4. ENVIROMENTAL
• Ecomagination- environmental sustainability
– turbines and solar panels to light bulbs and plane engines that run on biogas,
that meet its Ecomagination standards developed with GreenOrder. The
primary focus is on meeting the growing demand for renewable energy.
– 40% of the wind turbines in the U.S. in 2012.
– Ecomagination-certified products and services in the campaign's first three
years, with annual revenue hovering around $150 billion in that same time.
– energy revenue, $21 billion in 2011, grew twice as fast as the company
average, as stated in the 2011 annual report.
– PCB contamination in the Hudson River, a potential $500 million responsibility
on top of the company's recent $250 million settlement for PCB
contamination in New England's Housatonic River
5. SOCIAL
• Conglomerate with nuclear issues
• Healthymagination program
– $6 billion toward innovations that help people around the world access better
health care at a lower cost.
– a five-year, $1 billion commitment to improve screening and diagnosis
measures to help fight cancer, as well as helping patients access screenings in
underserved areas worldwide.
– company website flaunts its investment in training and education programs,
having donated $1 billion annually around the world
– GE Foundation, including $100 million plus programs Developing Health
Globally and Developing Futures
– GE has many generous philanthropic initiatives