Fridays for Future Calls for Protests at Siemens in Germany
January 07 2020 - 12:26PM
Dow Jones News
By Kim Richters
Environmental group Fridays for Future called for protests at
Siemens AG's (SIE.XE) locations in Germany on Friday, criticizing
the engineering group's involvement in a controversial coal-mine
project in Australia.
In an article in German newspaper Welt on Tuesday, the group's
members Luisa Neubauer and Nick Heubeck asked the company to reject
the order contract, which sees Siemens supplying rail
infrastructure parts to the project. The Carmichael coal-mine
project by Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprises Ltd. (512599.BY)
has been facing criticism for its environmental impact.
Fridays for Future started an online petition--calling on
Siemens to stop its Carmichael involvement--that so far has
gathered more than 41,000 signatures.
Siemens was aware of potential protests, a company spokesman
said, adding that "demonstrations and expression of opinion are the
right of every citizen as long as they remain peaceful."
He said Siemens saw itself as part of the solution to climate
change and that the company contributed to the fight against it
with technological advances. "However, this isn't just black and
white."
The company has been criticized for the contract with Adani
before. In December last year, Siemens Chief Executive Joe Kaeser
said on Twitter that he was taking concerns seriously and the
project was under review.
Write to Kim Richters at kim.richters@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 07, 2020 12:11 ET (17:11 GMT)
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