In Singapore, for Singapore

As a company, we want to contribute to the prosperity and progress of Singapore – this is what ultimately does grant us the licence to operate in this society. Hence, the priorities, needs and challenges of the Singapore society are the starting point of our analysis, to guide us in our sustainability efforts. We have involved multiple stakeholders in this approach.
While our assessment follows the "measuring impact framework" of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, where Siemens is an active member, we also taking into consideration the specifics of the Singapore context.
Firstly, we looked at a wide variety of data like economic, societal, educational and environmental indeces. Some of those data are being presented in more detail in the following chapter in order to provide insights of where the nation stands in comparison to others in the world. The other important aspects of our analysis are Singapore‘s development goals and its infrastructure plans.
These form the ancor points to identify where Siemens can make a contribution to Singapore, and to map what we are doing as a business to determine what impact we have in the country. This has to be done using the most relevant metrics, in order to quantify the effects of our operations in a meaningful way.
The calculations are based on the fiscal year 2015/16, and most metrics are based on internal sources and calculations. In addition, the established macro-economic PwC ESCHER model was used to calculate the indirect and induced contributions of Siemens‘ global operations to the gross value add and jobs in Singapore. Indirect contributions include all effects of Siemens‘ activities in its global value chain on the value add and jobs of suppliers and sub-suppliers based in Singapore. Induced effects estimate the economic impact of the salaries of our own employees and those of our suppliers, when spend for consumption in Singapore.