Republic takes aim at greenhouse gas emissions in report

Republic Services Inc. has released its 2022 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s sustainability initiatives and tracks its progress toward its 2030 sustainability goals.

The report includes the Phoenix-based company’s first Climate Transition Road Map, outlining a path to achieving its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal.

“Republic Services’ long-term sustainability goals are designed to deliver both economic and environmental sustainability while meeting the needs of our customers,” Republic Services President and CEO Jon Vander Ark says. “We continue to accelerate progress toward our climate leadership goals with strategic initiatives underway to advance circularity, reduce fleet emissions and decarbonize operations.”

The company’s 2030 Sustainability Goals are aligned under its elements of sustainability—safety, talent, climate leadership and communities. In 2022, the company reported strides toward its Safety and Talent goals, with results above industry and national benchmarks.  

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Republic Services continued to reduce absolute operational GHG emissions in 2022. The company reports a 9.3 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 2017 baseline year and says it’s on track to reach an interim 10 percent reduction target by 2025.

The company also introduced a revised and more ambitious community goal to create sustainable neighborhoods through strong local partnerships for 45 million people by 2030.

Republic Services’ 2022 sustainability progress also included:

• recording a 28 percent better OSHA Total Recordable Incident Rate than the industry average;
• advancing to 45 percent diversity at the leadership level, with a goal of 50 percent;
• spending $75.8 million with certified diverse suppliers, ahead of pace toward $150 million by 2025;
• announcing that 50 percent of new truck purchase will be electric vehicles by 2028; and
• helping 3.5 million people through grants, volunteerism and in-kind donations.

Additional sustainability reporting can be found on the company’s website, at RepublicServices.com/sustainability/reporting.