On this day, 120 years ago, Siemens’ Central Press Office was founded in
Berlin – making Siemens one of the first German companies to professionalize
its press work. This development was
preceded by a conference on the company’s “literary affairs,” at which
participants complained of an “increasing dispersion of Siemens’ newspaper,
advertising and news activities.” The solution was to establish a Central Press
Office, and a Circular was issued on February 8, 1902, to officially announce
this step.
We published our Annual Report on December 2nd, 2021. Please find the link below.
We published our Annual Report on December 1st, 2020. Please find the link below.
To whom it may concern,
First of all, I do want to thank you for the countless
mails, social media engagements and personal meetings over this important matter.
The vast majority has been addressing their concerns clearly and with respect.
For me, this only underscored the importance and the need to diligently look
into the issue at hand. Especially, the messages I’ve received from Australian
people have moved me personally, when they described that their homes and their
country is burning and suffering from these terrible fires.
Even though we do not have clear evidence that the wildfires
and this project are directly connected, I feel empathy for all those, who
spoke up and warned about worsening conditions. Siemens, as one of the first companies
to have pledged carbon neutrality by 2030, fundamentally shares the goal of
making fossil fuels redundant to our economies over time.
Siemens has recently been contacted by groups and individuals expressing their opinion on the Adani Carmichael coal mine project in Queensland, Australia.
By Jim Hagemann Snabe
“The speculations published in Der
Spiegel magazine are false. It was Mr. Kaeser himself who proposed to the
Supervisory Board that a Deputy CEO be appointed in order to accelerate orderly
succession planning. In response to this proposal, the Supervisory Board
approved the following resolution:
‘The Supervisory Board will decide on the
successor to Joe Kaeser and on the timing of the succession in the summer of
2020.’
No questions about appointments to the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG
were discussed.”