1.2 Company profile Our Siemens Company Core Technologies drive technology development to master key sustainability challenges Data Analytics & Connectivity & Simulation & Software AI Edge Digital Twin Systems & Trustworthy AI in Robust IoT wireless Data-based digital Processes critical IT/OT infrastructures connections and edge building twin and knowledge Siemens Water Apps (SIWA) to safeguard sustainability, solutions for efficient manage- graphs to optimize building for greater efficiency and transparency, safety, security, ment of energy consumption operation over the lifecycle security of the water supply and privacy in buildings and grids (e.g., Siemens headquarters) Future of Cybersecurity & Sustainable Advanced Automation Trust Energy & Manufacturing & Automation hard- SiGREEN for a trust- Infrastructure Circularity ware based on Supervisory worthy exchange of product Lifecycle Assessment and opti- Tools and procedures for design- Control and Data Acquisition carbon footprints in the value mization of production, supply ing products that optimize re- enables the reuse of waste- chain, with verifiable creden- chain, logistics, and trans- source use, including AM designs water in agriculture tials for transparency and portation for Environmental and strategies for 4R (reuse, control Product Declaration remanufacture, repair, recycle) Power User Integrated Electronics Experience Circuits & Tools for optimizing Serious gaming to Electronics energy efficiency, advanced increase awareness Reduce-reuse-recycle lifecycle services, and circular of the product carbon approaches through life- economy designs for power footprint cycle management for electronic systems electronics-based products Patent portfolio reflects sustainable innovation Siemens’ sustainable innovation is reflected in the compa- ny’s patent portfolio. Using the LexisNexis® PatentSight® patent information platform, we evaluate our sustainable innovations against the United Nations’ 17 defined Sustain- able Development Goals (SDGs) and the corresponding 169 targets. 46.8% of the active patent families in Siemens’ patent portfolio relate to at least one SDG, mainly in the categories of Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3), Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure (SDG 9), Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7), and Climate Action (SDG 13). SIEMENS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2023 15