders 13
Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Siemens AG
Our activities in the areas of sustainability and environmental protection were honored once
again this year. We’re proud to have been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the
seventh year in a row.
We aim to be a good neighbor in all the countries where we do business. With our global pres-
ence, we can marshal local resources everywhere in the world to provide fast and effective assis-
tance in emergencies and natural disasters. For example, Siemens Caring Hands, our charitable
program, contributed more than €1.5 million in monetary and non-monetary donations for the
victims of the earthquake in Pakistan on October 8, 2005. Following the Indonesian earthquake
of May 2006, we provided aid primarily in the form of medical equipment.
Our network of university partnerships now encompasses more than 600 institutions of higher
education in 70 countries. Partners include prestigious institutions like Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, the University of California at Berkeley, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, Tokyo Univer-
sity, Tsinghua University in Beijing, Tongji University in Shanghai and leading universities through-
out Germany.
In fiscal 2006, our Fit4More program paved the way for continued profitable growth at twice
the rate of the global economy. To reach this goal, we’ve expanded and restructured many of our
businesses. Our achievements in fiscal 2006 – reflected in our bottom line – are providing an
excellent springboard for further success in fiscal 2007.