presents:

Siemens
and Brazil's
leading role in
sustainability

The eyes of the entire world are turned towards Brazil. With COP30 being held in Belém, in the Brazilian state of Pará, the country is a leader and—why not?—a global showcase of sustainability transition.

With over 83% of its energy matrix based on renewable sources and housing about 20% of the planet’s biodiversity, Brazil is “the place” for building the new low-carbon economy.

Siemens is a key partner in this movement. With a history spanning more than 120 years in Brazil, the company brings together technological innovation, digitalization, and global expertise to support governments, companies, and communities in creating solutions that make a positive impact.

Siemens’ commitment is clear: To transform Brazil’s natural and human resources into drivers of sustainable prosperity, connecting the country to global demands for clean energy, resilient infrastructure, and decarbonized industries.

Pablo Fava

CEO of Siemens Brazil

“We believe that Brazil has the potential to be a global leader in sustainability and digital transformation. We have a unique opportunity to lead the transition to a low-carbon economy, leveraging our vocation for sustainability and demonstrating how to align economic growth with responsible practices.”

Siemens technologies promoting sustainability in several industries

Brazil's sustainable future stands on three main pillars: clean energy, resilient infrastructure, and sustainable industries. In this scenario, Siemens offers a number of digital solutions, including AI (artificial intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things), to promote sustainability for its customers.

Siemens technologies are redefining what it means to innovate with purpose, connecting digitalization, efficiency, and social impact to accelerate sustainability across multiple industries, from energy and infrastructure to industry and people training.

1.

Decarbonization and energy efficiency

1.1 Building monitoring and efficiency

Pilot projects at the company’s headquarters in São Paulo and at the plant in Jundiaí, SP, implemented digital water and energy measurement and use of data to adjust the air conditioning according to the occupancy of the facilities.

Result: 16% reduction in energy consumption. In addition, 100% of the electricity Siemens Brazil uses in local operations comes from renewable sources.

1.2 Digitalization of electrical grid management and measurement

A practical example of this transformation is the partnership Siemens started with CPFL Energia in 2024 to install 1.6 million smart meters in São Paulo by 2029. The network uses the Gridscale X Meter Data Management platform, which processes millions of consumption data points in real time and creates true energy intelligence.

2.

Resource efficiency and circularity

2.1 Leading role in biofuels

Siemens is a strategic partner in the transformation of the biofuels industry in Brazil, bringing together digital innovation and sustainability. Using digital twins, it is possible to simulate the entire operation of an ethanol plant before it even goes live, anticipating bottlenecks, testing scenarios, and optimizing investments accurately. Through automation, digitalization, and electrification solutions, the company makes plants more efficient, resilient, and sustainable, enabling real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and end-to-end energy optimization.

2.2 Circularity in the Amazon

For Siemens, circularity means using technology to create smarter and more sustainable production processes, reducing waste, and maintaining the value of resources for longer. This vision takes shape in the Tech4Amazon initiative. This initiative provides startups with support to solve regional problems by implementing, for instance, technologies to develop automated nanofactories, capable of transforming local inputs into high-value vegetable foods, driving innovation and inclusion.

3.

People-centeredness and social impact

3.1 Partnership with Senai

To promote the exchange of educational and innovative experiences with industry professionals, Siemens cooperates with the National Industrial Learning Service (Senai), offering training and technological modernization in about 600 units.

The partnership involves projects and improvements at Senai's schools, Institutes of Innovation (ISI), and Institutes of Technology (IST), including expanding the training schedule and boosting digital transformation. Students’ continuing education also includes visits to the Digital Experience Center (DEX), a catalyst for technology and innovation in which students visualize the benefits of digitalization for the industry through interactive content on solutions such as digital twins and industrial metaverse.

3.2 HerTech: Women in Automationo

To increase women's representation in the technology universe in which it operates, every year Siemens Brazil welcomes female students aged 15 to 17 for training that includes content on the industrial environment and process automation. At the end, the students participate in a three-month mentorship program that contributes to their entry into the job market.

At Siemens, sustainability is embodied in concrete initiatives that bring together technology and positive impact for society.

Siemens has a long-term ethical and strategic commitment to sustainability. The same technologies that help industries and cities reduce emissions and gain efficiency are also changing the way the company itself operates.

At the Brazilian units, smart sensors and data monitor energy, water, and occupancy in real time, automatically adjusting building systems and cutting consumption.

All operations already use

100%renewable electricity,

and each building has become a small efficiency and circularity lab..

But internal sustainability goes even further: It lies in people.

Digital training, diversity, and well-being programs are part of the long-term strategy. Siemens understands that there is no innovation without diversity. The company’s strategy is to build inclusive environments, where different perspectives generate innovative solutions.

The DiverSify Program is the best example of this: Structured in five pillars, it promotes diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and is co-created and led by employees. This model improves engagement, which can be seen in internal surveys: Brazil currently has one of the most engaged teams globally within Siemens.

The company also invests in the circular economy. The Renew Program transforms the challenge of disposing of obsolete equipment into an opportunity, offering responsible disposal, ESG certification, and the possibility of modernizing industrial plants with more efficient equipment.

In addition, the Siemens Repair Center applies the 5 Rs -

repair
reconditioning
remanufacturing
reuse
recycling

extending the service life of industrial equipment and helping customers meet their sustainability goals while ensuring operational reliability. This approach is reinforced by the design of products based on digital twins, which considers everything from the choice of materials to the end of service life.

