General Electric (GE), November 21, 2012
SOURCE: General Electric (GE) DESCRIPTION:Nov. 21, 2012 /3BL Media/ - 2BSR’s new HERfinance initiative will create a financial literacy curriculum to educate female factory workers in global supply chains and help them access necessary financial prod...
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 18, 2012
GLEN PARKES, SOURCING QUALITY MANAGER, GE INDIA OIL & GAS How are environment, health, safety and quality standards being enforced at GE India Oil & Gas? We have an internal philosophy at Oil & Gas built around compliance, environment, health and safety (EHS), and quality called “Stop the Line.” “Stop the Line” is similar...
Published July 18, 2012
GE Healthcare was the only supplier, out of 800 contracted suppliers, that received the 2010 Premier Inc. Diversity Award for Excellence in Supply Chain Process Diversity. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier Inc. is a performance-improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 72,000-plus other healthcare sites. As part of its goal...
Published July 16, 2012
In November 2010, GE held a Supplier Summit in Shanghai. Leaders from GE’s global and business sourcing, labor, and environment health and safety (EHS) teams came together with peer companies, suppliers, and government and trade union officials to share experiences. They discussed the challenges faced in securing safe and fair working conditions, as well as...
Published July 13, 2012
Few people have ever heard of rhenium—a rare and semi-precious metal—but it is an important material in the aerospace industry. Modern jet engines require rhenium as an alloying element—critical to the performance of commercial, military and even rocket engines used for space exploration. Rhenium also happens to be one of the rarest elements on earth...
Published July 12, 2012
For the past several years, GE has been working on how best to engage with our supply chain on greenhouse gases (GHG). Based on our long experience with the Supplier Responsibility Program, we know our supply chain is very responsive to our requests. However, what we’ve also learned is that, especially in developing countries, it is...
Published July 12, 2012
ENGELINA JASPERS, VICE PRESIDENT, HP ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY The path to market for today’s products and services is often circuitous, whether for a personal computer, Smart Grid solutions for utilities, or cockpit controls for the aviation industry. Multinational corporations, such as HP and GE, use global supply chains to source, create and deliver products and services...
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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