I-US Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Centre (BCLC) ivule isikhathi sokuqokwa kweMiklomelo Yomphakathi Eqhubekayo yango-2011 ye-Siemens namuhla. Manje onyakeni wesine, lolu hlelo lubona ohulumeni basekhaya, izinhlangano zezentengiselwano, nezinye izinhlangano ngezinyathelo ezinkulu ezizithathile ukuthuthukisa izinga lempilo nokuthuthukisa ikhono labo lokusekela umphakathi ophumelelayo ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.
"Kule nkathi yezinsiza ezilinganiselwe, ukubambisana kukahulumeni nezizimele kubonakala kuyimpumelelo ikakhulukazi ekwenzeni imiphakathi yabo isimeme." kusho uStephen Jordan, umqondisi omkhulu we-BCLC. "Sicela abaqokiwe ukuze sikwazi ukwabelana ngemikhuba emihle futhi sisize ukusheshisa lolu hlelo ezweni lonke."
Ama-Siemens Sustainable Community Awards ahlonipha imiphakathi emikhakheni yabancane, abamaphakathi, nabakhulu, ngokusekelwe kubantu. Ukuqokwa kuzokwamukelwa kuze kube nguJanuwari 21, 2011. Imifelandawonye esemphakathini, izinhlangano zezentengiselwano, abathuthukisi bomphakathi, nezinye izinhlangano zendawo ziyakhuthazwa ukuthi ziqedele inqubo yesicelo.
Umphakathi ophumelele esigabeni ngasinye uzothola izihlahla zenani lika-$20,000 kwa-Siemens Corporation. Umklomelo wesihlahla uzolethwa nge-Alliance for Community Trees (ACT). Ngo-2010, owawina indondo ye-Siemens Sustainable Community Award i-Grand Rapids, e-Michigan, yathola izihlahla zayo ngesikhathi sokutshala impelasonto yonke ehlelwe yizinhlangano ezingamalungu e-ACT Friends of Grand Rapids Parks kanye ne-Global ReLeaf yaseMichigan. Abasebenzi bakwa-Siemens babambe iqhaza ekutshaleni, njengoba kwenza amavolontiya endawo, abaholi bomphakathi, ochwepheshe bokunakekelwa kwezihlahla, amabhizinisi, kanye nezikhulu zedolobha.
Ukuze afanelekele uhlelo lwemiklomelo, amadolobha nomasipala kufanele babonise izici ezimbalwa ezivelele zokuhlelwa kokusimama kwesikhathi eside. Lezi zidingo zifaka ubudlelwano bendawo kanye nokubamba iqhaza kwababambe iqhaza kanye nokuthuthukiswa okubonakalayo kwemvelo, umkhakha wamabhizinisi, kanye nezinga lempilo.
Iphaneli labahluleli be-Siemens Sustainable Community Awards liqukethe ochwepheshe abaphambili abanezizinda ngezemvelo, ibhizinisi, izifundiswa, uhulumeni, kanye nokuthuthukiswa komnotho. Umphakathi owodwa owinile esigabeni ngasinye uzomenyezelwa ngo-April 13, 2011, eNgqungqutheleni Kazwelonke ye-Chamber BCLC Yokutshalwa Kwezimali Komphakathi e-Philadelphia, PA. I-Philadelphia kanye nehhovisi lemeya yakhona yibo abawine Umklomelo Womphakathi Osimeme ka-2010, Umphakathi Omkhulu.
"I-Siemens iyaziqhenya ngokuxhasa lo mklomelo, ogcizelela indima ebalulekile edlalwa yimiphakathi yabo bonke osayizi ekubekeni izibonelo zokufeza ikusasa elisimeme," kusho u-Alison Taylor, iphini likamongameli we-Sustainability, Siemens Corporation. "Ukusimama kuyisisekelo samagugu akwa-Siemens futhi ukukwazi ukusekela amadolobha emzamweni wawo wokusimama akuwona nje umgomo webhizinisi, kodwa futhi kuwumthwalo wemfanelo esiwuthatha ngokungathi sína."