Company: GE
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000114
Chunk: 6

Company: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
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 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Sustainability Sustainability is a driving force behind the work we do and the company’s long-term value and is an integrated aspect of how we think about strategy and risk. Our Board and management believe the long-term interests of shareholders are advanced by responsibly addressing the concerns of other stakeholders and interested parties including employees, recruits, customers, suppliers, GE Aerospace communities, government officials and the public at large. We believe the integration of a sustainability lens with our daily operations, culture and company priorities is important to driving results. At the Board level, these topics often span multiple functional categories and areas of oversight, and therefore oftentimes involve discussion at the full Board level rather than individual committees. In addition, our Governance Committee has oversight responsibility for GE Aerospace’s priorities and external reporting related to sustainability matters, and our Audit Committee also plays a role in the oversight of such external reporting, including reporting on these matters in SEC filings and data quality. More information that may be of interest to a variety of stakeholders about GE Aerospace’s sustainability approach, priorities and performance, including about product safety, greenhouse gas emission reductions from our own operations and from our products, environmental stewardship, supply chain and, human rights, political spending and other matters, can be found in GE Aerospace’s 2024 Sustainability Report (see Helpful Resourceson page 66). GE Aerospace 2025 Proxy Statement 17 Board Governance Practices Our Board seeks to operate with the highest degree of effectiveness, supporting a dynamic boardroom culture of independent thought and intelligent debate on critical matters. We take a comprehensive, year-round view of corporate governance and our adoption of best practices impacts our leadership structure, Board composition and recruitment, director engagement, and accountability to shareholders. Our Board and committee evaluation process allows for annual assessment of our Board practices and the opportunity to identify areas for improvement.

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 INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT                                                       |     | INCORPORATION                                                                  
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| BOARD OPERATIONS                                                            
 •  Frequent, regularly scheduled Board calls                                
 •  Director business visits                                                 
 •  Open access to senior management and information                         
 •  Executive sessions with the CEO scheduled for each regular Board meeting 
 •  Executive sessions with just the independent directors periodically      
 throughout the year                                                         
 •  Access to third-party advisors                                           |     | ANNUAL GOVERNANCE REVIEW                                                       
 •  Review and update corporate governance practices based on evolving best     
 practices and stakeholder feedback                                             
 ANNUAL SELF EVALU