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Awards, Certifications, Affiliations


Awards, Certifications, Affiliations

Honeywell is a member of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, an organization of business, climate, and environmental groups that works with the federal government and other stakeholders to support policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In July 2009, Honeywell received a "Green Award" from the City of Jersey City and the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency in recognition of our effort in the development of the Bayfront plan, a vibrant new "Live-Work-Play" community planned for the city's west side. The Bayfront plan also was the recipient of the Smart Growth Award from the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association in October 2008.

We received the Best Workplace for Recycling and Waste Reduction in 2009 from the King County Solid Waste Department in Seattle, Washington.

Honeywell participates in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Leaders program. Climate Leaders is a public-private partnership that works to measure progress toward reaching corporate greenhouse gas reduction commitments.

In December 2007, we joined the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), a voluntary, legally binding trading system, which offers members the opportunity to monetize reductions in greenhouse gases that are below established targets.

Honeywell's Specialty Materials business is a participant in the Responsible Care® program of the American Chemistry Council, a voluntary program to achieve improvement in environmental, health and safety performance beyond levels required by the U.S. government. The initiative has resulted in "emissions reductions of 70 percent and a worker safety record that is four times better than the average U.S. manufacturing sector." (American Chemistry Council website).

We are a sponsor of a report published in November 2007 by McKinsey & Company and The Conference Board titled Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost? The report is a detailed analysis of 250 opportunities for reducing greenhouse gases. It concludes that the United States could reduce greenhouse gas emissions at manageable costs using proven and emerging high-potential technologies.

On June 21, 2007, Honeywell Chairman and CEO Dave Cote was recognized by the Foreign Policy Association with its Corporate Social Responsibility Award for the company's Honeywell Hometown Solutions (HHS) initiative. The award is presented to an individual or company that demonstrates leadership and vision in tackling community problems on a global scale. Since 2004, HHS programs have received 43 awards for corporate social responsibility and cause marketing.

In May 2007 the American Chemistry Council (ACC) honored Maria Krysa, the Global Leader of Health, Safety, and Environmental Management Systems for Honeywell Specialty Materials, as 2007 Responsible Care Leader of the Year. The award is given to those who provide exceptional leadership in achieving improvement in environmental, health and safety performance beyond levels required by the U.S. government.

On May 16, 2007, Honeywell joined former President Bill Clinton and mayors of the world's largest cities to announce a global Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program, a project of the Clinton Climate Initiative. The program is a global effort to help cities around the world improve the energy efficiency of buildings and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Buildings are a major global consumer of energy and Honeywell is working with participating cities to identify and implement conservation opportunities in their facilities.

Generating a new source of sustainable energy, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and Honeywell began harvesting shrub willows in Central New York State on January 31, 2007. ESF President, Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr. said, "We, at ESF, are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Honeywell on this innovative and sustainable biomass project." The shrub willows were planted in the spring 2004 as part of a pilot project to develop a living cover for the Solvay Settling Basin in Camillus, which is near Syracuse. More than 35,000 willows have been planted. Each shrub can be harvested every three years, at least seven times before replanting. The shrubs are processed into wood chips and sent to Lyonsdale Biomass in Lyons Falls, N.Y., where electric power and steam is produced by burning the willow chips.

Honeywell received the Scottish Engineering Safety Award for 2006 for a lower incidence rate at its site in Newhouse, Scotland, than the industry average as specified by the Scottish Engineering Health and Safety Executive.

Honeywell Aerospace was awarded New Mexico's highest safety and health honor - the "Zia Star" in October 2006 as part of the New Mexico Environment Department Occupational Health and Safety Bureau's Voluntary Protection Program.

Honeywell's plant in Freeport, Illinois, received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) award in June 2006, for its outstanding accomplishments in the National Partnership for Environmental Priorities program as a result of reducing the use of mercury, lead and chromic acid in plant operations. At the award's ceremony EPA's assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response said the reduction of mercury is "worthy of national attention" and that Honeywell's volunteering to enter the program was "collaboration instead of command and control."

