General Motors World Headquarters

About the Program
The General Motors World Headquarters program is operated in Detroit, Michigan, by the General Motors Company. The project sites are situated in and around the headquarters facility buildings, by the bank of the Detroit River in downtown Detroit. The area containing projects covers several acres; the RiverWalk leisure and nature area, managed by a conservancy group, and a state park with wetlands neighbor the site. As the headquarters receive many visitors, on-site projects are used as educational tools to increase visitor and employee awareness of local conservation issues, including the importance of pollinators, bats and wetland restoration.

Practices and Impacts

• The team planted and maintains a pollinator garden on-site. Species planted include butterfly bush and cardinal flower. The team monitors the pollinator garden for plant health and pollinator use.
• The team installed two bat houses on site to attract native bat species.
• A variety of educational events (such as butterfly releases) and tours, aimed at increasing community awareness and engagement in conservation, take place throughout the year, reaching a large number of participants.
• Events are of interest to children and adults and cover subject areas such as bats, pollinators and local wetlands, topics linked to other projects at the site operated by the team.