7.8 United Nations CEO Water Mandate Social commitment Through our memberships in international organizations, we participate in numerous initiatives and projects like the water project on the Action 2020 platform of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. We initiate, implement, and support projects that foster efficient water use in various regions of the world. The Siemens Stiftung, Siemens’ nonprofit foundation in Germany, employs an entrepreneurial approach to supplying communities with clean drinking water. One example is described below. The WeTu social enterprise in Kenya The WeTu social enterprise founded by Siemens Stiftung works on innovative solutions for supplying energy and drinking water to communities in Western Kenya near Lake Victoria. Its WeWater unit operates 13 water dispensing stations at various locations that supply the surrounding rural communities with safe, filtered drinking water at economical prices. In a multistage process, surface water is processed through various prefilters, an ultra-filtration membrane, and finally UV disinfection. Drinking water is dispensed around the clock by way of a cashless ATM system. This approach supplies more than 3 million liters of drinking water to 16,000 people. A variety of social marketing measures also alert customers about how contamination can occur in home use and how contaminated drinking water affects health. You can find out more about Siemens Stiftung projects at: WWW.SIEMENS­STIFTUNG.ORG/PROJECTS/WETU/ SIEMENS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2023 153