Honeywell’s Anne Madden, Vice President, Corporate Development & Global Head of M&A, has been named one of the top females in the finance industry by Treasury & Risk magazine.

With more than 20 years of experience, Anne has led more than 100 acquisitions, divestitures, Joint Ventures, and strategic transactions as a corporate development officer and as an attorney.  Honeywell has completed over 70 acquisitions under her leadership that have resulted in more than $8 billion of incremental revenues from 2002 to 2011.

Anne has been a driving force in the development and execution of some of the company’s largest and most successful acquisitions globally and she has led the divestitures of key non-core assets, enabling the company to better optimize its portfolio and focus on its core businesses.  She led the redevelopment of the company’s M&A processes and program in 2002 and has been instrumental in numerous process improvements within the function, including the development of best practices for acquisition integration, divestiture preparation and execution, and joint venture structuring.

Read the full article on the Treasury & Risk website.

Honeywell Turbo Technologies, the leading global developer of automotive turbochargers, received the 2012 Automotive News PACE™ Award for its High Temperature, Ball Bearing (HTBB) VNT™ Turbo. The award recognizes Honeywell’s success in providing an industry first technology package, which consumers are looking for as fuel economy and vehicle performance continue to be primary purchase considerations at the dealership.

Daimler AG was the launch customer for this technology and worked closely with Honeywell to apply the HTBB Turbo after deciding in 2006 to re-engineer its 3.0L V6 diesel engine to meet future emissions standards in the U.S. and Europe. Debuting on the Mercedes-Benz E350 and R350 models, the new engine improved power and torque by 18 percent and 22 percent, respectively, while fuel economy improved by up to 21 percent with the HTBB technology from the  previous engine. The engine/turbo was subsequently introduced in its S-Class sedan and will eventually roll out across its full product line.

“We are honored to be recognized for our continued excellence in innovation with this prestigious award,” said Alex Ismail, president and CEO of Honeywell Transportation Systems. “Turbocharging continues to be the leading technology of choice for automakers developing environmentally-friendly vehicles by downsizing engines and still meeting consumers’ needs and preferences. Typically, a turbocharged engine can improve fuel economy from 20 percent to 40 percent in gasoline and diesel engines respectively from the larger naturally-aspirated engines they replace.”

Watch a video on the Ball Bearing (HTBB) VNT™ Turbo.

Honeywell Utility Solutions, part of the company’s Building Solutions business unit, was one of 15 companies and government agencies recently recognized by Governor Neil Abercrombie at the 2012 Hawaii Green Business Awards ceremony in Honolulu.  

Through the Hawaii Energy “Go Green” program, Honeywell helps Hawaii consumers qualify for incentives by installing solar water heaters or taking other energy efficiency measures. At its own local offices, the company provides subsidized bus passes to employees, eliminated the use of all plastic utensils, and buys only recycled paper products.

This the second year Honeywell has received this award, reaffirming its commitment to help Hawaii reach the goal of 70 percent clean energy by 2030.

See additional information on Honeywell's sustainability and conservation efforts in Hawaii. And read more about Honeywell’s utility- and smart grid-focused work.

On Tuesday, April 10, Mark James, Honeywell’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Communications, accepted the 2011 North American Top Company for Leaders Award from Aon Hewitt representatives at the Larry Bossidy Learning Center on Honeywell’s Morristown, N.J. campus. 

Honeywell was listed as a 2011 North American Top Company for Leaders based on a study conducted by Aon Hewitt, The RBL Group, and FORTUNE magazine.  The annual recognition is designed to recognize programs that are aligned with business goals, have an intense focus on talent, and are deliberate about hiring, coaching, developing and rewarding success. The winners were named based on criteria including strength of leadership practices and culture, examples of leader development on a global scale, impact of leadership in communities in which they operate, business performance, and company reputation.

Learn more about Honeywell's award

For almost a decade, Honeywell and Fort Bragg, one of the largest military installations in the world, and home to more than 40,000 U.S. soldiers and their families, have worked to reduce campus-wide energy use and mitigate operating costs. In February, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the organizations for their efforts with the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award. Fort Bragg was one of two Department of Defense installations to receive this honor.

