Decade in Review
The past decade has seen an acceleration in practical action by business. Companies have invested in eco-efficiency to find ways to “do more with less,” they have adopted ambitious environmental and social performance targets and managed them as...

Expert Perspectives Q&A with Marco Annunziata, GE Chief Economist
Emerging from the downturn is a priority: How can we best ensure that this recovery is green and does not resurrect the economic and social habits that drive unsustainable economies? We must not forget the basic lesson that using capital needed for...

Expert Perspectives Q&A with John Flannery, India CEO
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...

Features Creating Sustainable Value for Shareowners
Responsibility to Shareowners GE is one of the most widely held stocks in the world. Ownership of the Company can and does benefit millions of people through flows of dividends and capital benefits, both to individual shareowners and through such...

Expert Perspectives Business Ethics As the Basis of Business Strength
In the past three decades of China’s social and economic development, businesses have benefited enormously from the country’s opening up and its economic reforms. At the same time, they have contributed significantly to improving livelihoods and...

Expert Perspectives The Green Race Has Already Begun
The World Business Council is a group of more than 200 businesses working together on sustainable development. Over the past 16 years we have seen sustainable development considerations shift out of the margins labeled “corporate social...

Action Points Partnering for Innovation and Safeguarding Intellectual Property
This year GE signed a series of deals with Chinese partners focused on clean energy, aviation and rail transportation. In total, the partnerships are expected to create jobs in the U.S. and abroad and capitalize on GE’s advanced technologies to...

Action Points Greenhouse Gases and GE’s Supply Chain
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...

Greenhouse Gases and GE’s Supply Chain
For the last 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...

Engagement & Decision Making
At GE, listening, reflecting and responding to our stakeholders are critical to informing our priorities for citizenship as well as for product development. GE continually engages with customers, suppliers, regulators and collaborators all around...