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• SiGreen enables the reliable tracking of a product carbon footprint across the supply chain 
• The distributed and open Estanium network makes it possible to combine emission data into a true ecological footprint
• Companies are using data to better deploy their resources and pave the way towards an eco-friendly and sustainable economy

In light of the fact that the supply chain accounts for the largest share of the ecological footprint of products, the decarbonization of industry is a challenge which must be tackled by all the stakeholders together. As a leading provider of automation technology and industry software, Siemens has for the first time launched a solution for the efficient query, calculation and transfer of information on the actual Product Carbon Footprint (PCF). SiGreen now makes it possible to exchange emission data along the supply chain and combine it with data from a company’s own value creation in order to obtain a product’s true carbon footprint. To achieve this, Siemens has initiated the open, cross-industry Estainium network with the aim of enabling manufacturers, suppliers, customers and partners to exchange trustworthy PCF data. With SiGreen supporting companies in tracking their Product Carbon Footprint, they can take targeted reduction measures providing a quantifiable effect. CO2 management thus supports companies on their way towards carbon neutral production and helps them to transform sustainability into a decisive competitive edge.

• Storage enabled intelligent microgrid concept to accelerate decarbonization and significantly increase renewables share
• Energy storage system enables greater energy independence
• Frequency regulation increases Madeira’s grid resilience
• Plant to provide blackstart capability to the 60 kV level

Siemens Smart Infrastructure, in partnership with Fluence, are working to help the Portuguese island of Madeira gain greater energy independence and grid resilience using renewable energy. Madeira’s energy provider, Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (EEM), awarded a Siemens and Fluence consortium a contract to install a 22,5 MVA / 15,6 MVh battery storage plant which will be integrated into an islanded microgrid concept. The project will enable EEM to optimize its renewable energy integration, significantly contributing to increasing the share of renewable power to around 50 percent in its energy mix. As a result, the island can reduce its fuel consumption over the next two to three years, while gaining greater energy independence without affecting energy quality or grid stability. 

• New fleet with significant improvement in services
• Increased climate-friendly mass transit
• State-of-the-art train interiors

DB Regio Bayern and train manufacturer Siemens Mobility will put a total of 57 new trains in service in Bavaria beginning in December 2023. Twenty-six Desiro HC trains are currently being built for the Franconia-South Thuringia network, along with 25 Desiro HC double-decker trains and six Mireo trains for the Danube-Isar network. The 18 Desiro HC trains will operate in the Franconia-South Thuringia network as four-car units beginning in December 2023 and eight Desiro HC trains as six-car units in June 2024. They travel almost as fast as the ICE, for example between Coburg and Erfurt at 190 kmh. In the Danube-Isar network, the 31 new trains will inaugurate service in December 2024.   

• Dow Jones Sustainability Index ranks Siemens as most sustainable company in its industry group
• Company scores 81 out of 100 possible points
• Global leader in six categories, including innovation and cybersecurity as well as industry- and product-related environmental protection

In the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), Siemens has taken first place among the 45 companies included in the ranking of its industry group. The DJSI is a globally established sustainability ranking prepared annually by the investment company Standard & Poor’s on behalf of index provider Dow Jones. Siemens has been included in this ranking every year since 1999, when the DJSI was first published.

• Report shows adaptability, sustainability and addressing climate change are top-of-mind for infrastructure leaders
• Majority of energy infrastructure stakeholders say net zero energy is impossible without digitalization
• Research reveals infrastructure is lagging behind other industries in digitalization progress

A new research report released by Siemens Smart Infrastructure, titled ‘A New Space Race,’ has highlighted the increasingly urgent need to transform global infrastructure to focus on adaptability, resiliency and decarbonization. Data from the report shows infrastructure leaders worldwide recognize the need for digitalization to tackle challenges in energy systems and the built environment. 

• End-to-end automation and digitalization of all process steps enables the industrialization of additive manufacturing
• Simulation and digital twins help to test and implement profitability and scalability
• Individual financing models lower investment hurdle and time-to-market
• Carbon footprint to be reduced by up to 58 percent with additively manufactured eyewear

Siemens enables the start-up You Mawo in offering bespoke eyeglass frames in such a way that they are accessible, affordable, and sustainable for a broad market and You Mawo can have them produced in an economically cost-effective and responsible way. The customization process considers parameters such as design, a perfect fit for the person wearing the glasses, and color.

• Climate-friendly contract conditions are met: Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) orders 31 battery-operated trains from Siemens Mobility 
• The environmentally friendly Mireo Plus B trains will run on all lines of the East Brandenburg rail network 
• With the launch of service in December 2024, battery-electric trains will be used for the first time in the VBB network in Berlin and Brandenburg

The Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area will get the first battery-electric, emission-free regional trains in late 2024 along with an improved and expanded timetable. To provide this service, Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB), which again won the contract for the network early in June, has ordered 31 two-car, battery-operated Mireo Plus B trains from Siemens Mobility. The federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg are responsible for planning and financing regional rail passenger service in the VBB region.

• ‘The power reset’ now available on Amazon Prime Video in 3 countries
• Documentary narrates the story of Wunsiedel in Germany and the positive impact of its energy transition on residents and the environment

‘The power reset: A town creating the energy blueprint for the world’, a new documentary film produced by Siemens, has just launched on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., U.K. and Germany. The film narrates the story of Wunsiedel, a small town in the German region of Bavaria, and its inspiring energy transition journey. The town of around 10,000 people has successfully created a distributed energy system based exclusively on renewable sources and enhanced with digital technology, making it a lighthouse project for a sustainable energy future.