Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
• Resource Recovery
• Operational Efficiency
• Employee Safety and Well-being
• Community Investment
• Diversity and Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

• Avoided 3,153,304 tonnes CO2e of GHG emissions through recycling, composting, and landfill gas-to-energy.
• Recycled 244,000,000 litres of used motor oil and antifreeze.
• Diverted 1,169,370 tonnes of materials from landfills.
• Recycled 3,700,000 tonnes of soil.
• Generated 30,548 MWh of electricity from landfill gas-to-energy.

Social Achievements

• Launched the "Women in Waste" program to encourage women's advancement.
• Launched the "Full Circle Project" to support local charities, contributing $492,943 in 2019.
• Maintained a focus on employee safety with a goal of zero injuries.

Governance Achievements

• Implemented a centrally coordinated Environmental Management System (EMS).
• Executive leadership team is 40% women.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Meeting evolving customer needs and expectations for sustainable solutions.
• Managing GHG emissions from operations.

Mitigation Strategies

• Investing in CNG vehicles and infrastructure.
• Developing a re-refinery facility for used motor oil.
• Improving material recovery facilities (MRFs) with advanced technologies.
• Expanding organics processing facilities.
• Implementing sustainability value initiatives (SVIs).

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Recycled soil products
• Compost products

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Mitigation and Resiliency
• Recycling and Resource Recovery
• Health and Safety
• Employee Well-being
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
• Community Development
• Governance
• Human Rights
• Labor Practices
• Supplier Expectations
• Business Ethics

Environmental Achievements

• Avoided or sequestered over 12 million tonnes of GHG emissions (as CO2e) for customers, a 52% increase from 2020.
• Improved TRIR by more than 12% from 2020 to 2021.
• Recovered over 5.7 million MMBtu of landfill gas for beneficial use.
• Managed over 2 million tonnes of soil at soil remediation facilities.

Social Achievements

• Launched a new advanced technology-based Safety Enterprise Management System (SEMS).
• Implemented a living wage assessment system.
• Contributed $1.3 million in charitable giving, with $1 million from the Full Circle Project.
• Developed a multi-year Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEI&B) strategy and roadmap.

Governance Achievements

• Established a Sustainability Governance Structure with Board-level oversight.
• Implemented a 3-year plan to prepare a standalone TCFD report.
• Tied 20% of incentive compensation for five named executive officers to non-financial metrics (health and safety, environmental sustainability, and diversity).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Increasing GHG emissions from landfills due to waste degradation and acquisitions.
• Need to reduce fugitive landfill gas emissions.
• Need to increase the percentage of alternative fuel vehicles in the fleet.

Mitigation Strategies

• Improved gas capture at landfills.
• Investing in RNG projects.
• Replacing diesel vehicles with CNG and alternative fuel vehicles.
• Using 100% renewable electricity at facilities by 2030.
• Participating in tests of next-generation surface emission monitoring tools.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Commitment to complete audits for 100 critical tier 1 suppliers by 2025

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier Code of Conduct requiring environmental compliance and alignment with GFL's Code of Ethics

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather events (Hurricanes Fiona and Ian)

Opportunities

• Development of RNG projects
• Increased demand for sustainable solutions

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, TCFD, UN SDGs

Certifications: ISO 14001 (modelled after)

Third-party Assurance: Independent third party

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)
• 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
• 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)
• 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)
• 13 (Climate Action)

Goals and commitments aligned with UN SDGs as detailed in Appendix.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• RNG
• Recycled materials from MRFs
• Bioremediation of contaminated soils

Awards & Recognition

• 2022 Recycling Facility of the Year (Arrow Road MRF)
• Gainesville, Florida solid waste collection contract (largest single-site BEV-serviced waste contract in North America)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Circular Economy
• Employee Well-being and Diversity
• Community Engagement
• Safety

Environmental Achievements

• Increased beneficial use of soils by almost 90% to ~4 million tonnes
• Increased volume of organics managed by 70%
• Commissioned a new 110,000 tonne per year material recovery facility (MRF) in Pontiac, Michigan
• Construction of 2,500,000 MMBtu RNG facility at Arbor Hills Landfill (completed Q3 2023)
• 1,235 tonnes of GHG emissions avoided (as CO2e) per million dollars of sales

