Published July 24, 2012
The job of designers, engineers and marketers is to continually innovate and improve products. But what makes a better product? GE invests billions of dollars in R&D to create and bring to market new innovations that solve problems and create products that improve the cost, quality and access of healthcare. However, in a world facing...
Published July 18, 2012
Imagine a world where technology engineering looks at the environmental impact of each product. As GE celebrates the 5-year anniversary of our ecomagination initiative, GE Healthcare has committed to reduce the average energy consumption of new ultrasound products by 25% by 2012, based on the energy used in 2005. With support from the European Commission, GE...
Published July 18, 2012
In January 2010, GE and Petrobrás celebrated the use of sugarcane-ethanol in a gas turbine system to produce electricity on a full commercial scale, a world’s first. The operation, at the Juiz de Fora power plant, is a significant milestone for Brazil. GE’s investments in renewable energy should double to $6 billion in 2010. The...
Published July 16, 2012
Brazil entered in recent years into a cycle of economic growth and, at the same time, has become an essential international figure due to its selection as the host of both the World Soccer Cup of 2014 and the Olympic Games of 2016. This positive development carries with it many challenges, the most important being...
Published July 13, 2012
“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...
Published July 12, 2012
How important is India to GE, and how can India’s place in GE’s plans be compared to its focus on the U.S. and China? GE has been in India for more than a century, with our first investments being in hydro power back in 1902. Our growth here has been in the last 20 years...
Discover how GE ensures our EHS program has breadth and depth across the globe.
Discover how GE manages our use of natural resources, including our commitments to supply chain efficiency and resource optimization.
Discover GE's commitment to optimize our own use of energy, and the use of our earth;s resources.
Discover how GE is working to understand and address water scarcity challenges and opportunities, and the water impacts of our operations.
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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