(New York, December 10, 2008) -- Today, the United Nations Global Compact and Maplecroft have initiated a research and solutions forum project on "Human Rights Dilemmas for Multi-national Corporations (MNCs) in Emerging Markets." The project, funded by a three-year grant by the GE Foundation to the Foundation for the Global Compact, aims to enhance understanding of human rights dilemmas for responsible business, thereby contributing to global thought leadership and best practice especially in emerging markets.
Washington, DC (December 10, 2008) -- The US-Vietnam Trade Council Education Forum (USVTC-EF) and STAR Vietnam are pleased to announce they have received a one-year, $225,000 grant from the GE Foundation, the philanthropic organization of the General Electric Company, for a program centered on the rule of law in Vietnam.
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45.6-MW Queensland Mine Gas Project on Track to Help Save Up to About 1.5M Tons of CO2 per Year
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ORLANDO, FLA.---December 2, 2008---GE Energy's largest ecomaginationTM certified, coal mine methane (CMM) power plant in Australia has been commissioned ahead of schedule as more mining companies seek to utilize their mine gas to create electricity for local uses and reduce their site emissions.
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Vancouver, BC -- November 25, 2008 -- Plutonic Power Corporation (PCC: TSX) joined with GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), today in submitting two bids for hydroelectric power projects costing more than $4 billion, which would be Canada's largest single private sector hydroelectric generation investment.
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Fairfield, Conn. -- Nov. 20, 2008 -- GE, in partnership with the Honduran Ministry of Health, today announces that it is expanding its Developing Health GloballyTM program in Honduras from the original two hospitals to six facilities. This GE corporate citizenship program aims to improve access to quality healthcare in the developing world by addressing critical gaps in existing healthcare facilities.
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Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Nov. 19, 2008 -- Bolstering its contribution of high-efficiency and cost-saving generators to the $37 billion wind industry, Danotek Motion Technologies has raised $14.5 million from CMEA Ventures, StatoilHydro (NYSE: STO) unit StatoilHydro Venture and GE (NYSE: GE) unit GE Energy Financial Services. Danotek's generators can spur the wind equipment market by increasing wind turbines' efficiency, while radically reducing their maintenance and operating costs.