In 2006, the Puerto Rico Manufacturing Association awarded Honeywell Puerto Rico a Distinguished Safety Performance Award and a Meritorious Improvement Award for safety performance in 2005. The Distinguished Performance Award is granted to companies that achieve a recordable injury frequency rate of 90% below the national average for the professional/technical services industry. The Meritorious Safety Award is granted to companies that have achieved a reduction of 25% or more of recordable injury and illness compared to the previous year.

In February 2006, the company received the New Jersey State Safety Council's highest award, the Beacon of Safety Award, for outstanding continuous commitment to safety.

Gent by Honeywell, based in Leicester UK, has been awarded the prestigious RoSPA Gold Occupational Health & Safety award for 2006. The RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards are given to companies that have good health and safety management systems in place. They are sponsored by The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety & Health, the leading UK health and safety professional examining body.

Two Honeywell Aerospace businesses in Tucson, Arizona, received the 2006 Best Workplace for Commuters Award from EPA and the Pima Association of Governments. Award selection criteria included the businesses' efforts to provide multiple commuting opportunities to employees, as well as employee participation in annual survey and transportation programs. The businesses also received the award in 2005.

A Honeywell site in Chihuahua, Mexico, scored 100 points of out 100 points, earning the prestigious Chihuahua Ecology Award. Abelardo Ayala, Honeywell Operations leader, was on hand to receive the award from Mexican President Vincent Fox and Chihuahua State Governor Jose Reyes in June 2006.

Two Honeywell businesses in Mexicali, Mexico, were recognized for exceptional performance in 2006, receiving the "Environmentally High Performance Program" recognition from the Mexican Environmental Protection Agency (State). The awards were based on waste reduction achievements.

In 2005 and 2006 Honeywell received the Governor's Award of Honor in Minnesota, the state's highest award in Occupational Safety, from the Minnesota Safety Council. Judging criteria was based on exceptional accomplishments in reduction of OSHA recordable incidences over a three-year period, as well as responses to screening questions regarding operational safety efforts.

In September 2005, the Honeywell Turbo plant in Mexicali, Mexico, was recognized by the Government of the State of Baja California and the Department of Ecology for its outstanding effort and results protecting the environment. The Mexicali plant was able to reduce its coolant waste by more than 280,000 liters since 2004.

In April 2005, Honeywell received the Leader in Industrial Waste Reduction Award in Redmond, Washington, for its efforts to voluntarily implement innovative pollution prevention strategies, significantly updating its pretreatment equipment and methods, and significantly reducing the amount of industrial waste being discharged to the county water system. Honeywell was the Industrial Waste program's 2003 EnvirOvation Award winner.

In January 2005, Honeywell received the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) "Project of the Year" award for 2004 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an innovative landfill gas recovery initiative. The reduction in carbon dioxide air emissions over the life of the project will be equivalent to planting 5,544 square miles of trees. The award was presented to Honeywell in partnership with Enerdyne Power Systems and Waste Management, Inc.

Honeywell's Consumer Products Group site in Newquay, UK, was awarded the 2005 Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council for outstanding results in health and safety. This was the 5th time the site achieved this prestigious accolade.

In Phoenix, Arizona, Honeywell received an award from the City of Phoenix for 100% Compliance with 2005 Pretreatment Requirements. The facility also received a special Environmental Excellence Award for 10 years of 100% Compliance with the federal Clean Water Act and the Industrial User Discharge Requirements.

Honeywell received the 2005 Hard Rock Reclamation Award for outstanding Voluntary Mine Reclamation at the Burlington Mine in Jamestown, Colorado. The award was given by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board and Colorado Mining Association.

In Urbana, Ohio, we were acknowledged by the Springfield-Clark County Safety Council and the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Division of Safety & Hygiene with a Group Award for operating with the lowest incident rate in the safety council for 2005 and a Special Award for working in excess of four million hours without a lost workday injury.

Honeywell Golden Valley, Minnesota, site received the Governor's Award of Honor in Occupational Safety for its achievements during 2005. The Award of Honor is the highest of three award levels presented at the Annual Minnesota Safety & Health Conference and recognizes exceptional accomplishments in reduction of injuries and illnesses in the workplace. This was the fourth year in a row that the Golden Valley site was recognized. Past awards include the Meritorious Achievement Award for better than average performance in incident rates and the Outstanding Achievement Award.

