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GFL Environmental has established a comprehensive climate governance framework that integrates its Board of Directors, Audit Committee, Risk Management Steering Committee, Nomination, Governance and Compensation Committee, Sustainability Initiatives Committee and executive management team to oversee the implementation of its Sustainability Action Plan and the management of climate-related risks and opportunities; for example, its Board is “responsible for monitoring the identification and management of material risks… including those that are climate-related,” and among executive management’s key responsibilities is “managing public policy engagement.” However, the company does not disclose any policy or process to align its direct or indirect lobbying with its climate objectives: it explicitly states it has “no” public commitment to conduct engagement in line with the Paris Agreement and “does not plan to have one in the next two years,” and we found no evidence of any named individual or committee overseeing lobbying activities or any formal review, monitoring or sign-off mechanism for lobbying alignment.
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GFL Environmental provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. The company explains that it channels its efforts through industry bodies such as the National Waste & Recycling Association, Waste to Resource Ontario and the Renewable Natural Gas Coalition, indicating an indirect lobbying mechanism but without naming the specific government departments or officials that are approached or describing concrete activities like letters, testimony or meetings. The disclosure references broad policy topics – for example the U.S. National Recycling Strategy and incentives for landfill-gas-capture and renewable natural gas – yet it stops short of identifying particular bills, regulations, or rulemakings it has tried to influence. Likewise, GFL outlines high-level objectives such as reducing contamination in recycling streams, enhancing processing efficiency and creating domestic markets for recycled materials, but it does not articulate the precise regulatory changes, targets or timelines it is seeking. As a result, while the company acknowledges some climate-policy engagement, the detail supplied on the policies addressed, the methods used and the outcomes pursued remains cursory.
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