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Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2009
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Caring Hands Projects
Siemens worldwide charitable program, Siemens Caring Hands, encompasses employee volunteer
projects, disaster relief measures and support for nonprofit organizations. Assisting disadvantaged
people in some 60 countries, the program focuses on activities in the areas of water supply, healthca-
re, education and integration.
United States: Award-Winning Projects
Every year, Siemens USA presents Caring Hands Community Excellence Awards to employee teams
that have successfully implemented outstanding and innovative community service projects. Since
Caring Hands was launched in 2002, the company has donated a total of some $300,000 to more than
350 employee projects.
Global Corporate Responsibility Awards 2008
Siemens is answering the world‘s toughest questions. To drive this effort, company employees around
the world are not only mastering technological challenges but also implementing projects that will
help provide long-term solutions to major social problems. To honor the individuals and teams who are
helping Siemens fulfi ll its commitment to the environment, society and business success, the compa-
ny launched an international company-wide competition for Corporate Responsibility. In 2007, when
the competition took place for the fi rst time ever, Siemens included the entire scale of Corporate Res-
ponsibility activities at Siemens.
The winners and the finalists in 2008
In 2008, Siemens took the CR competition for employees one step further and intensified the
competition’s focus on developing nations and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. This year,
Siemens looked for the project making the biggest contribution to the economy and society of a deve-
loping country while increasing Siemens’ long-term business success.
Sustainability
Water is a vital natural resource and is a synonym for life.
In todays rapidly growing world this resource is getting scarce,
hence our responsibility to conserve it is growing.
With our innovative water processing technology, Singapore now
has a new eco-friendly source of water. Over 20 million gallons of
used water is purified every day. By 2010 Singapore plans to clean
22.5 percent of all its water this way.
Sustainability: The Key Word
Responsible, excellence and innovative – this is how we see our-
selves, and this is how we want to be seen. These values are the
governing principles that guide all our actions, and sustainable,
profitable growth is the basis. Particularly at a time of economic
crisis, both are essential – because we want to continue to be a
trustworthy and reliable partner for our customers, shareholders
and the societies in which we work and live.
Sustainability as we understand it is closely linked to our values. In all its complexity, it is our con-
tribution to a more equitable world economy and the provision of energy-efficient, durable products
and solutions for our customers. It is also the expression of a responsible employee culture and a sign
of uncompromising compliance with laws and regulations. Against the backdrop of the current eco-
nomic and fi nancial crisis and the problems posed by climate change, even more is expected of our
company’s product portfolio, production processes and purchasing policies. Siemens is well prepared
for the challenges the world is facing. We identified long-term trends early on and realigned our com-
pany accordingly. This has enabled us to make the changes we need in order to operate even faster
and more flexibly in attractive markets and generate strong and profitable growth. Profitable and long-
term growth is our goal, and responsible action the means to achieve it. Our responsibility in this re-
gard has many sides. For example, it includes environmental protection and product stewardship as
well as responsible employee management and a diversity-oriented employee culture, occupational
health and safety, the requirement that all our suppliers comply with our own high standards, and our
corporate citizenship activities.
Corporate Social
Responsibility in Pakistan
Siemens long association with the Sub Continent (our fi rst office opened in Lahore in 1922) gives it a
unique understanding of the country, its culture and people. We are a company that has contributed
significantly to the infrastructure of the country and are considered an integral partner in its progress
over the years. This helps us better understand the needs of the people and formulate programs that
have a far reaching impact on the country and society. This is why we can say with confidence that
corporate social responsibility at Siemens Pakistan is a well thought out process and has solid found-
ations of values, vision and mission.
In order to achieve global synergy in its programs, Siemens Pakistan follows in the footsteps of Sie-
mens A.G. by synchronizing its CSR activities with the parameters laid out by the global Siemens Ca-
ring Hands ,Siemens Generation 21 programs and Siemens Arts Program.
In the year under review we continued to sustain past commitments like the medical studies scholar-
ship to Aga Khan and our commitment towards the betterment of facilities in the same institution in
spite of severe budgetary constrains. We also kept monitoring our workshop for the disabled and regu-
lar visits by Mr.Haris Lodhi assisted us in keeping this workshop in mint condition.
This year we contributed significantly towards enhancement of knowledge by the participation of our
top officials in workshops, seminars, conferences and group discussions on various academic topics
thus creating a learning environment and imparting specialized knowledge relating to their respec-
tive fields. Details of some of these activities are given in this report. Our ongoing programs continue
with the same zeal and a brief write-up on that can be found in our CSR reports from 2007 and 2008 at
http://www.siemens.com.pk/csr_report.html.