Sustainability in Aviation
Moving Innovation Forward
For a safer, more sustainable aviation industry
"GE Aerospace technology is central to achieving the industry’s long-term climate goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. This is both an incredible responsibility and an unparalleled opportunity to advance a safer and more sustainable future.”
H. Lawrence Culp Jr.
GE Aerospace CEO
H. Lawrence Culp Jr.
GE Aerospace CEO
Our sustainability framework
Our sustainability approach is aligned with the company’s purpose to invent the future of flight, lift people up and bring them home safely.
On September 19, 2024, we published our first Sustainability Report as a standalone company featuring our efforts to move innovation forward.
On September 19, 2024, we published our first Sustainability Report as a standalone company featuring our efforts to move innovation forward.
Safety: Putting safety first
We put safety first and look to continuously improve our products, processes, and operations.
As safe as aviation has become, we are never done.
Environment: Innovating for a smarter, more efficient future of flight
We build on the spirit of invention that has fueled us for over a century to help achieve net zero carbon for Scope 1 and 2 operational emissions by 2030 and propel the industry’s net zero by 2050 ambition.
Technology innovation
Optimizing operations
Technology innovation
Optimizing operations
People: Empowering and investing in our team and communities
We lift up people and communities by working hard to foster a more equitable and prosperous society.
Philanthropy
Careers
Philanthropy
Careers
Governance: Operating responsibly and ethically
We create accountability, operate ethically and balance the needs of our stakeholders while supporting risk management and long-term value.
Pictured: Rendering of GE Aerospace’s hybrid electric testbed. Through NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project, GE Aerospace is developing a hybrid electric propulsion system for flight tests in the 2020s.
By the numbers
At GE Aerospace, we’re taking an across-the-board approach to a more sustainable future of flight, developing more efficient engine technologies compatible with alternative fuels and collaborating across the industry.
40
%Better fuel efficiency
GE Aerospace's commercial engines today are designed to be 40% more fuel efficient compared to engines made in the 1970s.
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2.3
Bin Research and Development
Our 2023 investment in aerospace research and development was $2.3 billion for emissions-lowering and other technologies, including GE Aerospace customer and partner funding.
20
%Target CO2 reduction
With next-generation technologies, our goal is to further improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions by 20% compared to today's most efficient commercial engines.
100
%Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
All GE Aerospace engines can operate on approved Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) today and GE Aerospace engines have been successfully tested with 100% or unblended SAF that doesn’t require blending with conventional jet fuel.
Aerospace Carbon Solutions
Exploring beyond-the-engine breakthroughs, including technology-enabled Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and CO2 removal towards the industry’s decarbonization goals. Aerospace Carbon Solutions supports startups and other efforts at the forefront of these spaces and is mobilizing GE Aerospace’s research team to help advance and scale new fuel technologies.
Collaborations
Meeting the aviation industry's goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 requires collaboration and innovation. GE Aerospace is doing both.
GE Aerospace 2023 Industry Survey
Building a More Sustainable Future of Flight