New product label from Siemens creates transparency in sustainability
The Siemens EcoTech label enables a direct comparison of the sustainability performance of products with the current market standard and predecessor products.
"With Siemens EcoTech, we are paving the way for a new level of transparency," says Judith Wiese, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and Chief People and Sustainability Officer. "The Siemens EcoTech label represents our commitment to empowering our customers with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions to support their sustainability goals. We want sustainability to be at the heart of every one of our products."
Siemens uses extensive data provided in the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) to assess the life cycle performance of a product based on a set of sound eco-design criteria in the following three dimensions: sustainable materials, optimal use, and value recovery and circular economy. Ecodesign criteria include various aspects such as the use of low-carbon materials, the use of sustainable packaging, energy efficiency, durability, circular economy considerations and recyclability. These detailed insights form the basis for the Siemens EcoTech Profile (SEP) - a product data sheet on the comparative performance of a product in areas such as materials, design, use phase and end of life.
Climate neutrality by 2030
In addition, all Siemens EcoTech products are now manufactured in production facilities that are powered 100 percent by electricity from renewable sources. This contributes to the company's overall goal of achieving climate neutrality at its production sites and buildings by 2030.
Among the products bearing the Siemens EcoTech label at the time of launch is the recently launched SENTRON ECPD protective switching device. The multifunctional, versatile and compact SENTRON ECPD can replace up to ten conventional products with a single device. Compared to conventional solutions, this reduces the amount of material used in production by 1.53 kg (depending on the application, by up to 80 percent for electronics, 90 percent for metals and 90 percent for plastics) and the associated CO2 emissions by 50 percent. Another example of a Siemens EcoTech product from the first phase of the rollout is the Simatic IPC BX-39 industrial PC, which is more than 30 percent more energy-efficient than its predecessor product.
Siemens EcoTech is the next milestone in the company's long-standing commitment to minimize the environmental footprint of its own operations and products and to support the digital and sustainable transformation of its customers. Building on the environmental portfolio introduced in 2008, the systematic integration of ecological design principles with the Siemens Robust Eco Design approach from 2020 and the DEGREE framework introduced in 2021 - which provides a 360-degree approach to key sustainability values with clear targets in the six areas of decarbonization, ethics, governance, resource efficiency, diversity, inclusion and community, and employee empowerment - Siemens remains at the forefront of sustainability. More than 90 percent of Siemens' business today enables Siemens customers to achieve a positive sustainability impact. In addition, customers were able to avoid around 190 million tons of CO2 emissions with the help of Siemens technologies sold in fiscal 2023.
Source: Siemens Switzerland
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