Joe Kaeser Quotes
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There is no question that the benefits of a permanent, robust trading partnership between the U.S. and the E.U. are a rare example of a win-win for both parties.
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Often, sustainability is discussed only in the context of energy. Energy sustainability is essential - but the word has a much broader meaning. It means long-term thinking about how we manage our businesses, invest in social spending, and plan for the future. This requires vision and leadership, and it requires citizen engagement.
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Siemens is a job machine.
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Unfair trade practices should be regulated because they're unfair.
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If people don't invest into new manufacturing, renewable energy, new health-care technology - these are our revenues and our bookings.
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Energy consumption has to be managed by an intelligent grid when it comes to highly populated areas. Smart-grid technologies allow for the integration of renewable energy into the grid as well as energy from distributed sources.
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Germany has got to deal with its global responsibilities in a mature way. There has been insufficient thought to immigration law, and we need to differentiate between different kinds of migrants. There are valid refugees whose lives are at risk at home.
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Innovating today is about creativity; it is about the freedom to act... if you look at the big conglomerate... it's highly regulated. It's a lot of talk about... internal controls and this and that... so there's a huge mindshift change to get the best of people.
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First and foremost, energy efficiency is a major lever for reducing CO2 emissions along all parts of the energy chain - from the production of resources all the way to final consumption.
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Mobility will be one of the major beneficiaries of population growth in the world.
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All our wealth and all our export power has also come by the fact that other nations were willing to see us. This is very important.
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Sustainability is not just about adopting the latest energy-efficient technologies or turning to renewable sources of power. Sustainability is the responsibility of every individual every day. It is about changing our behaviour and mindset to reduce power and water consumption, thereby helping to control emissions and pollution levels.
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The U.K. matters with or without being a member of the E.U.
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Tariffs would mean prices going up, and customers don't want higher prices.
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Siemens is keen on all the same things the UAE is keen on.
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It's great to have a great past and history. But it's even greater to have a good future. So the most important history is the history we make today.
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President el-Sisi of Egypt took over in a very complicated environment. He needed to give a new direction. It is quite a difficult job.
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The individual Siemens businesses must be able to keep up with the specialists in the industry and be at least as good as their strongest competitors.
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It used to be that American and European companies built their products in low-wage countries, separated by great distances from the innovators who developed the products and the markets where they were sold. But companies increasingly find that is an outmoded way of doing business.
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The best software companies in the world are the Indian companies like the Tatas, Infosys, and others.
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If there's more employment, people buy more.
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If the world believes that Iran doesn't play by the rules and imposes sanctions, then we'll follow them whether we have an opinion about it or not.
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An increased push for energy efficiency, renewable energy technology, electric mobility - along with the growing digitalization movement and a universal carbon pricing structure - would speed up the carbon-free future and the rise of a global middle class we desperately need. We can and must all do our part.
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Machines have the ability to assemble things faster than any human ever could, but humans possess the analytics, domain expertise, and valuable knowledge required to solve problems and optimize factory floor production.