- Percentage of women at top two management levels to be increased
- Percentage of women on Siemens' Managing Board – currently two of seven members – to be at least maintained
- Quota of 30 percent women on the Supervisory Board already fulfilled
Siemens AG intends to further increase the percentage of women in its top management positions. For both of the company's top two management levels in Germany, the share is to be raised to 10 percent by the end of June 2017. For the company's Managing Board, the Siemens Supervisory Board has set the target of at least maintaining the status quo until June 30, 2017. Two women – Lisa Davis and Janina Kugel – are currently members of the seven-member Managing Board. With six female members – Bettina Haller, Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Güler Sabancı, Birgit Steinborn, Nathalie von Siemens and Sibylle Wankel – the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG already fulfills the statutory gender quota of 30 percent women.
- Company provides practical support and donations totaling around €2 million
- Paid leave of up to five days a year for voluntary helpers with certain qualifications
- Internships to be offered at additional locations
- Establishment of special classes for refugees planned
- Further facilities to be made available for enabling municipalities to provide accommodations to refugees
Together with its employees, Siemens is launching a multi-stage, long-term program for integrating refugees in Germany. For this purpose, the company is quickly providing donations worth a total of €1 million. This will be supplemented by practical support worth an equivalent amount.
- Order worth around 100 million euros
- Introducing Remote Operation for safety and reliability
Siemens will be upgrading three weir complexes on two main rivers in the Netherlands with operational, control and network technology in an order worth some 100 million euros (excluding taxes). The modernization work will be on the weirs in Hagestein, Amerongen and Driel in the Dutch provinces of Utrecht and Gelderland. Siemens will be carrying out the project in conjunction with its partners GEKA Bouw, BSB Staalbouw and Knook Staal- en Machinebouw. The renovation work is scheduled for completion in 2021.
- ICx running on Germany's high-speed rail lines for first time
- First test series ends at beginning of October
- Tests being conducted by DB Systemtechnik
As of today, the ICx – the new high-speed train from Siemens built for German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) – is underway in Germany's public rail network. Siemens began the train's first high-speed trials today. Beginning with a maximum speed of 160 kilometers an hour, speeds will be gradually increased to the top speed of 250 kilometers an hour. The test trials are being conducted by DB Systemtechnik.
- World's first pilot project in public area
- Radar sensors monitor parking areas and report free spaces
- No more parking-related traffic congestion
Siemens and partners have launched the world's first pilot project in Berlin aimed at simplifying the search for a parking space. The company has installed for test and demonstration purposes radar sensors on street lamps that provide information on parking space occupancy. The network of sensors scans from above an area of up to 30 meters, the equivalent of five to eight parking spaces. "Thanks to our system, the nerve-wracking search for a place to park can be made considerably easier as the information on available parking spaces can be transmitted to the car drivers before they set off", says Jochen Eickholt, Head of the Siemens Mobility Division. The test results will be available in 2016 and should prove that by reducing parking search traffic the system is suitable for cutting CO2 emissions.
- 15 Vectron type multisystem locomotives
- Option for five more locomotives
- Equipped with the European Train Control System (ETCS)
- Order includes spare parts supply and maintenance for eight years
PKP Cargo, the Polish logistics operator and rail freight carrier, has placed an order with Siemens for the delivery of 15 Vectron type multisystem locomotives. Besides the provision of spare parts and maintenance for a period of eight years, the order includes an option for five more Vectrons.
- CO2 emissions to be cut 50 percent as early as 2020
- €100 million investment in improving energy efficiency
- Annual savings of €20 million expected
Siemens aims to be the world's first major industrial company to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030. The company plans to cut its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions – which currently total about 2.2 million metric tons a year – in half by as early as 2020. To achieve these goals, Siemens will invest some €100 million over the next three years in order to reduce the energy footprint of its production facilities and buildings.
- MAX Orange Line between Portland and Milwaukie
- 18 light rail vehicles S70 type energy
- Energy storage system type Sitras SES
- Signaling and communication system
Today, TriMet's new MAX Orange Line, a light rail project between Portland and Milwaukie (USA), was officially inaugurated. Siemens advanced rail technologies are now operating on the Orange line including its S70 light rail vehicles designed and manufactured at Siemens Sacramento, California plant to move riders along the system, rail signaling and communication systems to help manage train operation, and the company's first Sitras SES energy storage unit in the U.S. that uses regenerative braking to sustainably power the line.
- 10,661 of 12,000 outstanding warrants will be furnished with option rights exclusively relating to Siemens shares
- The transaction will result in additional option rights relating to roughly 960,000 Siemens shares
Siemens has accepted the exchange offers submitted by institutional investors of bonds with warrants issued in 2012. The exchange offer started on August 26, 2015, and expired on September 11, 2015. In total, Siemens has accepted for exchange 5,236 warrants of the 2019 tranche and 5,425 warrants of the 2017 tranche. The financial result of the exchange is a replacement of option rights relating to Osram shares incorporated in these warrants with option rights to additional Siemens shares. Each new warrant gives a holder the right to subscribe to 1,902.0024 Siemens shares against payment of the exercise price of €187,842.81. This corresponds to an additional 90.0675 Siemens shares per warrant. The old warrants submitted for exchange will be cancelled.
- Recognized with top marks in nine categories in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- Company scores 90 out of 100 points
Siemens has again been recognized as one of the most sustainable companies in its industry. Each year, the investment company RobecoSAM compiles the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) – the world's most renowned ranking of its kind – for Dow Jones, a provider of financial market indices. In this year's DJSI, Siemens ranks among the leaders by taking second place in the Industrial Conglomerates area, which comprises 43 companies, including General Electric, 3M, Philips and Toshiba.