Sustainability in Aviation

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Moving Innovation ForwardFor a safer, more efficient aviation industry

“The future of flight is being shaped today, and GE Aerospace is proud to be at the forefront.”

H. Lawrence Culp Jr.
GE Aerospace CEO
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    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.

    Additional sustainability-related policies and reports are available in our Sustainability Reports Hub.
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    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.
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    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
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    People: Empowering and investing in our team and communities

    We are passionate about lifting people up in the communities where we live and work.

    Philanthropy

    Careers
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    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.
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    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 support the future of flight, developing more efficient engine technologies compatible with alternative fuels and collaborating across the industry.

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    %
    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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    in Research and Development

    Including customer and partner funding, we spent approximately $2.7 billion in R&D in 2024, driving breakthroughs in Open Fan engine architecture, hybrid electric propulsion, hypersonics, small engines for unmanned applications, and next-generation adaptive cycle engines.

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    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.

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    Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) testing

    All GE Aerospace engines can operate on approved SAF blends today and GE Aerospace engines have been successfully tested with 100% SAF that doesn’t require blending with conventional jet fuel.

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    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.
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    Collaborations

    Meeting the aviation industry's goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 requires collaboration and innovation. GE Aerospace is doing both.
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