Four GE employees recognized with the prestigious Phillippe Award for outstanding community service 13 Impact Awards given to GE Volunteers Councils for exemplary community projects GE Aviation’s David L. Joyce honored with the 2012 Corinne Johnson...
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According to the World Cancer Research Fund, an estimated 21 million new cancer cases will occur worldwide in 2013. May is National Cancer Research Month, dedicated to recognizing high-quality, innovative cancer research such as that taking place across GE’s Global Research centers. Recently, a team of GE scientists from Global Research have joined forces in...
INTRODUCTION: THE NEXT WAVE OF INNOVATION? The Internet has supported an amazing array of innovation, fundamentally changing our lives, from the way we connect with each other to our shopping habits. While some argue that this wave of innovation has largely run its course, we believe that a new wave is just beginning. As articulated...
“It’s like college entrance exams all over again!” environmentalist Ma Jun jokingly complained during his three-day intensive GE Supplier Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) auditors’ workshop in Beijing in May 2012. Ma and eight of his colleagues at the widely respected Chinese watchdog group, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), were in the middle...
“Achieving sustainability is fundamentally a technological challenge. This is why GE has doubled its investment in R&D. How can industry meet the world’s needs for energy, transport, water, food and healthcare, and do it within environmental limits? Technology is the only answer.” Jeffrey Immelt, CEO In 2012, as part of our stakeholder engagement, GE focused...
Awareness of the importance of early detection of breast cancer continues to be an important issue in both developed and developing countries, as breast cancer remains the most common invasive cancer in women. In 2008, breast cancer caused almost 460,000 deaths worldwide, or roughly 14% of cancer deaths in women. GE has been recognized as...
Every year, 250 million people are affected by natural disasters and armed conflict. One of the organizations on the front lines helping those in need is International Medical Corps (IMC). IMC is a humanitarian nonprofit organization that works to save lives and relieve suffering worldwide through relief and development programs as well as healthcare training....
“Business today faces an escalating demand and growing need to play a greater role in addressing society’s problems. Employees will be the key to any company’s efforts… Brought into the core, employees strengthen corporate citizenship from the inside out with compassion, promising ideas and unparalleled energy.” Cheryl Yaffe Kiser, Managing Director, Boston College, Center for Corporate Citizenship GE...
Across the United States, every day, science teachers access valuable curriculum plans and lesson ideas through the online resources of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). Most of these teachers are unaware of the role the GE Foundation plays in supporting this work—until now. In December, NSTA presented its prestigious Distinguished Partnership Award to the...
“If you are here to give me a hand-out, you are not welcome. But if you are here to help me build capacity in my people, then stay.”–A prominent African leader Of all the people being impacted by the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the children of the world are foremost in the minds...
GE’s 2012 online report highlights progress against commitments on our social, environmental and economic impacts—or, what we call People, Planet and Economy.
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