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Head office: 5 Necco Street, Boston, MA 02210, USA. Tel.: +1-(617)443-3000. Israel office: Yigal Alon St. 98, Tel-Aviv 6789141, Israel
A US-based publicly traded multinational conglomerate company active in the fields of power, renewable energy, aviation and healthcare. The company's aviation division provides jet engines, components and integrated systems for military aircraft.
Wind farms in the Occupied Syrian Golan
The company provides wind turbines and maintenance services to two large wind energy projects in the occupied Syrian Golan, “Emek Habacha” and “Ruach Beresheet”, the largest renewable energy projects in Israel.
Ruach Beresheet Wind Farm
Ruach Beresheet (Wind of Genesis) wind farm is the largest renewable energy project in Israel. The project is built by Enlight Renewable Energy in an investment of NIS 1.25 billion and is located in Mount Peres (Tel el Farass) area in the occupied Syrian Golan. The project is established in partnership with the settlements of Yonatan, Alonei HaBashan, Ramat Magshimim, Mevo Hama, Natur, Kanaf, Avnei Eitan and Ma'ale Gamla.
The project consists of 39 wind turbines made by General Electric company, which is also responsible for the production, supply, transportation, hoisting, and running of the turbines at the project site. According to an agreement from 2021, General Electric is to provide operation and maintenance services for the turbines for 20 years. As of June 2021, 20 turbine bases have been built.
The project includes the construction and expansion of 35 km of roads and a high-voltage line that will include optical fibers that will be spread across the Golan and will enable high-speed Internet for the settlements in the area.
About 35% of the workers in the project are residents of the settlements. The project is expected to generate profit for local service providers in the areas of fuel services, food, hospitality, security and more.
The farm is expected to produce an annual electricity supply equivalent to the consumption of 60,000 Israeli households.
Emek Habacha Wind Farm
Emek Habacha wind farm is located in the occupied Syrian Golan. The project was developed by Enlight Renewable Energy in collaboration with 6 settlements in the Syrian Golan: Kidmat Zvi, Elrom, Alonei HaBashan, Odem, Neve Ativ and Ortal, and NIS 700 million was invested in its construction.
The project was inaugurated in March 2022 and consists of 34 wind turbines made by General Electric. The company employs electrical engineers and field Technicians on the wind farm which provide maintenance services, management and training of subcontractors, purchase orders and work with suppliers, equipment ordering and inventory management.
Services to the Israeli military
General Electric provides engines that are used in Israel’s air and naval military forces, including T700-GE-701C engines in the UH-60 Black Hawk and the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters, F110-GE-129 engines for F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, the CH-53D/E engine in the CH-53 Heavy Lift helicopter, and T-700-GE-401C engines for the SH-60F Sea-Hawk helicopter. Additionally, a GE LM2500 gas turbine is used in Israel’s naval missile ship, Sa’ar 5.
The UH-60 Black Hawk, powered by General Electric engines, was used in dozens of sorties in the 2014 Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The AH-64 Apache helicopters took an active part in the Israeli military assaults on Gaza in 2008-2009 and in 2012. Apache helicopters were also used in attacks carried out on Beirut, Southern Lebanon, and the Rashidia Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, and during Israel’s 2006 aerial bombardment of Lebanon.
F-16 jets were used during Israel’s military assaults on Gaza in 2008-9 and 2014, including in the targeting civilians and civilian infrastructures and in attacks on homes and refugee camps. F-16 jets were also repeatedly used in 2018 to conduct airstrikes in Gaza, resulting in civilian deaths.
Sa’ar 5 missile ships were used by the Israeli Navy during the 2006 war on Lebanon and the 2008-9 assault on Gaza and are used to enforce the illegal naval siege of Gaza.
Additionally, the company supplies Israel directly with various equipment and services through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Foreign Military Sales program. It has provided Israel with gas turbines, jet engines, support services, aircraft propellers and components, a range of other engines, and other military accessories, and technical services to the engines in use by the Israeli military.
In July 2021, the U.S. State Department approved Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopters with Support and related equipment, which includes up to 60 of the company T408-GE-400 Engines for the Israeli Air Force. In 2016, the company provided SH-60F Sea Hawk Helicopters equipment through the U.S. Foreign Military Sale.
