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to Siemens, to our shared readers, our shared customers? Patrick McGoff: Siemens, being a global cor- poration, takes the lead on initiatives that serve beyond just their commercial inter- ests. ey've always been a thought leader and are inspiring other companies to follow with things that not just change industry, but to change the world. ey've made it a prior- ity to make sustainability one of their focuses in recent years and going forward. We all try to follow that guidance given there and look for opportunities where we can address that within our areas of domain. Susan Kayesar: I'm going to go back to some- thing that you touched on in our interview when you were talking about survival of the fit- test. We were saying that awareness of sustain- ability issues is really on the rise globally. Not just in terms of legislation, but also in terms of, ethically speaking, the right thing to do and how we keep our world safe and preserve it for future generations. If we as a global com- pany can be part of that preservation, we have a moral responsibility to do that. Christian Wendt: We touched on the topic of circular economy, and how we can ensure that we are making the best out of the resources we have on our planet. And this is something that we as a global company are looking at. Mark Laing: It's about the future, not just today, not achieving our goals for today, but thinking about the future and where we want to take things. How do we hand over this world to the next generation and the people aer that? It's in some ways a necessary evil. But if we can make that as efficient as possible, the knock-on effects are significant. For all the technologies that we also need to rely on mov- ing forward, such as electric vehicles, wind, solar panels—all of that is going to rely on effi- cient electronics.