Honeywell in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom received the 2005 RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) highest honor, the Gold Health & Safety Award. The award recognizes excellence in health and safety performance by private and public sector organizations. Prior to an entry being accepted, a review is performed by a panel of industry, trade union, HSE, and professional safety organizations. Award criteria included accident/incident performance, leadership commitment, and HSE management systems integration. Over the last four years, the location has won a bronze, silver, and now two gold awards.

Honeywell also received the 2005 British Safety Council International Safety Award for work at the Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch, Dorset, United Kingdom. Only companies who achieve accident incidence rates which are better than the industry average for their sector are eligible to apply for this award. A review was performed of the location's safety policies, safety plans, and the health and safety officers' qualifications. Winners must demonstrate a high level of commitment to safety and health by the location, in addition to identifying improvement efforts for the Observation Program to demonstrate improvement efforts.

Honeywell Canada was selected for the Work Safe Alberta 2004 Best Safety Performer Awards for exceptional performance in workplace health and safety.

In Chennai, India, Honeywell's Electronic Devices and Systems business received the national Tamil Nadu State Safety Award for an outstanding safety record in 2003.

In addition, more than 120 of the company's facilities have earned health, safety and environmental certifications from widely-recognized external bodies. By certifying our facilities, these third parties have recognized our health, safety and environmental performance. Those certifications include ISO 14001, OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), OSHAS 18001 and the European Union's Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).

Building on a tradition of corporate citizenship that spans more than a century, Honeywell Hometown Solutions focuses Honeywell's community outreach efforts on four issues of vital importance: Family Safety and Security; Housing and Shelter; Science and Math Education; and Humanitarian Relief.

Together with leading public and non-profit institutions, Honeywell has developed powerful programs to address these needs in the communities it serves. Honeywell partners with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to promote child safety; Rebuilding Together on revitalization projects for low-income homeowners; and NASA, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and Presidential Classroom to inspire the next generation of scientist and engineers.

Science and Math:
Honeywell's programs inspire students to study science, technology, engineering and math fields at middle schools, high schools and universities around the world. Honeywell's science and math education programs have reached more than 230,000 students and teachers in 47 countries and 50 states.

Family Safety and Security:
Together with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Honeywell has created Got 2B Safe! Think Smart and Take Charge, an abduction-prevention program that has been distributed to every elementary school in America, 72,000 schools. Honeywell has also partnered with Safe Kids in China and Canadian Centre for Child Protection in Canada to promote child safety.

Housing and Shelter:
Honeywell works with Rebuilding Together to improve living conditions for low-income families in communities across America. To date, 4,500 Honeywell employees have helped rebuild more than 170 homes and community centers.

Humanitarian Relief:
When a natural disaster strikes, the Honeywell Humanitarian Relief Fund delivers immediate assistance to Honeywell employees and communities to help those whose lives have been disrupted. Since 2003, the Honeywell Humanitarian Relief Fund has provided relief to Southeast Asia, the U.S. Gulf Coast, Pakistan, Mexico and Oman to help these communities rebuild and recover - one home, one family, one employee at a time.

Highlights include:

The U.S. Department of Justice recognized Honeywell with the 2005 Corporate Leadership Award for its partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Got 2B Safe! program.
Honeywell's recent awards include: 2009 PR Week Global Campaign of the Year for the Honeywell-Nobel Initiative; 2008 PRSA's Silver Anvil Award for Got 2B Safe!, two-time winner of the 2007 and 2008 Gold SABRE Award Multi-Country Program for the Honeywell-Nobel Initiative.
FMA Live! has reached more than 218,000 students from nearly 639 schools in 46 states and Canada to inspire their interest in the sciences.
Since its inception in 2004, 1,180 teachers have graduated from the award-winning Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy program.
Since 2005, 1,105 students from 31 countries and 31 U.S. states have participated in the Honeywell Scholars at Presidential Classroom program to get a behind-the-scenes look at the inter-relationships of science, technology and public policy.