In the field of infrastructure, the Anhanguera Green Digital project modernized Siemens’ headquarters in São Paulo and changed it into a showroom of energy efficiency and innovation. One of the achievements was to reach the Zero Landfill target, which means that the administrative units and the plant have not sent waste to landfills since 2022.

These initiatives show how Siemens connects innovation, technology, and responsibility to build a more sustainable, intelligent, and inclusive future.

For the company, sustainability consists in giving a new meaning to processes, ensuring continuity, and generating positive impact for customers, employees, and society as a whole.

DEGREE: Ethical and strategic commitment

Siemens organizes its global sustainability strategy through the DEGREE program, which brings together concrete goals in six dimensions: Decarbonization, Ethics, Governance, Resources used efficiently, Equity, and Employability.

Decarbonization

Support for the goal of limiting the rise in global temperature to 1.5°C, promoting more efficient operations aligned with global climate targets.

Ethics

Signatory to the UN Global Compact and aligned with guidelines such as TCFD and SASB, Siemens promotes a culture of integrity and transparency in all operations and partnerships.

Governance

In Brazil, ISO 50001 recertification reinforces efficient energy management.

Resources used efficiently

More than 25,000 products with the EcoTech label certifying their efficiency, circularity, and ecodesign. Projects that adjust the use of air conditioning according to the number of people in the environment reduced energy consumption by up to 16% in pilot buildings.

Equity

Diversity is a driving force for innovation. In Brazil, 50% of top leadership positions are already held by women, overcoming the global target for 2025.

Employability

In 2024, Siemens Brazil employees had 32.6 hours of digital learning, on average.

Luis Mosquera

Vice President, Legal, Government Affairs, and Sustainability at Siemens Brazil

“We want to address our social and environmental responsibility in a more holistic, systemic way. Our interest in contributing to the environment goes hand in hand with the development of people, with the promotion of equity, etc. Sustainability is structured in several parts, in a chain of values that are linked together.”

Guided by DEGREE, Siemens transforms purpose into practice, reasserting itself as a technology partner for a more sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous future.

Concrete results*

Siemens’ commitment to sustainability already translates into measurable achievements in Brazil and worldwide:

Siemens Brazil reached the zero landfill target in 2022 and continues to maintain it.

100% renewable energy at Siemens Brazil units.

PeAt least 32 annual training hours for each Siemens Brazil employee on environmental sustainability, innovation, and digital transformation, among other topics.

Greenlight Track Program

which empowers Siemens Brazil suppliers to build their own ESG plans to reduce their carbon footprints and achieve complete sustainability in the value chain.

60% reduction in Siemens AG's (global) own CO₂e emissions in 2024.

(since fiscal year 2019)

17% less energy consumption by Siemens AG since 2021.

Siemens AG technologies helped customers prevent about 144 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions.

97% of Siemens AG facilities implemented water management strategies.

1,291 patents

connected to SDG 13 (Action Against Global Climate Change) registered by Siemens AG by 2024, consolidating its leadership in sustainable innovation.

25,000

Siemens AG products recognized with the EcoTech label.

25,000

Siemens AG products recognized with the EcoTech label.

*Sources: Siemens Institutional and ESG Report 2024 and Siemens Sustainability Report 2024.

These figures show that sustainability is not only a vision, but part of the company’s daily practices, whether in internal management or in the positive transformation of economic and social ecosystems.

Decarbonization history at Siemens

Siemens' commitment to decarbonization is multifaceted and ambitious, aiming at carbon neutrality in its own operations and throughout the value chain. For this, the company is investing 650 million euros globally in several projects.

Decarbonization is a central pillar of the company's DEGREE sustainability framework, whose holistic approach also involves ethics, governance, resources used efficiently, equity, and employability. Here is a brief history of Siemens’ ambitions and achievements regarding decarbonization:

2019
Started measuring reduction in CO₂e emissions from own operations (scopes 1 and 2).
2021
Adopted the DEGREE sustainability framework, which includes decarbonization as one of six areas of action. Siemens also joins the Business Movement for the Amazon, promoted by the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS).
2022
Siemens Brazil reaches the zero landfill target—eight years before the global target—and maintains it over the years.
2024
Siemens Brazil achieves 68% reduction in CO₂e emissions.
2024
Technologies in Siemens' portfolio prevent 144 million tons of CO₂e emissions from customers.
2024
Partnership with a global beer brand for decarbonization in breweries. The goal is to reduce CO₂e by 50% in over 15 of the manufacturer's breweries and malt houses by 2025.
2024
Launch of the EcoTech label, which attests to sustainability and indicates that products with the label are manufactured using 100% renewable electricity.
2024
Siemens Brazil replaces LPG with electricity and adopts vehicle electrification in the internal fleet.
2024
7% energy efficiency gain at Siemens Brazil facilities, as a result of implementing digital systems to monitor energy and water consumption.
2025
Goal to reduce CO₂e emissions (scopes 1 and 2) by 55%.
2030
Goal to achieve net zero in operations, with a 90% reduction in CO₂e emissions (scopes 1 and 2).
2050
Commitment to achieve net zero throughout the value chain (scope 3).