GM Resource Preservation

GM Resource Preservation
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Updates on how GM is helping to preserve natural resources and enhance habitats surrounding its facilities.

For more information on GM’s commitment to resource preservation, visit its sustainability report and environmental blog.

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Planting Roots for Our Future
Brushing off the wintery blues and shifting into the season of blooms, GM employees from our Toledo Transmission facility recently planted 700 trees at the site of The Battle of Fallen Timbers in Maumee, Ohio. The site is 120 acres of mostly vacant land destroyed by emerald ash borer beetles in recent...
Apr 18, 2014 9:25 AM ET
For Romulus Powertrain Employees, Environmentalism and Community Go Hand-in-Hand
Inside our plant in Romulus, Mich., GM employees are gearing up to build a new 10-speed transmission, sustaining their future in providing fuel efficient powertrains for new GM vehicles. Outside the facility and with the community, Romulus employees are building a more...
Apr 16, 2014 12:00 PM ET
Engine Facility Helps Drive GM Environmental Performance
Tom Mayer has an interesting job. He is the facility manager at GM’s Tonawanda Engine plant in New York. The three-building complex totaling 3.1 million square feet produces engines for the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, ...
Mar 3, 2014 1:05 PM ET
GM’s New York Plant Ready to Tackle the Next Storm
Many people who traveled past our Tonawanda, New York plant this past summer were wondering what, exactly, was taking shape on the front lawn. A swimming pool? A fish pond? None of the above: It’s a bio-retention area! Put simply, this new area will channel rain to prevent it from running off into surrounding parking lots and eventually into the Niagara River bordering the...
Jan 13, 2014 2:50 PM ET
GM Pollinator Garden Attracts Bees, Butterflies and Awards
Every child knows that bees pollinate flowers to produce honey, but most people would be surprised at how many other foods come from pollinators. One out of every three bites of food humans eat comes from a pollinator. The cup of coffee you drink in the morning, your favorite box of chocolates, the chestnuts roasting on an open fire – you can thank pollinators for all those things. With...
Dec 16, 2013 12:15 PM ET

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