General Motors Commits to Energy Conservation

GM global energy expenditures exceed one billion U.S. dollars annually. Both cost and environmental concerns make energy efficiency extremely important to us, and we focus on saving energy at all levels of GM operations. GM's global energy strategy continues to drive energy efficiency across our global operations.

GM’s Energy & Utility Services Group (EUSG) executes and coordinates energy policies and programs, and manages energy and utility operations at all GM facilities. The EUSG is one of four major Centers of Service in the GM Worldwide Facilities Group (WFG).

In 2007, GM achieved a 26.4% reduction in CO2 emissions from 2000-2007 and established another five-year target of an additional 8% reduction in CO2 emissions from 2005-2010. GM’s energy goal is based on an absolute reduction in BTUs, while the CO2 goal is based on an absolute reduction in tons of CO2 emissions. The only material greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from GM’s facilities is CO2.

The difference between GM’s CO2 target and the energy target is due to the various ways electricity is generated. Different generation methods, such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydro, have different emission factors for the varying amounts of CO2 these sources emit. CO2 emissions from GM’s purchased electricity equates to approximately 68% of GM’s CO2 global operations footprint. Therefore, GM continues to implement its global energy strategy with a goal to grow its "green power" purchases.

GM voluntarily reports its environmental performance with guidelines developed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). This includes performance metrics associated with GHG emissions.

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