Sustainability
Targets
Sustainability Targets
& Progress
At Waste Connections, our commitment to value creation includes a strategic focus on ESG priorities, clear communication of our progress, and a $500 million investment towards our long-term aspirational targets, which we believe we are on track to achieve. Since the Company's inception in 1997, we have been pursuing many of these same priorities, which are integral to our ongoing success.
Our Sustainability Working Group provides oversight and ongoing reviews of our targets to evaluate progress and consider updates to existing objectives. Execution toward our environmental targets is overseen by our Vice President — Engineering and Sustainability who, among other senior executives, regularly updates our Board of Directors on sustainability-related matters. Progress toward our 15-year aspirational targets is a component of management compensation and is reviewed by our Board of Directors.
As an environmental services company, Waste Connections believes that protecting the planet is integral to our business. We are committed to managing and growing our business responsibly while minimizing our impact on the environment and the communities we are privileged to serve. Our environmental objectives emphasize operating compliance, reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions, expansion of resource recovery and beneficial reuse, driving resource efficiency, incorporating biodiversity into site closure plans, and ongoing communication and collaboration with key stakeholders.
In 2024, we made measurable progress on seven ESG goals and successfully achieved two of our eight long-term targets: recycling tons processed and safety, as measured by incident rate. In 2025, we're raising the bar—boosting our recycling goal by 30% and reiterating our industry leading safety target to adhere to our #1 Operating Value.
We see significant runway to further strengthen environmental performance by emphasizing environmental stewardship and executing our sustainability objectives, including through new RNG plants at our landfills and the introduction of our first electric vehicles.
Progress On Our Targets
EMISSIONS1
Initial target achieved
EMISSIONS INTENSITY
On Track
RECYCLING2
Initial target achieved
BIOGAS RECOVERY
On Track
LEACHATE
On Track
SAFETY
Initial target achieved
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
On Track
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT3
On Track- Updated to rebaseline for acquisitions and a change in measurement methodology.
- Achieved the initial 50% target in 2024; increasing the target growth rate in 2025 by 30%.
- Survey updated in 2023, not comparable to prior years.
