2030 Goals
Our sustainability strategy has five key elements. For each element, we have established a primary metric and a 2030 goal. We have also identified additional factors that will help us to advance our sustainability vision.
Essential Workers
HEALTH & SAFETY
Improve our safety performance, reducing our Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR), a measure of recordable incidents compared to hours worked
- Adhering to our Core Values of service, trust, responsibility, integrity, continuous improvement, and teamwork
- Enhancing employee engagement and improving employee retention
- Advancing workplace diversity and fostering a culture of inclusion
Materials Management
RESOURCE SOLUTIONS
Grow our Resource Solutions business to reduce, reuse, or recycle over 2.000 million tons of solid waste materials per year by 2030
- Supporting circular economy innovation
- Increasing renewable energy production
- Celebrating customer achievements through our Sustainability Leadership Awards
Sustainable Operations
FUEL EFFICIENCY
Improve our fuel efficiency, reducing our Gigajoules (GJ) of fuel consumed per ton of waste and recycling collected by 20% below a 2019 baseline
- Pursuing alternative fuel vehicle pilots
- Advancing our environmental compliance programs
Climate Leadership
GHG EMISSIONS
Further reduce our carbon footprint, measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) from scopes 1 and 2 with a 2010 baseline
- Increasing the net climate benefit we achieve through recycling, renewable energy, and carbon sequestration
- Preparing and adapting for the effects of climate change through planning and resilience
Community Engagement
COMMUNITY GIVING
Increase our community giving, including charitable donations, in-kind services, and local community sponsorships
- Serving our communities through employee volunteering
- Providing educational outreach to help advance our vision for sustainable materials management