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...

Action Points Brazil to Host the Fifth Global Research Center
Brazil entered in recent years into a cycle of economic growth and, at the same time, has become an essential international figure due to its selection as the host of both the World Soccer Cup of 2014 and the Olympic Games of 2016. This positive...

Action Points Oil Sands and Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is all about leveraging unique material properties that exist at the smallest scales. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter—by comparison, a sheet of paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick. Researchers get excited about...

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...

Action Points The Power of Sugarcane-Ethanol
In January 2010, GE and Petrobrás celebrated the use of sugarcane-ethanol in a gas turbine system to produce electricity on a full commercial scale, a world’s first. The operation, at the Juiz de Fora power plant, is a significant milestone for...

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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...

2010 Highlights
Strategy In the past 10 years, GE has repositioned its portfolio through divestitures representing 50% of the Company to focus on key global themes such as energy, water and healthcare, and built strength in the core businesses of providing the...

Global Focus on Regulations
Chemical- and product-oriented regulations continue to expand globally, and GE’s EHS, Sourcing, Technology and Research teams continue to expend increasingly significant efforts managing these changing dynamics in conjunction with GE’s evolving...

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™...