????全球能源巨擘西門子稱，自己可以通過減少碳排放來盈利。令人震驚，對(duì)吧？

????在9月28日晚間舉行的首屆《財(cái)富》能源頭腦風(fēng)暴大會(huì)上，西門子美國(guó)分公司首席執(zhí)行官埃里克?斯皮格爾表示，該公司計(jì)劃投資近1.1億美元來減少碳排放。但他堅(jiān)持說，西門子借此可每年節(jié)省2000-3000萬美元，從而最終收回投資。

????西門子上周宣布，計(jì)劃到2020年將碳排放量降低一半，到2030年實(shí)現(xiàn)零排放。要達(dá)到零排放目標(biāo)，企業(yè)就需要確定自己的碳排放量，投資于減排項(xiàng)目，還需要通過投資外部項(xiàng)目來抵消自己無法削減的那些碳排放。

????西門子在《財(cái)富》全球500強(qiáng)中排名第63位，在全球范圍內(nèi)擁有4.5萬輛客車和5萬輛貨車。為達(dá)到上述目標(biāo)，該公司計(jì)劃讓這些車輛變得更環(huán)保，并且投資于新的節(jié)能制造技術(shù)。斯皮格爾稱，西門子旗下的300家工廠都有望受益于新設(shè)備，比如更節(jié)能的馬達(dá)和泵。

????選擇此路的企業(yè)當(dāng)然不只西門子一家。比如，戴爾的重點(diǎn)工作之一就是在包裝和計(jì)算機(jī)方面更多地使用再生材料。

????負(fù)責(zé)戴爾運(yùn)營(yíng)事務(wù)的副董事長(zhǎng)杰夫·克拉克在大會(huì)主席臺(tái)上展示了一些用麥秸，也就是收割小麥的副產(chǎn)品制造的包裝材料。克拉克表示，和傳統(tǒng)包裝材料相比，用麥秸生產(chǎn)包裝材料可讓能耗降低40%，水耗減少90%，成本也更低。

????他還說，戴爾最近啟動(dòng)了一個(gè)新項(xiàng)目，內(nèi)容是收集廢棄碳纖維并將其用于戴爾的經(jīng)營(yíng)活動(dòng)和游戲型計(jì)算機(jī)。

????除了循環(huán)利用，戴爾還在為大數(shù)據(jù)和分析等信息技術(shù)的應(yīng)用投入資金，以此來減少設(shè)備能耗。克拉克說，計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)讓可持續(xù)發(fā)展“成為現(xiàn)實(shí)”。

????他指出，對(duì)戴爾來說，減少碳排放和開展環(huán)保項(xiàng)目是個(gè)吸引新員工的好辦法，“這對(duì)正在走上工作崗位的八零后和九零后來說真的很重要”。

????美國(guó)環(huán)境保護(hù)基金正在和企業(yè)共同致力于減少碳排放。該基金執(zhí)行董事黛安·雷加斯指出，實(shí)現(xiàn)這些可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)并非總是輕而易舉，但更好的政策和企業(yè)管理方式有助于降低這項(xiàng)工作的難度。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：Charlie

????校對(duì)：詹妮

????Siemens, the global energy giant, says it can make a profit by reducing its carbon emissions. Shocking, right?

????At Fortune’s Brainstorm E conference on Monday night, the CEO of Siemens’ U.S. division, Eric Spiegel said that his company plans to spend nearly $110 million lowering the company’s emissions. But he insisted that investment would eventually pay off through savings of between $20 million to $30 million annually.

????Siemens announced last week that it plans to slash its carbon emissions in half by 2020, and become carbon neutral by 203o. To become carbon neutral companies need to identify their emissions, invest in projects to reduce them, and also invest in external projects that offset any emissions a company can’t eliminate.

????To achieve its goals, Siemens, which is #63 on Fortune’s Global 500 list, plans to make its company vehicles—it has 45,000 and 50,000 cars and trucks worldwide—greener, and also invest in new energy efficient manufacturing technologies. The company has 300 factories that could benefit from more efficient gear like motors and pumps, said Spiegel.

????Siemens, of course, isn’t the only company taking this path. Dell, for example, has focused on making its packing and computers use more recycled materials.

????Dell’s vice chairman of operations, Jeff Clarke, showed off on stage some of Dell’s packaging made of wheat straw, a byproduct of wheat harvesting. Clarke said the wheat straw packaging uses 40% less energy to produce, 90% less water, and costs less to make than traditional packaging.

????Clarke also said that Dell had recently started a new program to take scraps of carbon fiber and use them in both Dell’s business and gaming computers.

????Beyond recycling, Dell has invested in using information technology—like big data and analytics—to reduce energy consumption in its facilities. Clarke called computing technology “an enabler” of sustainability.

????He pointed out that reducing carbon emissions, and running environmentally-focused programs at Dell, is a good way to attract new employees. “For millenials entering the workforce, this really matters to them,” said Clarke.

????It’s not always easy to meet these types of sustainability goals, said Diane Regas, executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund, which works with companies on lowering carbon emissions. But better policies, as well as business leadership, can help make the process less challenging.