Ua wehe ka US Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) i ka manawa koho no kāna 2011 Siemens Sustainable Community Awards i kēia lā. I kēia makahiki ʻehā, ʻike ka papahana i nā aupuni kūloko, nā keʻena kalepa, a me nā hui ʻē aʻe no nā hana nui a lākou i hana ai e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ke ola a hoʻonui i ko lākou hiki ke mālama i kahi kaiāulu kūleʻa no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
"I kēia au o nā kumuwaiwai liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hui ʻana o ka lehulehu-private i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ko lākou mau kaiāulu." wahi a Stephen Jordan, ka luna hoʻokele o BCLC. "Ke noi nei mākou i nā koho i hiki iā mākou ke kaʻana like i nā hana maikaʻi loa a kōkua i ka wikiwiki i kēia kaʻina hana ma ka ʻāina."
Hoʻomaopopo ka Siemens Sustainable Community Awards i nā kaiāulu ma nā ʻāpana o ka liʻiliʻi, waena, a me ka nui, e pili ana i ka heluna kanaka. E ʻae ʻia nā koho a hiki i Ianuali 21, 2011. Paipai ʻia nā hui kaiaulu, nā keʻena kalepa, nā mea hoʻomohala kaiāulu, a me nā keʻena kūloko e hoʻopau i ke kaʻina noi.
E loaʻa i ke kaiāulu lanakila ma kēlā me kēia māhele he $20,000 kumulāʻau mai Siemens Corporation. E hāʻawi ʻia ka makana lāʻau ma o ka Alliance for Community Trees (ACT). I ka makahiki 2010, ua loaʻa iā Siemens Sustainable Community Award lanakila ʻo Grand Rapids, Michigan, i kāna mau kumulāʻau i ka hanana kanu ʻana i ka hopena pule i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e nā hui lālā o ACT ʻo Friends of Grand Rapids Parks a me Global ReLeaf o Michigan. Ua komo nā limahana Siemens i ke kanu ʻana, a me nā mea manawaleʻa kūloko, nā alakaʻi civic, nā loea mālama lāʻau, nā ʻoihana, a me nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale.
No ke koho ʻana i ka papahana makana, pono nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kaona e hōʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona nui o ka hoʻolālā hoʻomau lōʻihi. ʻO kēia mau koi e pili ana i ka pilina kūloko a me ke komo ʻana o nā mea kuleana a me nā hoʻomaikaʻi i hōʻike ʻia i ke kaiapuni, ʻoihana ʻoihana, a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
ʻO ka papa hoʻokolokolo ʻo Siemens Sustainable Community Awards ka poʻe alakaʻi alakaʻi me nā ʻano o ke kaiapuni, ʻoihana, hoʻonaʻauao, aupuni, a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai. E hoʻolaha ʻia hoʻokahi kaiāulu lanakila ma kēlā me kēia māhele ma ʻApelila 13, 2011, ma ka Chamber BCLC's National Conference on Corporate Community Investment in Philadelphia, PA. ʻO Philadelphia a me kona keʻena mayor ka poʻe lanakila o ka 2010 Sustainable Community Award, Large Community.
"Haʻaheo ʻo Siemens i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kēia makana, ka mea e hoʻokūpaʻa ana i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi o nā kaiāulu o nā ʻano nui a pau i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana," wahi a Alison Taylor, hope pelekikena, Sustainability, Siemens Corporation. "ʻO ka hoʻomau ʻana he pōhaku kihi o nā waiwai ʻo Siemens a ʻo ka hiki ke kākoʻo i nā kūlanakauhale i kā lākou ʻimi ʻana i ka hoʻomau ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻaʻole ia he pahuhopu ʻoihana wale nō, akā he kuleana hoʻi mākou e mālama nui ai."