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SUSTAINABILITY AT GE
As a 130+ year-old technology company,
GE works every day to solve some of
the world’s biggest challenges. Safety
and sustainability are embedded in GE’s
culture and define the products we
make, the services we offer and the
difference we make in communities
around the world.
www.gecitizenship.com
IN 2013,
• GE businesses, employees,
retirees and the GE Foundation
contributed more than
$215 million and an estimated
1.3 million hours to community
organizations in 55 countries.
• Through our ecomagination
commitment GE reduced its
environmental footprint, with
a 47% reduction in freshwater
use since 2006, and reduced
greenhouse gas emissions by
34% since 2004.
• We continued our 10-year
improve ment in protecting worker
safety with a 37% reduction
in recordable injuries since 2003.
GE is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading corporations:
Visit our interactive online annual report
at www.ge.com/annualreport
Thanks to the customers, partners and GE employees
who appear in this annual report for contributing their
time and support.
The paper used in this report was supplied by
participants of the Responsible Initiative Programs. The
majority of the power utilized to manufacture this paper
was renewable energy, produced with GE’s wind and
biogas technologies, and powered by GE steam engines
and turbine engines.
GE and New York Stock Exchange have been partners for over 120 years and share a commitment
to innovation. GE is a proud member of the NYSE Century Index. Component companies have
demonstrated the ability to innovate, transform and grow through decades of economic and social
progress. The NYSE Century Index is composed of major companies that define the American
economy and business icons. To learn more visit www.nyse.com/centuryindex.
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ON THE BACK COVER: Shana Sands, GE Power & Water,
Greenville, South Carolina.
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