GE talks up Ecomagination success

James S Murray
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Company claims it has exceeded its emission-reduction targets while increasing revenue from green products by more than 20 per cent last year

General Electric's (GE's) goal of reinventing itself as one of the world's greenest companies received a major boost yesterday with the news it has surpassed its first emission-reduction target, and is...

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