The director of the company's operations in Israel, Yom-Tov Samia, is a Major General in the reserves in the Israeli military, leading the activities of the energy sector, sales and maintenance of the power plants as well as the ancillary services that the company provides in Israel.
A US-based publicly traded multinational conglomerate company active in the fields of power, renewable energy, aviation and healthcare. The company's aviation division provides jet engines, components and integrated systems for military aircraft.
Wind farms in the Occupied Syrian Golan
The company provides wind turbines and maintenance services to two large wind energy projects in the occupied Syrian Golan, “Emek Habacha” and “Ruach Beresheet”, the largest renewable energy projects in Israel.
Ruach Beresheet Wind Farm
Ruach Beresheet (Wind of Genesis) wind farm is the largest renewable energy project in Israel. The project is built by Enlight Renewable Energy in an investment of NIS 1.25 billion and is located in Mount Peres (Tel el Farass) area in the occupied Syrian Golan. The project is established in partnership with the settlements of Yonatan, Alonei HaBashan, Ramat Magshimim, Mevo Hama, Natur, Kanaf, Avnei Eitan and Ma'ale Gamla.
The project consists of 39 wind turbines made by General Electric company, which is also responsible for the production, supply, transportation, hoisting, and running of the turbines at the project site. According to an agreement from 2021, General Electric is to provide operation and maintenance services for the turbines for 20 years. As of June 2021, 20 turbine bases have been built.
The project includes the construction and expansion of 35 km of roads and a high-voltage line that will include optical fibers that will be spread across the Golan and will enable high-speed Internet for the settlements in the area.
About 35% of the workers in the project are residents of the settlements. The project is expected to generate profit for local service providers in the areas of fuel services, food, hospitality, security and more.
The farm is expected to produce an annual electricity supply equivalent to the consumption of 60,000 Israeli households.
Emek Habacha Wind Farm
Emek Habacha wind farm is located in the occupied Syrian Golan. The project was developed by Enlight Renewable Energy in collaboration with 6 settlements in the Syrian Golan: Kidmat Zvi, Elrom, Alonei HaBashan, Odem, Neve Ativ and Ortal, and NIS 700 million was invested in its construction.
The project was inaugurated in March 2022 and consists of 34 wind turbines made by General Electric. The company employs electrical engineers and field Technicians on the wind farm which provide maintenance services, management and training of subcontractors, purchase orders and work with suppliers, equipment ordering and inventory management.
Services to the Israeli military
General Electric provides engines that are used in Israel’s air and naval military forces, including T700-GE-701C engines in the UH-60 Black Hawk and the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters, F110-GE-129 engines for F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, the CH-53D/E engine in the CH-53 Heavy Lift helicopter, and T-700-GE-401C engines for the SH-60F Sea-Hawk helicopter. Additionally, a GE LM2500 gas turbine is used in Israel’s naval missile ship, Sa’ar 5.
The UH-60 Black Hawk, powered by General Electric engines, was used in dozens of sorties in the 2014 Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The AH-64 Apache helicopters took an active part in the Israeli military assaults on Gaza in 2008-2009 and in 2012. Apache helicopters were also used in attacks carried out on Beirut, Southern Lebanon, and the Rashidia Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, and during Israel’s 2006 aerial bombardment of Lebanon.
F-16 jets were used during Israel’s military assaults on Gaza in 2008-9 and 2014, including in the targeting civilians and civilian infrastructures and in attacks on homes and refugee camps. F-16 jets were also repeatedly used in 2018 to conduct airstrikes in Gaza, resulting in civilian deaths.
Sa’ar 5 missile ships were used by the Israeli Navy during the 2006 war on Lebanon and the 2008-9 assault on Gaza and are used to enforce the illegal naval siege of Gaza.
Additionally, the company supplies Israel directly with various equipment and services through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Foreign Military Sales program. It has provided Israel with gas turbines, jet engines, support services, aircraft propellers and components, a range of other engines, and other military accessories, and technical services to the engines in use by the Israeli military.
In July 2021, the U.S. State Department approved Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopters with Support and related equipment, which includes up to 60 of the company T408-GE-400 Engines for the Israeli Air Force. In 2016, the company provided SH-60F Sea Hawk Helicopters equipment through the U.S. Foreign Military Sale.
