• For the fifth year in a row, United Technologies Corp. has been named one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Launched in 2005 by Corporate Knights Inc. and Innovest Strategic Value Advisor Inc., the Global 100 includes companies from 15 countries and all economic sectors that effectively manage environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities compared to industry peers. UTC is one of 20 U.S. companies on the list this year.
• Charles W. Shivery, chairman, president and CEO of the Northeast Utilities System, will serve as chairman of the MetroHartford Alliance board of directors in 2009. Shivery succeeds Andy Bessette, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Travelers, who had served as board chair since 2006. Beginning their second year as board vice chairs are Yvon Alexandre, also chair of the Hartford Chamber board of directors, and Mickey Herbert, also chair of the Economic Development Council. Alexandre is owner of Vibz Uptown in Hartford and Herbert is president and CEO of ConnectiCare.
• Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced that over the past four months, state agencies have turned in more than 100 state vehicles as one part of the effort to reduce overall travel-related expenses by 10 percent. “Taking these vehicles off line saves the state approximately $41,000 every month,” Rell said during a tour of the state surplus garage in Wethersfield. “This is an encouraging start and efforts are well under way to trim the fleet by an additional 20 percent to comply with my executive order to further curb spending.” The state spent $21 million replacing vehicles last fiscal year and $15 million this fiscal year. There were 4,300 cars in the state fleet before the Governor issued her executive order.
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