sustainability
ESG 101: Demystifying Environmental, Social, and Governance Topics at GE Aerospace
Its name is confined to one neat square on our April calendars, but Earth Day’s impact continues to grow 53 years after its inception. The increasing urgency of climate change has spun a once-grassroots conservation effort into a global sustainability movement.
As Earth Day approaches on April 22, GE Reports spoke to two GE Aerospace leaders about sustainability efforts moving the company forward and how they are critical and entwined in the broader movement known as ESG: environmental, social, and governance.
Environment
Prepare for Impact: How GE’s Climate Action Challenge Fostered 85 Employee Environmental Projects in 90 Days
Colin Vogt stands on a berm at the northern edge of GE Aerospace’s Evendale campus, outside Cincinnati. The offices and manufacturing facilities are visible in the distance, but here Indian paintbrush, coreopsis, and native Ohio prairie grasses sway in the hot summer wind. In two years, this area will be very popular with bees, birds, butterflies, and other pollinators. The shoulder-high plants will pull carbon dioxide from the air. And the berm, which was built several years ago to keep runoff along I-75 from flooding the property, will be more stable than ever.