Employee Volunteerism and Involvement
Consistent with our corporate principles, we encourage all UTC employees to become involved in their local communities. Each year, our Connecticut-based employees alone spend more than 50,000 hours volunteering their time and expertise to their communities and nonprofit organizations.
   Hartford-area employees volunteer at five signature events through the year: FIRST Robotics UTC New England Regional Competition, Special Olympics, the United Way Day of Caring, The United Technologies Greater Hartford Marathon, and United Technologies Symphony On Ice™. Our contributions to two of these signature events were especially noteworthy in 2004:

FIRST Robotics
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) combines UTC’s dedication to math and science education, and our engineering expertise. In 2004 UTC sponsored 16 teams of high school students to build robots and celebrated six years of sponsorship of the UTC New England Regional Competition.

Special Olympics
In 2004 UTC celebrated its 27th year of partnership with Special Olympics Connecticut. As a title sponsor of the state Summer Games, UTC supports Special Olympics Connecticut with more than 2,000 volunteers and $100,000 annually.

In addition to our signature events, UTC uses volunteering in small groups as a team-building and employee fulfillment tool. For example:

Trust for Public Land
UTC employees use their skills and expertise to provide the Trust for Public Land with environmental pro bono services throughout the northeastern United States, contributing to the preservation of parks and green space.

Habitat for Humanity
Nationally, Carrier helps families in need by financially sponsoring new homes, donating heating equipment and providing volunteers to complete projects. To date, Carrier has donated more than $1.8 million and Carrier employees have contributed more than 15,000 volunteer hours.

Awards and Recognition

We were recognized internationally by numerous organizations in 2004 for our corporate responsibility activities. Some of these include: + UTC was named the “Most Admired” U.S. company in the aerospace industry by   Fortune magazine. It was the fourth consecutive year that we have received the   honor. + UTC was again named to the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes   that recognize the top 10 percent of companies from more than 60 industries and   24 countries that are leaders in the area of corporate sustainability. We have been   included every year since the indexes began in 1999.   + Hamilton Sundstrand and Sikorsky earned GreenCircle awards from the Connecticut   Department of Environmental Protection for reduced energy consumption, solvent   usage and air emissions. + In the U.K., Chubb Security Personnel won the Occupational Health & Safety Award   from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents for its work at British   Nuclear Fuels in Cambria. + In 2004 Carrier LG Korea received one of four Outstanding Performance Awards in   Occupational Health and Safety from the Korean Occupational Safety and Health   Administration. + Pratt & Whitney earned the 2004 Georgia Safety, Health and Environmental   Commissioner’s Award for its pollution prevention and 2 million hours without a   lost-time injury.