The director of the company's operations in Israel, Yom-Tov Samia, is a Major General in the reserves in the Israeli military, leading the activities of the energy sector, sales and maintenance of the power plants as well as the ancillary services that the company provides in Israel.
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General Electric
Head office: 5 Necco Street, Boston, MA 02210, USA. Tel.: +1-(617)443-3000.
Israel office: Yigal Alon St. 98, Tel-Aviv 6789141, Israel
A US-based publicly traded multinational conglomerate company active in the fields of power, renewable energy, aviation and healthcare. The company's aviation division provides jet engines, components and integrated systems for military aircraft.
Wind farms in the Occupied Syrian Golan
The company provides wind turbines and maintenance services to two large wind energy projects in the occupied Syrian Golan, “Emek Habacha” and “Ruach Beresheet”, the largest renewable energy projects in Israel.
Ruach Beresheet Wind Farm
Ruach Beresheet (Wind of Genesis) wind farm is the largest renewable energy project in Israel. The project is built by Enlight Renewable Energy in an investment of NIS 1.25 billion and is located in Mount Peres (Tel el Farass) area in the occupied Syrian Golan. The project is established in partnership with the settlements of Yonatan, Alonei HaBashan, Ramat Magshimim, Mevo Hama, Natur, Kanaf, Avnei Eitan and Ma'ale Gamla.
The project consists of 39 wind turbines made by General Electric company, which is also responsible for the production, supply, transportation, hoisting, and running of the turbines at the project site. According to an agreement from 2021, General Electric is to provide operation and maintenance services for the turbines for 20 years. As of June 2021, 20 turbine bases have been built.
The project includes the construction and expansion of 35 km of roads and a high-voltage line that will include optical fibers that will be spread across the Golan and will enable high-speed Internet for the settlements in the area.
About 35% of the workers in the project are residents of the settlements. The project is expected to generate profit for local service providers in the areas of fuel services, food, hospitality, security and more.
The farm is expected to produce an annual electricity supply equivalent to the consumption of 60,000 Israeli households.
Emek Habacha Wind Farm
Emek Habacha wind farm is located in the occupied Syrian Golan. The project was developed by Enlight Renewable Energy in collaboration with 6 settlements in the Syrian Golan: Kidmat Zvi, Elrom, Alonei HaBashan, Odem, Neve Ativ and Ortal, and NIS 700 million was invested in its construction.
The project was inaugurated in March 2022 and consists of 34 wind turbines made by General Electric. The company employs electrical engineers and field Technicians on the wind farm which provide maintenance services, management and training of subcontractors, purchase orders and work with suppliers, equipment ordering and inventory management.
Services to the Israeli military
General Electric provides engines that are used in Israel’s air and naval military forces, including T700-GE-701C engines in the UH-60 Black Hawk and the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters, F110-GE-129 engines for F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, the CH-53D/E engine in the CH-53 Heavy Lift helicopter, and T-700-GE-401C engines for the SH-60F Sea-Hawk helicopter. Additionally, a GE LM2500 gas turbine is used in Israel’s naval missile ship, Sa’ar 5.
The UH-60 Black Hawk, powered by General Electric engines, was used in dozens of sorties in the 2014 Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The AH-64 Apache helicopters took an active part in the Israeli military assaults on Gaza in 2008-2009 and in 2012. Apache helicopters were also used in attacks carried out on Beirut, Southern Lebanon, and the Rashidia Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, and during Israel’s 2006 aerial bombardment of Lebanon.
F-16 jets were used during Israel’s military assaults on Gaza in 2008-9 and 2014, including in the targeting civilians and civilian infrastructures and in attacks on homes and refugee camps. F-16 jets were also repeatedly used in 2018 to conduct airstrikes in Gaza, resulting in civilian deaths.
Sa’ar 5 missile ships were used by the Israeli Navy during the 2006 war on Lebanon and the 2008-9 assault on Gaza and are used to enforce the illegal naval siege of Gaza.
Additionally, the company supplies Israel directly with various equipment and services through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Foreign Military Sales program. It has provided Israel with gas turbines, jet engines, support services, aircraft propellers and components, a range of other engines, and other military accessories, and technical services to the engines in use by the Israeli military.
