Environment, Health & Safety

^(a) For data associated with reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and water usage, please visit www.gecitizenship.com/metrics/environment-health-safety.

^(b) Rates are based on 100 employees working 200,000 hours annually.

^(c) Lost-time rate uses the OSHA calculation for days away from work cases (transfer or restricted cases are excluded).

^(d) This data will always lag by a year since U.S. TRI data for the prior year is not submitted until July 1 as a matter of law.

^(e) Does not include the former GE Advanced Materials business as it was divested in December 2006.

^(f) On-site TRI Releases not including GE Plastics, which was divested in August 2007.

^(g) For GHG and energy-related metrics, each year GE adjusts its 2004 baseline inventory to account for divestments and acquisitions. For 2005–2009, GHG and energy-related data were not collected for new acquisitions. As a result, adjusted results for 2005–2009 are not available. For water and waste-related metrics, each year GE adjusts its 2006 baseline inventory to account for divestments and acquisitions. For 2007–2009, water and waste-related data were not collected for new acquisitions. As a result, adjusted results for 2007–2009 are not available. Complete water and waste data were not collected before 2006.

In early 2011, GE divested its controlling interest in NBCUniversal, and now has a minority ownership stake in the company. Our 2010 data includes NBCU but, in accordance with the WRI/WBSCD GHG Accounting Protocol followed by GE, we will not include NBCU data for 2011 and subsequent years and our baseline will be adjusted accordingly.

For comparison purposes, if NBCU’s 2010 data were excluded, our overall GHG and energy use performance improves by approximately 1% while energy intensity stays relatively flat.

During the course of 2011, GE will complete several significant acquisitions, adding up to 100 manufacturing and service sites, along with additional offices, warehouses and other locations, which will have an as yet unquantified impact on results to be reported in 2012.

^(h) Recycled metals first reported in 2009. For recycled metals metrics, each year GE adjusts its 2009 baseline inventory to account for divestments and acquisitions.