当全球最重要、最富创新精神和最受人尊敬的公司之一—通用电气公司宣布将通过实施采用有利于环境的技术的新主张和承诺限制其自身的温室气体排放，而成为一家“绿色”公司时，就引发了这一领域的最重大突破。
The most dramatic breakthrough of this kind occurred when General Electric, one of the world’s most important, innovative, and respected companies, announced that it was going “green” with a major new corporate focus on environmentally sound technologies and a commitment to limit its own greenhouse gas emissions.