Setsi sa Boetapele ba Khoebo ba Sechaba sa US Chamber of Commerce (BCLC) se butse nako ea ho khetha likhau tsa sona tsa 2011 Siemens Sustainable Community Awards kajeno. Hona joale selemong sa bone, lenaneo lena le ananela mebuso ea libaka, mekhatlo ea khoebo le mekhatlo e meng bakeng sa mehato e meholo eo e e nkileng ho ntlafatsa boleng ba bophelo le ho ntlafatsa bokhoni ba bona ba ho boloka sechaba se atlehileng melokong e tlang.
"Nakong ena ea lisebelisoa tse fokolang, litšebelisano tsa sechaba le tsa poraefete li atleha ka ho khetheha ho etsa hore sechaba sa bona se tšoarelle le ho feta." ho boletse Stephen Jordan, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa BCLC. "Re ntse re kopa mabitso a batho e le hore re ka arolelana mekhoa e metle le ho thusa ho potlakisa ts'ebetso ena naheng ka bophara."
Likhau tsa Siemens Sustainable Community li amohela sechaba ka mekhahlelo e menyenyane, e mahareng, le e meholo, ho ipapisitsoe le palo ea batho. Likhetho li tla amoheloa ho fihlela la 21 Pherekhong, 2011. Likopano tsa sechaba, liphaposi tsa khoebo, ba ntlafatsang sechaba, le mekhatlo e meng ea lehae e khothaletsoa ho phethela tšebetso ea kopo.
Sechaba se hlolang sehlopheng ka seng se tla fumana lifate tsa boleng ba $20,000 ho tsoa ho Siemens Corporation. Moputso oa sefate o tla fanoa ka Alliance for Community Trees (ACT). Ka 2010, mohapi oa Khau ea Siemens Sustainable Community Award, Grand Rapids, Michigan, e ile ea fumana lifate tsa eona nakong ea ketsahalo ea ho lema ea mafelo-beke e hlophisitsoeng ke mekhatlo ea litho tsa ACT Friends of Grand Rapids Parks le Global ReLeaf ea Michigan. Basebetsi ba Siemens ba ile ba kenya letsoho ho lema, joalo ka baithaopi ba lehae, baetapele ba sechaba, litsebi tsa tlhokomelo ea lifate, likhoebo le liofisiri tsa toropo.
Ho tšoaneleha bakeng sa lenaneo la likhau, litoropo le bomasepala li tlameha ho bonts'a litšobotsi tse 'maloa tse akaretsang tsa moralo oa ts'ebetso oa nako e telele. Litlhoko tsena li kenyeletsa litšebelisano tsa lehae le ho kenya letsoho ba amehang le ntlafatso e bonahalang tikolohong, lekala la khoebo le boleng ba bophelo.
Sehlopha sa baahloli sa Siemens Sustainable Community Awards se na le litsebi tse etelletseng pele tse nang le maemo a tikoloho, khoebo, barutehi, mmuso le nts'etsopele ea moruo. Sechaba se le seng se hapileng sehlopha ka seng se tla phatlalatsoa ka la 13 Mmesa, 2011, Sebokeng sa Naha sa Chamber BCLC mabapi le Investment ea Corporate Community e Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia le ofisi ea ramotse ke bahlōli ba Khau ea Sustainable Community ea 2010, Sechaba se Seholo.
"Siemens e motlotlo ho tšehetsa khau ena, e totobatsang karolo ea bohlokoa eo sechaba sa mefuta eohle se e bapalang ho beha mehlala ea ho fihlela bokamoso bo tsitsitseng," ho boletse Alison Taylor, motlatsi oa mopresidente, Sustainability, Siemens Corporation. "Ho tšoarella ke motheo oa litekanyetso tsa Siemens mme ho khona ho ts'ehetsa litoropo ha li ntse li batla ho ba le botsitso bo boholo ha se sepheo sa khoebo feela, empa hape ke boikarabello boo re bo nkang ka botebo."