Citizenship

With this weekend marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ comeback battle has been in the national spotlight. On the healthcare front, efforts to improve access to primary care for those underserved has been a major focus, especially as the greater New Orleans area experienced a sharp decrease [...]

In the third part of our deeper dive into GE’s sixth annual Citizenship Report — which was launched on Tuesday — we turn to the tough issue of maternal mortality in the 14 “orphaned countries” of sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on an array of non-GE voices represented in the report, Part [...]

Yesterday, GE issued its sixth annual Citizenship Report, and as part of the rollout, we’re taking a closer look at critical corporate responsibility issues as seen through non-GE eyes. In Part 1 of our series, we highlighted the experience of mining giant Rio Tinto’s Andrew Jenkin — one of more [...]

Fresh look: Click the image to visit the newly re-launched Citizenship website and view the online Citizenship Report, which is structured around a discussion of three pillars of GE’s strategy — energy and climate change, sustainable healthcare, and community building.

Today, GE issued its sixth annual Citizenship Report, which charts [...]

GE’s 2010 annual shareholders meeting is getting underway this morning at 11 a.m. ET in Houston, Texas, which is home to an array of GE’s energy businesses. The theme of the meeting is “Renewal,” and it’s an opportunity for Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt to underscore that the business environment [...]

GE’s sponsorship of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration kicked-off yesterday, with a number of tributes to the 40th President — from friends and former colleagues to some of the 250,000 GE employees he visited during his eight years as a GE goodwill ambassador. Among those highlighting the rapport forged with [...]

Long before he ran for office, Ronald Reagan served as the host of the weekly TV series, General Electric Theater — and as a GE goodwill ambassador from 1954 to 1962. He also traveled to 139 GE plants — inspiring employees with his optimism, entrepreneurial spirit and a belief in [...]