GE Citizenship Performance Metrics: Charts, Data, At-a-Glance

Environmental, Health & Safety Data

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Injury & Illness Rates^(b)
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
^(a) For data associated with reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and water usage, please visit www.ge.com/citizenship/ehs. ^(b) Rates are based on 100 employees working 200,000 hours annually. ^(c) Lost-time rate uses the OSHA calculation for days away from work cases (transfer or restricted cases are excluded). ^(d) This data will always lag by a year since U.S. TRI data for the prior year is not submitted until July 1 as a matter of law. ^(e) Does not include the former GE Advanced Materials business as it was divested in December 2006. ^(f) On-site TRI Releases not including GE Plastics, which was divested in August 2007. ^(g) For GHG-related metrics, each year GE adjusts its 2004 baseline inventory to account for divestments and acquisitions. 2005, 2006 and 2007 fuel and electricity use and other GHG emission data were not collected for new acquisitions. As a result, adjusted results for 2005, 2006 and 2007 are not available.
Recordable rate	1.62	1.64	1.52	1.39	1.23
Lost-time rate^(c)	.42	.45	.46	.42	.35
GE Safety Excellence Programs (Number of Sites) vs. Injuries & Illnesses (Incidence per 100 Employees)
Total VPP/Star Sites	134	157	183	210	238
GE Recordable Injury and Illness Rate	1.62	1.64	1.52	1.39	1.23
Air & Wastewater Exceedences
Air	25	14	21	30	14
Wastewater	98	98	101	74	68
GE U.S. Toxic Release Inventory (Tri) On-Site Data 2002-2006^(d)
TRI On-Site Releases (in millions of pounds)	5.00	4.92	3.09^(e)	0.42^(f)	—
Water Use (In Billion Gallons)^(a)
Total	—	—	12.29	—	12.32
Non-Contact Cooling Waters (NCCW)	—	—	5.88	—	6.6
Waste Generation
Hazardous Waste (Metric Tons)	—	—	39,807	—	43,215
Non-Hazardous Waste (Metric Tons)	—	—	209,509	—	204,740
GE Greenhouse Gas Emissions^(a)^(g)
GE Operational GHG Emission (Million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent emissions)	7.50	—	—	—	6.49
GE Operational GHG Intensity (Metric Tons per $ million revenue)	60.58	—	—	—	35.58
GE Operational Energy Intensity (MMBtu per $ million revenue)	496.69	—	—	—	312.75
GE Operational Energy Use (Million MMBtu)	61.50	—	—	—	57.08
Additional Metrics
Global Paid Penalties (in $ thousands)	351	323	365	236	96
Training Units Completed (Millions of units)
U.S.	1.10	1.42	1.45	1.42	1.78
Non-U.S.	.45	.59	.62	.62	.68
Agency Inspections
U.S.	694	753	861	740	776
Non-U.S.	767	736	640	474	485
Spills & Releases	36	65	66	98	70

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