"I offered her a seat in a Supervisory Board for the environment. From this, a Supervisory Board was then in the Public mandate – that I never had before, and the independence would not be justified, he told the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" (FAS).

Kaeser stressed, during his Meeting with Neubauer it not have been a "PR stunt". "The Protest on the street alone is not a solution. That's why I tried to Luisa Neubauer involved," he explained. Kaeser had offered Neubauer in an interview in Berlin, a Post at Siemens. Neubauer declined. Siemens 117,92 EUR +2,32 (+2,01%) Xetra

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"Early on, that Australia would lead to trouble,"

Fridays for Future protests against the participation of Siemens at a huge coal mining project in Australia. The German company was signed in July 2019 and the contract for the rail signal system, the Adani Mine in the Australian state of Queensland, under.

Kaeser said the "FAS", he had early foreseen that the project would result in Australia difficulties. After the participation of Siemens, it was announced that he had "hundreds of thousands" protest e-mails. "I immediately felt,' We have a Problem."

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This search all the more annoying, as the economic importance is very small. "The project has a contract volume of 18 million, Siemens accounts for about 50 million of business per hour that are the size relationships," said Kaeser. Are you interested in in addition to values? The professionally managed trading service "Small Caps Champion" takes all the Research and analysis work. (Partner offer) Now 30 days free of charge test!

cancel The order later to have been impossible, since there was a valid contract. "With these realities you have to deal with it. It also doesn't help when us climate activists are threatening," added Kaeser.

Kaeser had already emphasized that the Siemens stand on the side of those who view climate change as a threat. The kingdoms of the movement is not held Neubauer: "it is He remains in his logic. The not out is Now out of the coal. But: Please efficient technology, invest wisely, more stable Partner. This logic collides with our understanding of climate change.“

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pom/AFP Date Of Update: 27 January 2020, 01:01