The Good Stuff, Vol. 116

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In this issue of The Good Stuff, Siemens is donating cogeneration units to Ukraine.

Siemens is donating several high-performance cogeneration units to Ukraine to supply the country with urgently needed heat and power. This equipment is particularly important for buildings such as hospitals, schools and kindergartens since large parts of Ukraine’s vital infrastructure have been destroyed by Russia. Distributed cogeneration units can make a contribution to partially restoring this infrastructure.

The donation is part of Siemens’ wide-ranging rebuilding measures and global decarbonization strategy. The company aims to reduce emissions in its own business operations 90 percent by 2030. For instance, a cogeneration unit in Frankfurt, Germany, was recently replaced by other technologies in the course of capacity expansions. In line with the principles of a sustainable circular economy, this unit can now be constructively reused in Ukraine, where it is urgently needed. Further donations of a similar type are in the pipeline.

“Our commitment is driven by our ambitious decarbonization targets and our high aspirations in the area of social responsibility. This first donation is a blueprint that we can now use also for donations of larger cogeneration units to Ukraine,” said Veronika Bienert, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG with responsibility for Siemens Real Estate and Eastern Europe. “Such measures are enabling us to contribute – via an intelligent circular economy – to the transformation of energy infrastructure, while alleviating the distress of the Ukrainian people, who are suffering greatly because of the extensive damage to their country’s infrastructure.”

In the planning and delivery of the donated cogeneration unit, Siemens is collaborating with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German association for international cooperation, GIZ) GmbH and the Stiftung Technisch Helfen Weltweit (foundation for technical assistance worldwide, Stiftung THW). In the runup to the project, it was important to jointly determine an appropriate use and a suitable location for the unit in Ukraine. The concrete core of the project – which Siemens Real Estate launched as a long-term charitable initiative in collaboration with GIZ and Stiftung THW – is to provide sustainable humanitarian assistance.

Since the beginning of March 2022, Siemens has been supporting Ukrainian families inside the country as well as refugees from the warzone through numerous humanitarian measures. In the course of their global charitable activities, Siemens AG and Siemens Healthineers worldwide have already donated more than €12 million via Siemens Caring Hands e. V. to aid projects benefiting Ukraine. Over 140 projects with more than 71 partners have been implemented to date.

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