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By Bernard Magee, Director Electrical Vehicle Charging, Siemens plc. Road transport, which includes buses, is a significant contributor to air pollution, resulting in poor air quality.  Public Health England (PHE) says air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to health with between 28,000 and 36,000 deaths a year attributed to long-term exposure.

• Scheme will deliver significant passenger and operator benefits
• Low carbon solution supports the UK Government’s decarbonisation goals

Free skills programme via the Springpod careers platform shows students aged 14-18 years how engineering and technology is helping build a more sustainable future.

• Five-year contract extension for technical support and spares agreed until December 2026.
• Agreement covers support in areas such as safety, reliability, maintenance, spares supply, modifications, and overhauls.

With bad debt risk spiralling for energy providers, and growing economic uncertainty for customers, both groups are seeking a new way to settle their energy bills. To address this challenge, Siemens has taken its pioneering Managed Credit solution, which has already made a big impact within the energy retail industry over the last few years, and combined it with payment technology from global IT and business consulting services firm CGI, and Open Banking innovator Ordo.

Westminster City Council and Siemens have installed more than 1,000 on-street Electric Vehicle Charging Points in the City of Westminster, making Westminster the first local authority in the UK to reach this milestone.

• HSEQ Director Louise Ward awarded Lifetime Achievement Award
• Richard Abbess wins inaugural Unsung Hero award
• Siemens Mobility’s Poole factory highly commended in ‘Best Health and Safety for Manufacturing’ category

Siemens trains 40 employees to graduate from global companies and SMEs since 2017

SP Energy Networks is trialling new environmentally friendly ‘clean-air’ technology at one of its electricity substations as the company continues to lead the way towards a greener way of operations.

• Call for cities in Scotland to commit to Clean Air Zones to protect the public
• Daily traffic across Glasgow and Edinburgh higher than pre-pandemic

This Earth Day, the National Literacy Trust and Siemens have joined forces to raise awareness of the environment and engage children on the topic of climate change. The partnership involves the gifting of over 3,000 books to primary schools across the country, an online author event with Martin Dorey and the launch of an exciting challenge, supported by Walker Books, to help children develop literacy skills to research, plan and advocate for the future.

• Commercial fleets are responsible for a disproportionate amount of CO2 emissions on the roads
• Learnings from the electrification of buses are paving the way for cleaner commercial fleets
• The road to decarbonising transport needs to gather pace if the UK is to achieve its goal of zero-emissions by 2050