In July 2021, the U.S. State Department approved Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopters with Support and related equipment, which includes up to 60 of the company T408-GE-400 Engines for the Israeli Air Force. In 2016, the company provided SH-60F Sea Hawk Helicopters equipment through the U.S. Foreign Military Sale.
The director of the company's operations in Israel, Yom-Tov Samia, is a Major General in the reserves in the Israeli military, leading the activities of the energy sector, sales and maintenance of the power plants as well as the ancillary services that the company provides in Israel.
Ownership
The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol: GE; and listed on the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Paris, the SIX Swiss Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Major shareholders include: T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Investment Management) (10.28%), The Vanguard Group, Inc. (7.27%), Capital Research & Management Co. (Global Investors) (7.01%), Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC (4.24%), BlackRock Fund Advisors (4%), SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (3.88%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.62%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (1.24%), Eagle Capital Management LLC (1.21%), Viking Global Investors LP (1.16%).
Chairman of the Board & CEO: H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.
Subsidiaries
The company has 132 fully-owned subsidiaries worldwide.
Israeli subsidiary: General Electric Energy Israel Ltd.(100%).
General Electric International Inc. (100%) is the company representative in Israel.
Partners
Enlight Renewable Energy, Microsoft, MRC Group, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Alliance Airline, Elekta, Ivenergy, Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), Lockheed Martin Global, Inc.
* This section refers to the company's general business partners
Company Response
January 4, 2023
The Who Profits Research Team
RE: General Electric
To Whom It May Concern:
I write you in response to your message addressed to General Electric (GE) regarding GE’s business relationships with Israel. Thank you for the detailed background information regarding this matter and for your thoughtful interest and engagement.
GE has a sincere commitment to integrity throughout our global organization, with a particular focus on respect for human rights. Our Human Rights Statement of Principles—which GE was among the first American companies to issue—is the cornerstone of our global program. Our code of conduct, The Spirit and The Letter, addresses the full spectrum of integrity and compliance issues across GE’s global value chain, including specific ethical expectations of clients and business partners in the areas of anti-bribery, human rights, safety, among others. For more information regarding our human rights program, please see our recently issued Human Rights Report.
GE has a comprehensive integrity program with all business partners which involves enhanced due diligence on our business partners including research conducted on corruption, money laundering, and an array of sustainability issues, including human rights. GE’s stringent due diligence process relies on internal and external inputs to assess the risks of doing business in certain jurisdictions, sectors and markets. Due diligence performed on our business partners heavily weighs in during our consideration on business transactions in addition to evaluating the benefits our equipment provides to local communities and citizens.
We also engage actively with external stakeholders to identify human rights risks throughout our value chain and to collaborate with peers, experts, and civil society groups to seek practical solutions. In that respect, GE is a founding member of the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, a cross-industry peer learning platform; a signatory to, and active member in, the UN Global Compact (including the Human Rights and Business Dilemmas Forum); and a member of the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment, a multi-stakeholder initiative to effect change in how vulnerable migrant workers are recruited and eliminate debt bondage. I invite you to learn more about our focus on sustainability at https://www.ge.com/sustainability.
It is against that backdrop that I respond to your request. Our business dealings in Israel are not excluded from any of the expectations or practices described above. While we actively engage with a broad array of stakeholders regarding our human rights program, as a matter of policy, we do not comment on specific business dealings or engagements with specific client governments outside of our press releases and what is publicly available. We can assure you, however, that our exports of all products are done in accordance with applicable law. GE serves customers in 170 countries that all have unique political systems and domestic complexities. We are committed to promoting human rights, diversity, and ethical practices within our operations and supply chain. We believe our engagement helps drive toward human progress through technological improvement, transparency, and workforce development.
GE is committed to tackling the world’s biggest challenges in leading the energy transition to provide and generate one-third of the world’s electricity to communities and developing the future of flight to improve fuel efficiency to transport people and resources around the world earlier, better, and faster. We will continue to do business across the world in line with our strong adherence to compliance and the rule of law.
Sincerely,
Tran Che
Global Human Rights Counsel
On behalf of the General Electric Company