Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwancin Kasuwancin Amirka (BCLC) ta buɗe lokacin zaɓe don lambar yabo ta 2011 Siemens Sustainable Community Awards a yau. Yanzu a cikin shekara ta hudu, shirin ya amince da kananan hukumomi, da cibiyoyin kasuwanci, da sauran kungiyoyi bisa gagarumin matakan da suka dauka na inganta rayuwa da kuma kara karfinsu na dorewar al’umma mai albarka har tsararraki masu zuwa.
"A cikin wannan zamanin na karancin albarkatu, haɗin gwiwar jama'a da masu zaman kansu suna samun nasara musamman wajen tabbatar da al'ummominsu masu dorewa." In ji Stephen Jordan, babban darektan BCLC. "Muna neman nadin mukamai domin mu iya raba mafi kyawun ayyuka da kuma taimakawa wajen hanzarta wannan tsari a duk fadin kasar."
Kyautar Siemens Sustainable Community Awards suna gane al'ummomi a cikin nau'ikan ƙanana, matsakaici, da babba, dangane da yawan jama'a. Za a karɓi nadin har zuwa 21 ga Janairu, 2011. Ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwar al'umma, ƙungiyoyin kasuwanci, masu haɓaka al'umma, da sauran hukumomin gida suna ƙarfafa su kammala aikin aikace-aikacen.
Al'ummar da suka yi nasara a kowane rukuni za su sami $20,000 na bishiyoyi daga Kamfanin Siemens. Za a ba da kyautar itace ta hanyar Alliance for Community Trees (ACT). A cikin 2010, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Siemens Sustainable Community Award Grand Rapids, Michigan, ya karɓi bishiyarta yayin taron shuka na ƙarshen mako wanda ƙungiyoyin membobin ACT suka shirya Abokan Grand Rapids Parks da Global ReLeaf na Michigan. Ma'aikatan Siemens sun shiga aikin dashen, kamar yadda masu aikin sa kai na gida, shugabannin jama'a, masana kula da bishiya, kasuwanci, da jami'an birni suka yi.
Don samun cancantar shirin bayar da kyaututtuka, dole ne birane da gundumomi su nuna halaye da yawa na shirin dorewa na dogon lokaci. Waɗannan buƙatun sun haɗa da haɗin gwiwa na gida da sa hannun masu ruwa da tsaki da ingantaccen haɓaka ga muhalli, sashin kasuwanci, da ingancin rayuwa.
Kwamitin yanke hukunci na Siemens Sustainable Community Awards ya ƙunshi ƙwararrun ƙwararru waɗanda ke da tushe a muhalli, kasuwanci, masana ilimi, gwamnati, da ci gaban tattalin arziki. Za a sanar da al'umma ɗaya mai nasara a kowane fanni a ranar 13 ga Afrilu, 2011, a Babban Taron Kasa na Chamber BCLC kan Zuba Jari na Al'umma a Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia da ofishin magajin gari su ne suka yi nasara ga 2010 Sustainable Community Award, Large Community.
"Siemens yana alfahari da daukar nauyin wannan lambar yabo, wanda ke jaddada muhimmiyar rawar da al'ummomin kowane nau'i ke takawa wajen kafa misalai don samun ci gaba mai dorewa," in ji Alison Taylor, mataimakin shugaban kasa, Sustainability, Siemens Corporation. "Dorewa wani ginshiƙi ne na ƙimar Siemens kuma samun damar tallafawa birane a ƙoƙarinsu na samun dorewa ba kawai burin kasuwanci ba ne, har ma alhakin da muke ɗauka da gaske."