IZiko leeNkokheli zoShishino lwe-US Chamber of Commerce's Civic Leadership Centre (BCLC) livule ixesha lokutyumba i-2011 Siemens Sustainable Community Awards namhlanje. Ngoku kunyaka wayo wesine, le nkqubo inika ingqalelo koorhulumente basekhaya, amagumbi orhwebo, kunye neminye imibutho ngamanyathelo amakhulu abawathathileyo ukuphucula umgangatho wobomi nokuphucula amandla abo okugcina uluntu olunempumelelo kwizizukulwana ezizayo.
“Ngeli xesha lezixhobo zokusebenza ezinqongopheleyo, intsebenziswano phakathi kukarhulumente namashishini abucala ibonakalisa impumelelo enkulu ekwenzeni uluntu luzinze ngakumbi.” utshilo uStephen Jordan, umlawuli olawulayo we-BCLC. "Sicela amagama abantu abatyunjiweyo ukuze sabelane ngezona ndlela zibalaseleyo kwaye sincede ukukhawulezisa le nkqubo kwilizwe liphela."
I-Siemens Sustainable Community Awards iqaphela uluntu kwiindidi ezincinci, eziphakathi, kunye nezinkulu, ngokusekelwe kuluntu. Ulonyulo luya kwamkelwa kude kube ngumhla wama-21 kuJanuwari 2011. Iimanyano ezisekelwe ekuhlaleni, amagumbi orhwebo, abaphuhlisi boluntu, kunye nezinye ii-arhente zasekuhlaleni ziyakhuthazwa ukuba zigqibezele inkqubo yesicelo.
Uluntu oluphumeleleyo kwicandelo ngalinye luya kufumana i-$ 20,000 yemithi ye-Siemens Corporation. Ibhaso lomthi liza kunikezelwa nge-Alliance for Community Trees (ACT). Ngo-2010, owaphumelela iMbasa yeSiemens Sustainable Community Award, iGrand Rapids, eMichigan, yafumana imithi yayo ngexesha lomsitho wokutyala impelaveki owawusenziwa yimibutho engamalungu e-ACT iFriends of Grand Rapids Parks kunye neGlobal ReLeaf yaseMichigan. Abasebenzi bakwaSiemens bathathe inxaxheba ekutyaleni, njengoko enzile amavolontiya asekuhlaleni, iinkokeli zoluntu, iingcaphephe zokhathalelo lwemithi, amashishini, kunye namagosa esixeko.
Ukuze ufanelekele inkqubo yokunikezelwa kwamabhaso, izixeko kunye noomasipala kufuneka babonise iimpawu ezininzi zocwangciso lozinzo lwexesha elide. Ezi mfuno zibandakanya intsebenziswano yasekhaya kunye nokubandakanyeka kwabachaphazelekayo kunye nophuculo olubonakalayo kokusingqongileyo, icandelo loshishino, kunye nomgangatho wobomi.
Iphaneli yabagwebi yeSiemens Sustainable Community Awards ibandakanya iingcali ezikhokelayo ezinemvelaphi yendalo, ishishini, izifundiswa, urhulumente kunye nophuhliso loqoqosho. Uluntu olunye oluphumeleleyo kwicandelo ngalinye luya kubhengezwa ngo-Epreli 13, 2011, kwiNkomfa yeSizwe ye-BCLC kwiNkomfa yeSizwe yoTyalo-mali loLuntu ePhiladelphia, e-PA. I-Philadelphia kunye ne-ofisi kasodolophu ngabaphumelele iMbasa yoLuntu eZinzileyo ka-2010, uluntu olukhulu.
"I-Siemens inebhongo ngokuxhasa eli bhaso, eligxininisa indima ebalulekileyo yoluntu lwabo bonke ubungakanani ekubekeni imizekelo yokuphumeza ikamva elizinzileyo," utshilo u-Alison Taylor, usekela mongameli, uSustainability, Siemens Corporation. "Uzinzo lusisiseko semilinganiselo ye-Siemens kunye nokukwazi ukuxhasa izixeko ekufuneni kwazo ukuzinza okukhulu akuyona nje injongo yezoshishino, kodwa kunye noxanduva esiluthatha ngokubaluleke kakhulu."