Successful businesses improve the human condition. UTC supports a broad range of community activities and focuses efforts on math and science education, the environment and the arts and culture. In addition, we encourage employees to be involved in their communities and support and celebrate these activities through our matching gift program.

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2008 Performance

Key Performance Indicators

       

Doing good where we live and work

UTC supports the communities where our employees live and work and we encourage and celebrate our employees' active roles in these communities. In 2008, UTC made contributions to non-profit organizations in 39 countries. Highlights of our top programs are noted below:

• Environment: UTC has more than 16,000 employees in China, so when the earthquake hit China’s Sichuan province in May, UTC along with our employees donated $1.5 million in cash and in-kind goods and services to support victims. Through our relationship with Conservation International, we also are supporting reforestation of damaged land in Xiaozhaizigou Nature Reserve in this province.
• Math & Science Education: With UTC's support, Junior Achievement relaunched its fifth grade curriculum to include science, technology, engineering and math skills, which will reach 600,000 students annually. We hope the three-year, $1.6 million program will inspire more students to seek out careers in science, engineering and finance.
• Arts & Culture: UTC donated $1.8 million in support of the new American Wing being constructed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  The use of UTC products throughout the building will help the Museum achieve energy efficiency while ensuring that its irreplaceable collection, requiring control of climate, temperature, and light, is carefully protected.  The new wing will house the Americas collection, from prehistoric Native America art to 20th century works. 

UTC has a rich history of philanthropy, dating to the mid-1970s when United Aircraft acquired Carrier Corporation and Otis Elevator Company and became United Technologies. Early philanthropy focused on our home state of Connecticut and on funding the arts nationally and internationally. We’ve always had a robust employee volunteer program, which provides employees the opportunity share their time with local non-profit organizations.

In the intervening years, our philanthropy evolved to encompass arts and culture, math and science education, and the environment. It also has become broader and more global in scope. Our volunteerism has grown as well, with employees in the United States donating more than 70,000 hours last year.

For four years, UTC has sought independent feedback on our corporate responsibility reporting. We actively seek input from our stakeholders and we use the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes social dimension score as our benchmark for measuring our community performance.