General Electric/GE is recognized by Forbes 2009 as the worlds largest company. Originally started in 1890 by the late Thomas Edison, GE merged with Thomson Houston Company in 1892 to bring together several of its other businesses. The company took off in 1911 with its lightning business and was registered as the first industrial park in the world.

Since the days of the lighting sector, GE has ventured out and diversified. Today, General Electric has a Conglomerate of businesses; Aviation, Aircraft, Jet Engines, Electricity, Entertainment, Finance, Gas Turbine, Generation Industrial Automation, Lighting, Medical Imaging Equipment, Medical Technology, Medical Software, Motors, Railway Locomotives and Wind Turbine.

Impact On Environment

Given the multi-national presence of a corporation the size of GE, one would naturally assume that it would have had, over the years, in one or another of its divisions, a negative impact on the environment. Like many other large businesses, GE has in the past been responsible for extensive environmental damage, but it is unique in that it has resolved to become a champion of the environment rather than its enemy. Since 2004, through a variety of pro-conservation initiatives GE has dedicated itself to preserving and protecting the environment. These initiatives are working: GE has not only met but exceeded its own goal for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 1.01 million metric tons; and it has decreased its overall energy use by 4.42 million MMBtus.

Shortage Of Water-An Ongoing Crisis

Recognizing the tremendous impact that scarcity of water has on many nations, GE is using all available resources, technologies and expertise. In this battle against water extreme water shortage, eco-imagination has set out to conserve global water resources, achieve reductions in water use, improve water reuse and increase the availability of usable water.

Today GE is among the leaders of positive environment change excelling especially in gas emission reductions,energy saving and water recycling. In Algeria North Africa GE has completed a 200 million dollar project that brings good clean drinking water to over 1.5 million people. The Hamma Desalination plant uses a reverse osmosis approach when filtering water and this project has undoubtedly brought overwhelming hope, health and well-being to the residents of Algiers. GE water filter project is just one of the many projects that will take place to boost environment issues that plague our dying world.

GE Water Filter & Process Technologies is a company who bases its principles on positive change. In the water industry GE is revolutionizing the world over with its new water initiatives in third world countries and even in the United States as well. In Arizona itself GE has improved water productivity in the city of Tempe. Thanks to GE’ s resources and experience this city has a boost of an additional 2.5 billion gallons of water per year. Whether in third world countries or in our backyard you can be assured GE is changing the world for the better even if you dont see it happening on your local news.