Action Points Chile Earthquake
Chile GE Volunteers actively cooperated soon after the February 27 ravaging earthquake One of the most massive earthquakes in history hit Chile’s central-south zone in February 2010. The GE Volunteers team in this country committed to help...

Employee Perspectives Material Sustainability—A Manufacturer’s Challenges and Opportunities
Sustainability debates often center around the access to and availability of hydrocarbons and water. Deservedly so, as these materials are critical to both energy generation and human survival. But in an increasingly competitive global economy...

Action Points Mixing Diversity into the Supply Chain Process
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...

Action Points Continuing to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Medical Products
Imagine a world where technology engineering looks at the environmental impact of each product. As GE celebrates the 5-year anniversary of our ecomagination initiative, GE Healthcare has committed to reduce the average energy consumption of new...

Healthcare
While GE seeks to impact the healthcare landscape through GE Healthcare and the healthymagination commitment, we also support access to healthcare through philanthropic and capacity-building initiatives. One example is the new Developing Health™...

Strategic & Business Priorities
GE’s business strategy is focused on the big themes and issues facing the world today, and in the future. These are our shared priorities—areas where GE can contribute to solving societal problems or, conversely, must manage risks. Individual GE...

Sustainable Healthcare
Healthcare is a global problem, but one that doesn’t lend itself to global solutions. Every region faces different health challenges and every country has different systems for ensuring their citizens are able to access the healthcare they need...

Products & Services Issues
The process of developing new products—from initial research to reaching the market—never ends at GE. Across businesses, we follow a long-standing and robust process for new product introductions (NPI). While commercial considerations are a...

Features A Commitment to Sustainable Improvements in Infant Survival Rates
“If you are here to give me a hand-out, you are not welcome. But if you are here to help me build capacity in my people, then stay.”–A prominent African leader Of all the people being impacted by the United Nations’ Millennium...

Features Design for a Healthy Planet
At GE, designing for the environment is becoming a fundamental engineering element to providing customers with what they want and need while promoting a greener world.