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4 Introduction 26 Structure 14 Foundation
15 Our values
16 Sustainability – Our guiding principle
17 Market and technology leadership
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Sustainability – Our guiding principle
Our understanding of sustainability is deeply rooted
in our company’s history and closely linked to our
values. More than a century ago, Werner von
Siemens insisted that his company fulfill its respon-
sibilities to its employees, to society and to nature.
“I won’t sell the future of my company,” he said, “for
a short-term profit.” We still live by these words to-
day. To achieve excellence, to capture leading posi-
tions in the markets of tomorrow, to develop inno-
vative technologies that help ensure the future
viability of modern civilization – this has always
been our vision and our challenge.
That’s why all our actions and decisions are in-
formed by the principle of sustainability. We act re-
sponsibly on behalf of future generations to ensure
economic, environmental and social progress. Our
aim is to achieve a balance between the environ-
ment, business and society. For the environment,
we’re providing innovative products and solutions
that improve both our own ecobalance and that of
our customers and suppliers. For our business,
we’re focusing on long-term value creation. And for
society, we’re fostering our employees’ develop-
ment and striving to be good citizens in all the com-
munities in which we’re active. As a world-leading
provider of healthcare products and solutions, we’re
also helping give people everywhere access to a
complete range of advanced medical technologies.
What’s more, our infrastructure solutions in the ar-
eas of mobility, power supply and water are making
major contributions to improving living conditions
around the world. Our Sustainability Program is
helping us achieve these goals by addressing three
key areas:
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
In fiscal 2010, our Environmental Portfolio generat-
ed revenue of about €28 billion, after reaching
the target of €25 billion we’d set for fiscal 2011 con-
siderably faster than planned. Now, we’re aiming to
push annual revenue from the Portfolio to over
€40 billion by the end of 2014. In fiscal 2010, our
environmental offerings helped customers reduce
their CO2 emissions by 267 million tons – an amount
equal to the total annual CO2 emissions of 80 mil-
lion economy-sized cars driven an average of
20,000 kilometers each. We’re fostering green in-
novations and relentlessly driving the development
of our Environmental Portfolio. Our commitment to
ecofriendly technologies and the successes we’ve
scored in this area are already making us – an inte-
grated technology company that delivers innovative
products and solutions – a key enabler on the path
to an environmentally aware, climate-friendly, low-
carbon society.
www.siemens.com/sustainability
Sustainability – Our guiding principle
Business opportunities Walk the talk Stakeholder engagement
Siemens Sustainability Program