Social Achievements

• Increased total number of women employees by 5.5% year-over-year to 17.4%
• Increased percentage of women in top management by 9% year-over-year to 23.1%
• Lowered Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) by 17.9% year-over-year to 3.2
• $1,495,160 in Full Circle Project Donations
• Named a 2023 Top Company for Women to Work For in Transportation

Governance Achievements

• Implemented enhanced Safety Environmental Management System (SEMS)
• Hired GFL's first Director of DEI&B
• Developed corporate-wide Employee Engagement Survey (to be conducted by 2025)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Supply chain disruptions
• Increased GHG emissions due to acquisitions (net of divestitures)

Mitigation Strategies

• Investments in recycling and organic waste processing assets, landfill gas collection systems, alternative fuel vehicles, and landfill beneficial gas processing systems
• Improved tracking of emissions from landfills
• Implementation of a utility bill management system to improve data on electricity usage

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities

• Renewable natural gas projects

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, CDP, TCFD, UN SDGs

Third-party Assurance: Limited third-party assurance for scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions

Awards & Recognition

• 2022 Recycling Facility of the Year
• 2022 America's Safest Companies (Environmental Services Division)
• 2023 SEAL Environmental Initiative Award
• 2022 Carbon Clean 200
• 2023 Best 50 Corporate Citizens
• 2023 Canada's Most Admired™ CEOs

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Circular Economy
• Climate Leadership
• Team Green (Employee initiatives)
• Environmental Stewardship
• Community Engagement

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced scope 1 and 2 emissions by 5% from 2021 base year emissions.
• Recalculated base year (2021) scope 1 emissions to ensure consistency.
• Increased GHG emissions reduction target to 30% absolute reduction by 2030.
• Added 4 renewable energy facilities to portfolio.
• Beneficially used 3.8 million MMBtu of landfill gas.
• Avoided and sequestered 12 million tonnes of GHG emissions (as CO2e).
• Processed and recycled over 3 million tonnes of soil, more than 300 million litres of used motor oil and antifreeze, and treated over 1 billion litres of wastewater.

Social Achievements

• 4.5% increase in women in workforce.
• 27% increase in women in management positions.
• Launched four Women in Waste chapters in Canada and the U.S.
• Reduced voluntary turnover from 26.2% in 2022 to just above 20%.
• Provided over $2.8 million in donations through the Full Circle Project.
• Launched Green Leaf Scholars program, awarding 25 scholarships totaling over $75,000.

Governance Achievements

• Improved health and safety performance, lowering TRIR by 12.5% in 2023 (3rd consecutive year of reduction).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing fugitive landfill methane emissions.
• Meeting goal to have at least 50% of annual solid waste collection fleet replacements be CNG or alternative fuel vehicles.
• Achieving 100% use of renewable energy at GFL-owned facilities.

Mitigation Strategies

• Improvements to gas capture systems at landfills and investments in RNG facilities.
• Using RNG to fuel 60% of U.S. CNG fleet in 2023.
• Purchasing renewable energy certificates (RECs) to offset electricity consumption.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Goal to complete audits for 100 critical Tier 1 suppliers by 2025

Responsible Procurement

• Not explicitly detailed in the report.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather events

Transition Risks

• Regulatory changes, market shifts in renewable energy

Opportunities

• Development of RNG facilities, investment in alternative fuel vehicles

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, CDP, TCFD, UN SDGs

Certifications: COR (British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick)

Third-party Assurance: Limited third-party assurance for scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Multiple UN SDGs are mentioned but not specifically listed.

The report aligns with certain elements of the UN SDGs.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• RNG, compost products

Awards & Recognition

• 2023 Call2Recycle Canada Leader in Sustainability
• 2023 Best 50 Corporate Citizens
• 2024 Carbon Clean 200
• 2023 Sustainability Award Finalist for Business Intelligence Group
• COR Achievement of Excellence Award in British Columbia
• 2023 SEAL Environmental Initiative Award
• 2023 Women In Trucking Top Company for Women to Work For in Transportation