GE’s Ecoimagination Makes Money in Clean Energy. About a $100 Billion!

March 27, 2012 by 2 Comments

General Electric (GE) was in the news last week after it released its 2011 Annual Report. GE has spent several years positioning itself as an innovator in low-carbon technologies. Now the sustainable arm of the company — called ecoimagination — has generated $100 billion in revenues and is growing at more than twice the rate of the rest of the company, according to Mark Vachon, the vice president of eco-imagination. GE didn’t invest in climate solutions because it is home to a bunch of treehuggers. They did it because it is good for business.

via our sister site Red, Green & Blue




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