General Electric (GE), April 29, 2013
SOURCE: General Electric (GE) DESCRIPTION: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’...
General Electric (GE), February 26, 2013
SOURCE: General Electric (GE) DESCRIPTION: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. T...
General Electric (GE), February 15, 2013
SOURCE: General Electric (GE) DESCRIPTION: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 rig...
General Electric (GE), February 15, 2013
SOURCE: General Electric (GE) DESCRIPTION: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 rig...
General Electric (GE), February 08, 2013
SOURCE: General Electric (GE) DESCRIPTION: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...
General Electric (GE), October 19, 2012
SOURCE: General Electric (GE) DESCRIPTION:The Democratic Republic of Congo is Africa’s second largest country, but also the continent’s most violent. Over the last two decades, foreign and domestic armies, militias and gangs of armed thugs have bee...
Published July 24, 2012
How can we do what we do better? Public-private partnerships (PPPs) that pair companies, the public sector, and civil society offer a powerful answer to this question. Partnerships can enhance true coordination, use resources efficiently, and eliminate duplicated efforts to deal with some of society’s toughest social and environmental challenges. When successful, PPPs can: Balance...
Published July 18, 2012
An introduction to Citizenship at GE, including an overview of the company’s 2010 Citizenship report.
Published July 18, 2012
Over the past few years, companies, NGOs and governments increasingly have been concerned about “conflict minerals” from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the surrounding region. These materials—tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold whose extraction and trade can illegally contribute to armed groups in that region—move from the DRC into global supply chains. They...
Published July 12, 2012
NICHOLAS GARRETT AND HARRISON MITCHELL, DIRECTORS, RESOURCE CONSULTING SERVICES “Conflict minerals” were historically perceived as an issue for companies involved in mining and trade. For most companies, the term “conflict coltan” from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suggested a place well beyond the sphere of influence and interest of most northern-based companies...
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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