GE is a member company of the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, or GBI, which is made up of 18 multinational companies, including Coca-Cola, Total, ABB, Shell, Flextronics, Novo Nordisk and HP. GBI’s purpose is to bring the discussion of...
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Introducing Chicago’s Keep Your Heart Healthy Program “Do you get any exercise?” When we posed this question to Chicagoans, one in four responded “no.” While Chicagoans are doing slightly better than the national average on issues like...
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The head of GE in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey explains why talent is key to innovation. The Middle East, North Africa and Turkey region is witnessing a great transformation across its social and economic fabric. Development has taken a...
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GE has asked the members of its Citizenship Advisory Panel to reflect on trends and key challenges for sustainable development in 2013. This post by Thero Setiloane explores the business of social cohesion. The bond that brings people together across...
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GE was pleased to be part of a group of more than 70 corporations and associations to express support for successful implementation of the new College- and Career-Readiness standards. The group demonstrated its support by signing a letter published in...
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It was 2006 when GE first concluded that the growth rates in emerging markets were three times those of the developed markets and that our business interests would have us operating in countries where human rights are under pressure. It was then we began...
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GE has asked the members of its Citizenship Advisory Panel to reflect on trends and key challenges for sustainable development in 2013. This post by Dawn Rittenhouse explores the challenge of integrating sustainability into the product-innovation cycle...
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GE has asked the members of its Citizenship Advisory Panel to reflect on trends and key challenges for sustainable development in 2013. This post by Salil Tripathi the challenge of integrating human rights into business due diligence. The framework for...
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As 2013 begins and public budgets continue to suffer from a long squeeze, it seems set to be a year of mounting pressure on multinational corporations to demonstrate that they pay what politicians and the public describe as their “fair share” of tax...
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GE has asked the members of its Citizenship Advisory Panel to reflect on trends and key challenges for sustainable development in 2013. This post by Jane Nelson discusses the potential for new kinds of collaboration through developments in information and...
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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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