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Cleanaway Waste Management

Cleanaway Waste Management (Cleanaway) is Australia’s largest waste management company, offering waste services and solutions to 90 municipalities and 165,000 industrial and household customers. Cleanaway is publicly owned and has been active in the collection, processing, treatment, recycling and disposal of all types of waste for over 50 years. The company has a fleet of over 5,300 vehicles spread over 250 locations in Australia.

Summary

Cleanaway discloses information on certain topics related to urban sustainability but lacks disclosure on many important topics that would improve its performance. The company discloses a list of key sustainability issues it has identified through a materiality assessment and it discloses its targets for reducing emissions and increasing women’s representation. It has also assigned board responsibility for overseeing the implementation of its sustainability goals.

Cleanaway can improve its performance by disclosing time-bound targets for all material topics. It can also increase transparency regarding its process for stakeholder engagement and local government partnerships to build trust and foster collaboration.

Cleanaway reports annually on its scope 1 and 2 emissions, but has gaps in its reporting on other topics, such as air pollution, energy efficiency, and water withdrawal, which makes it difficult to fully evaluate the company’s environmental impacts. In relation to social topics, the company reports the proportion of its spending that goes to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and discloses a general policy commitment to respect human rights. Cleanaway is recommended to further disclose how it supports its business partners’ practices concerning freedom of association and collective bargaining.

Ranking position: #109 /300
Total score: 14.6 /100

Measurement area	Score	Rank (0-300)
Governance & Strategy	#1 16.7 /100	#55
Inclusive Cities	#1 15.0 /100	#160
Healthy Cities	#1 4.2 /100	#138
Climate Proof & Resilient Cities	#1 6.7 /100	#125
Core Social Indicators	#1 30.6 /100	#50

Industries
Waste management	#6

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More about the company

Headquarters: Australia
Ownership structure: Public
Revenue: USD 2,471 billion (2022)
Number of employees: 6604 (2022)
Website: https://www.cleanaway.com.au

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