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GE Real Estate’s Sustainability StrategyInspired by ecomagination Our Vision:

GE Real Estate aims to create value for shareholders and partners by strategically improving the environmental performance of every asset in which we invest.

As one of the world’s largest and most diversified real estate investors, our approach is analytic and focused on identifying environmental improvements that deliver strong financial returns.

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Our Commitment:

“As one of the world’s most diversified real

estate investors, improving the sustainability

of our buildings is both a responsibility and

an opportunity. We view the process of

increasing the environmental performance of

assets as another way to add value to our

portfolio, and commit to evaluate the

environmental performance of every asset in

which we invest”

-Ron Pressman, President & CEO

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� Way of conducting business, not an “initiative”

� Driver of NOI & value creation

� Focused effort to reduce environmental footprint of our assets

It is:

It isn’t:

Employee engagement:

� Mandate to use LEED/other regional green building certifications

� Directive to spend unwisely

� Tree hugging…we make money doing it!

� Embrace it as an operating model

� Openness to try new strategies

GECRE Global Sustainability Program

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Program Elements

Sustainable Strategies - PilotsIdentify and pilot innovative strategies & technologies to maximize value in sustainable, energy efficient buildings

Global Implementation

Sustainable Strategies – O&MIdentify and standardize operational best practices to improve building performance and operational efficiencies

Our business platforms with support from the Global Sustainability Group (GSG) are working to integrate sustainability into their business processes.

The lessons learned from these pilots guide the rollout of sustainability processes and practices across the global operations.

Arden | Australia | Canada | France | UK

Internal GreeningGECRE is committed to reducing the environmental impact of our own business operations by focusing on processes & operations, building systems, IT, and transportation

External OutreachStrengthen relationships with existing partners and develop new public and partnerships to promote sustainability in built environment

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Strategizealign with business

objectives

Analyze & Evaluateenvironmental& financial

impact

Prioritize& Pilot targeted

initiatives

Implementintegration,

global deployment

Monitor& Refine

measure, track & benchmark

Institute Strategic

procedures for Continuous

Improvements

Implementation