The Fayetteville, N.C plant is powered by a combustion turbine-generator that produces up to 5 megawatts of electricity. Waste heat from the turbine is recovered to create nearly 27,000 pounds of steam per hour, which is then used to meet the post’s heating and hot-water needs.  This has helped to significantly increase energy efficiency at Fort Bragg and reduced reliance on the local utility grid, consuming 18 percent less fuel than a conventional system and an estimated 12,300 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, which is equivalent to removing 2,400 cars from the road, according to figures from the EPA. It has also reduced the post’s energy costs by an estimated $1 million annually.

According to Fortune’s website, its survey partners at Hay Group started with approximately 1,400 companies, sorted the companies by industry then selected the 15 largest for each international industry and the 10 largest for each U.S. industry. A overall total of 698 companies from 32 countries were surveyed.

To create the 58 industry-specific lists, Hay asked executives, directors, and analysts to rate companies in their own industry on nine criteria, from investment value to social responsibility.

Results are featured in the March magazine edition.

Visit FORTUNE’s website for more information.

Honeywell received the Solomon P. Ortiz Scholarship Endowment recognition award by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) for its unrelenting support of the Endowment and the organization’s mission to develop the next generation of Latino leaders.  Acknowledging the demand for young Latino professionals, Honeywell’s partnership with the CHCI has helped ensure career success and has put thousands of young people on a pathway to achieving their professional goals.

CHCI was created in 1978 with the vision of bringing the promise of the American Dream to the next generation of Latinos. More than 30 years later their dream remains embedded in CHCI’s programs, which today count with more than 5,400 alumni across the country who are Latino leaders in all sectors – public, private, and nonprofit.

Read more about the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

Honeywell Chairman and CEO Dave Cote received the Distinguished Service Award from the Tax Foundation at its 74th Annual Dinner held in Washington, D.C.

The Tax Foundation is a nonpartisan research organization that has monitored fiscal policy at the federal, state, and local levels since 1937. Since 1941, the Tax Foundation has awarded the Distinguished Service Award to a wide range of tax professionals, elected officials, and business leaders, including Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA), Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III, Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Cote, a member of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, has been an advocate of an American Competitiveness agenda that would alleviate the national deficit and create jobs.

“It’s important for all of us to let our politicians know that we want to compete, that we still know how, and that we just need the tools to do it,” said Cote. “By addressing debt and taxes, energy policy, math and science education, infrastructure, free trade, and tort reform we can have the tools we need to create a dynamic, fair economic environment where our country and our people can continue winning.  It’s a question of do we still have the political will to do the hard things required in life?  We can do it.  We need government to work together and enable it.  We just need the tools.”

Read more about the award.

Honeywell was named one of the Top 100 Global Innovators by Thomson Reuters. The proprietary program recognizes the 100 most innovative companies in the world, according to a series of patent-related metrics.

Honeywell’s more than 32,000 patents or patent pending applications worldwide are helping the company innovate technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macro trends such as safety, security, energy, and globalization.

According to the Thomson Reuters website, “The Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100 Global Innovators are companies that invent on a significant scale; are working on developments which are acknowledged as innovative by patent offices across the world, and by their peers; and, whose inventions are so important that they seek global protection for them.”

For more information, visit the Global Innovators website.

Honeywell has been listed as a 2011 North American Top Company for Leaders, based on a study conducted by Aon Hewitt, The RBL Group, and FORTUNE magazine.

The winners were named and ranked based on criteria including strength of leadership practices and culture, examples of leader development on a global scale, impact of leadership in communities in which they operate, business performance, and company reputation.

“Honeywell hires the best, offers challenging work and competitive benefits, rewards performance, and provides leadership development tools that drive our performance-based culture,” said Mark James, Honeywell’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Communications. “We have a very strong executive management team and terrific bench strength, enabling us to execute seamless succession when necessary. Honeywell has a long track record of strong financial performance, through both good and bad economic times, resulting from our leaders’ commitment to delivering on both growth and productivity.”

For more information, read the press release, view the FORTUNE list of regional rankings, or download a copy of the study.