Excellence Programs & External Recognition

As of year-end 2010, GE had 236 facilities covering more than 109,800 employees in global excellence recognition programs, including:

• 119 U.S. OSHA VPP Star sites (GE has more sites than any other general industry participant in the program)
• 18 Mexico VPP sites
• 17 Mexico Clean Industries sites
• 3 Alberta PIR sites
• 95 GE Global Star sites

Although ISO 14001:2004 certification (the International Environmental Management Systems Standard) for environmental performance is not a requirement for GE facilities, many Company operations have been asked to obtain certification by their customers. Today, GE has 101 ISO 14001:2004 sites.

^{*Rate based on 100 employees working 200,000 hours annually.}