Features Conflict Minerals and the Democratic Republic of Congo: Expanding Supply Chain Efforts
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...

Expert Perspectives Q&A with Bill Cary, COO of GE Capital
What does citizenship mean in the context of GE Capital? 
What do you see as GE Capital’s main citizenship risks and opportunities? For GE Capital, citizenship means delivering consistent financial performance fairly, responsibly and...

Milestones in Citizenship
One cannot effectively plan for the future without looking at our evolution and the lessons from the past. Dating back to 1999, this timeline outlines milestones in the citizenship field in areas including reporting, standards, human rights...

Overview of Challenges & Value
GE is an advanced technology, services and finance company taking on the world’s toughest challenges by finding ways to respond that create value. GE businesses depend on the infrastructure, skills and institutions of stable prosperous...

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...

Action Points Stop the Line: Q&A with Glen Parkes
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...

Expert Perspectives Are Capital Markets Valuing Sustainable Growth Potential?
Shareholder value depends on the ability of companies to achieve future earnings.Yet too many investors still act as “horseplayers,” using past performance as their guide in placing a bet on future outcomes. Investors did not factor...

Expert Perspectives Integrated Reporting: From Concept to Reality
Integrated reporting—which merges traditional financial reporting with sustainability reporting—has shot up the global agenda quickly, emerging from relative obscurity two years ago. As cofounder of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a...

Features Faith in Finance: Islamic Banking and Finance in the Middle East
GE has had a presence in the Middle East for over 50 years, supporting countries and companies in critical and high growth industries, such as water reclamation, healthcare, power generation, aerospace, and oil and gas. With economic growth in the...

Expert Perspectives Conflict Minerals: Achieving “Conflict-Free” Compliance
“Conflict minerals” were historically perceived as an issue for companies involved in mining and trade. For most companies, the term “conflict coltan” from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suggested a place well beyond the sphere...