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Siemens and Sustainability

Performance Management

Alison Taylor

Chief Sustainability Officer, Americas

Siemens Corporation
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Mission Statements

Sustainability: “to create and maintain 

conditions, under which humans and 

nature can exist in productive 

harmony, that permit fulfilling the 

social, economic and other 

requirements of present and future 

generations”

(NEPA [1969]; E.O. 13514 [2009])

“All our actions are governed by the 

fundamental resolve to act responsibly 

on behalf of future generations to 

ensure economic, environmental and 

social progress.”
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Sustainability

For Siemens, sustainability covers three key areas: 

Environmental, Economic, and Social

 Corporate 

governance

 Risk and crisis

management

 Code of conduct

 Compliance

 Customer relationship 

management

 Environmental portfolio

 Operational eco-efficiency

 Environmental reporting

 Climate strategy

 Environmental product

life-cycle management

 Corporate 

citizenship

 Labor practices

 Human capital 

development

 Talent attraction 

and retention

 Occupational 

health and safety

Planet
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Our Materiality Portfolio highlights key sustainability

topics and their importance to stakeholders and Siemens
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Our customers are demanding sustainable suppliers

 Number of companies 

requesting information 

continues to grow

 Depth and breadth of 

questions continues to 

increase

 Purpose began as 

informational and is 

increasingly used to grade 

Siemens as a supplier

 Questions found in industry 

group surveys, customer 

questionnaires, and RFPs
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Our Annual Sustainability Report contains a wide range 

of performance goals and progress to date

• Covers wide depth and breadth:

 Innovation

 Customers and Portfolio

 Compliance

 Environmental Protection

 Product Responsibility

 Health and Safety

 Employees

 Suppliers

 Corporate Citizenship

• Assurance from PwC

• Alignment with Global Reporting Initiative

• Goals in all areas both quantitative and 

qualitative
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Key Performance Indicators
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Key Performance Indicators
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Key Performance Goal Categories

Resource Usage Innovation

Customers &

Environmental Portfolio

Compliance Product Responsibility

Suppliers

Employees

Health & Safety

Citizenship
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1) Targets use 2006 as reference year

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28 29

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15

20

25

30

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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23 25

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16

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10

15

20

25

30

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

18 17

9

5

22

0

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10

15

20

25

30

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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12 10

4

2

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Target Actual

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0

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10

15

20

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary energy Electricity

CO2-Emissions Water Waste

By setting ambitious 

goals for waste 

generation and 

energy and water 

consumption, 

Siemens achieves:

 Lower running 

costs while 

lessening the 

impact on the 

environment

 Less dependence 

on production 

factors with high 

price volatility

 Credibility for its 

problem solving 

expertise

Development of 

resource efficiency

at Siemens 1)

(as a percentage of 

improvement, adjusted by 

sales)

Measuring Resource Usage as of November 2011
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Future Environmental Goals

Issue

Climate and 

Energy

Continuous reduction of energy intensity

 Continuously improve energy efficiency

 Extend Environmental Management Systems to include energy management that 

conforms to ISO 50001

Air

Reduction of air pollution beyond legal requirements by 2014

 Accounting of VOC (volatile organic compounds) emissions of over 2 tons per year 

and site

 Phase-out-plan of ozone depleting substances and creation of a phase-out plan (at 

sites where they are still legally permitted) 

Waste

Reduction of environmental impact of waste by 2014 

 Reduce waste intensity by 1% per year

 Reduce the volume of waste for disposal by an absolute 1% per year

Water

Reduction of negative impacts of local water use

 Reduce negative effects of water use at site level under consideration of ecological, 

economic and social risks

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Top position in major sustainability rankings

SAM Dow Jones 

Sustainability Index

Carbon Disclosure Project

2011

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st place (90/100 points): Sector 

Leader “Diversified Industrials“

Fourth time in a row as Sector Leader

Twelfth time in a row included in the 

DJSI World Index

3

rd highest score (97/100 points):

Fourth time in a row included in the 

Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index

SAM Dow Jones 

Sustainability Index

Carbon Disclosure Project

2010

1

st place (87/100 points): Sector 

Leader "Diversified Industrials“

Third time in a row as Sector Leader

Eleventh time in a row included in the 

DJSI World Index

1

st place (98/100 points):

Best Global 500 company in Carbon 

Disclosure Leadership Index and 

Carbon Performance Leadership 

Index