Governance
& Ethics
Corporate Governance
Since our inception, Waste Connections has been committed to well-defined principles of corporate governance. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board Charter align the Board of Directors and its four distinct committees with management and safeguard the best interests of the Company and our stakeholders.
Waste Connections is committed to sound principles of corporate governance.
- Directors are elected individually and annually
- Majority voting policy for director elections
- Separation of the roles of CEO and chairman of the Board of Directors
- Director retirement policy after 75 years of age
- Women account for 57% of independent Board members and 50% of total Board
- Annual evaluations of the Board of Directors and its committees
- Board of Directors' oversight of risk, including cybersecurity and data
- Robust risk management policies related to compensation
- Share ownership requirements for directors and corporate officers
- Diversity Policy with achieved aspirational targets for Board of Directors composition
- Regular executive sessions solely comprising independent directors
