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Our Communities
Focusing our Philanthropy on Global Priorities
We believe that successful businesses improve the
human condition. We pursue this goal through our
business processes and products and also in how we
interact with local communities around the world.
In 2006, we mapped our stakeholders, defined their
priorities and consolidated our community outreach
efforts. We will now focus our efforts on developing
the next generation of engineers, researchers and finance
professionals; keeping our environment clean and safe;
and promoting excellence through the arts.
Our business units will pursue these goals in local
communities around the world where they have
employees, facilities and customers, while corporate
headquarters takes responsibility for cross-business,
national and international community relationships.
This structure, combined with our focus on the priorities
listed above, will generate better results for the company
and the community.
To encourage appreciation of math, science and
engineering, we invest our resources and employees
volunteer their time in programs such as FIRST Robotics, a U.S. contest for high school students.
Grants made by our Sustainable Cities program
support Habitat for Humanity and Global Green USA
in bringing green building practices to affordable
housing. Through our relationship with the Habitat
for Humanity and Operation Save-a-Life programs, we
also provide heating and cooling equipment, smoke
detectors and carbon monoxide alarms to low-income
families. In 2006, we sponsored “Cities in Transition,”
a multicity photographic exploration of changing urban
environments. Americans for the Arts recognized our
long-term support of the arts by giving UTC its 2006
Corporate Citizen for the Arts award.
To support employee priorities, we run workplace
campaigns for United Way and match charitable
gifts made by U.S.-based employees.
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