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    GE Latin America Strengthens Regional Sustainability Commitment Image

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    11-11-13

    GE Latin America Strengthens Regional Sustainability Commitment

    Brazil is now the world’s seventh largest economy and has become the ninth largest energy consumer in the world. And because it’s creating greater energy demand, it’s also adding further strain on the environment. As one of the leading nations on international climate change negotiations, Brazil ...

    UPS Helps Unicef Pack Winter Supplies for Children in Syria Image

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    10-27-13

    UPS Helps Unicef Pack Winter Supplies for Children in Syria

    More than 150 volunteers from UPS gathered at the company’s Supply Chain Solutions facility in Louisville, Ky. today to help UNICEF sort and pack 17,500 cold weather kits that will be sent to Syria to assist child refugees who face a harsh winter in the coming months as a result of the Syrian Con...

    GE Helps to Build Sustainable Infrastructure with Korean Partners Image

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    10-11-13

    GE Helps to Build Sustainable Infrastructure with Korean Partners

     “We are committed to learning, sharing and growing with partners and customers in Korea and around the globe,” stresses Chris Khang, President and CEO of GE Korea, emphasizing the importance of responding to the nation’s complex challenges through collaboration.

    While Korea’s top...

    UPS To Expand Natural Gas Footprint Image

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    10-08-13

    UPS To Expand Natural Gas Footprint

    UPS® (NYSE:UPS) announced today plans to invest approximately $50 million to build an additional nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations, bringing the total number of stations to 13. Four were announced in April, and all should be operational by the end of 2014.

    The enhanced LNG ...

    UPS Kicks Off Global Volunteer Month; Commits to Planting Additional 1 Million Trees Image

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    09-30-13

    UPS Kicks Off Global Volunteer Month; Commits to Planting Additional 1 Million Trees

    The UPS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced it will mark the start of the company’s 10th annual Global Volunteer Month (GVM) on October 1 by pledging to plant another one million trees around the world. The UPS Foundation also announced it has awarded $2.3 millio...

    UPS Ranks as a Global Leader in Global Sustainability and Technology Image

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    09-17-13

    UPS Ranks as a Global Leader in Global Sustainability and Technology

    UPS (NYSE:UPS) has once again been recognized for its leadership in the areas of sustainability and technology.

    For the third year in a row, UPS secured a top position on the CDP’s global Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). UPS ranked in the top five percent of companies measured, ...

     GE Lighting Volunteers Unite in Day of Caring Image

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    09-05-13

    GE Lighting Volunteers Unite in Day of Caring

    The scent of fresh paint filled the air as a handful of GE Lighting employees stroked their paint brushes against the walls of a short-term stay shelter at Fairhill Partners, a Cleveland-based nonprofit focused on successful aging and lifelong learning in the Greater Cleveland area. Across the ca...

    Managing Water in Bangalore Image

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    09-05-13

    Managing Water in Bangalore

    GE’s John F. Welch Technology Center in Bangalore, India, is the company’s largest integrated, multidisciplinary research and development site of its kind. The site has 4,500 full-time employees who help advance understanding on a wide range of materials technology and provide fresh analysis to s...

    Rockwell Automation Global Headquarters Earns US Green Building Council LEED Certification Image

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    08-20-13

    Rockwell Automation Global Headquarters Earns US Green Building Council LEED Certification

    Rockwell Automation has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the US Green Building Council for significantly reducing the overall environmental impact of its landmark corporate headquarters in downtown Milwaukee. The 2.1 million square-foot building is th...

    UPS Reports Reduction of Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions Image

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    07-29-13

    UPS Reports Reduction of Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    UPS (NYSE:UPS) today released its annual Sustainability Report announcing that while the total number of packages shipped in 2012 increased, the company reduced its total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Environmental achievements included ground and air fuel savings, increased investments in alte...

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