Clean Harbors (CLH)

Overall impact
D (36)

Commentary

Clean Harbors is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 35.9 for overall impact (bottom 25% of all companies), Clean Harbors ranks 42nd out of 50 industry peers, behind Republic Services, Covanta, Avalon and 38 others, and ahead of Vertex Energy, Canvest Environmental Protection Group, Evergreen North America and 5 others. On top material causes for Clean Harbors's industry (Waste Management), Clean Harbors performs well in Sanitation Access (86.2 score) and performs poorly in Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (6.7 score), Accountable Institutions (33.5), Disaster Readiness and Effective Aid (24.4) and 7 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score.
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Company
Founded
1980
Employees
21,021
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Commercial Services & Supplies
Sub-industry
Environmental & Facilities Services
SASB industry
Waste Management
Headquarters
Ma, United States
Share classes
CLH
Mission
To be recognized as the premier provider of environmental, energy and industrial services.
Description
Clean Harbors, Inc. provides environmental and industrial services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. The Environmental Services segment collects, transports, treats, and disposes hazardous and non-hazardous waste, such as resource recovery, physical treatment, fuel blending, incineration, landfill disposal, wastewater treatment, lab chemicals disposal, and explosives management services; and offers CleanPack services, including collection, identification, categorization, specialized packaging, transportation, and disposal of laboratory chemicals and household hazardous waste. This segment also provides industrial maintenance and specialty industrial services; and utilizes specialty equipment and resources that performs field services. The Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions segment provides pickup and transportation services for hazardous and non-hazardous containerized waste for recycling or disposal; machine cleaning and maintenance, and disposal and replenishment of clean solvent or aqueous fluids; and vacuum services to remove solids, residual oily water, and sludge and other fluids from customers' oil/water separators, sumps, and collection tanks, as well as removes and collects waste fluids found at large and small industrial locations, including metal fabricators, auto maintenance providers, and general manufacturers. This segment also manufactures, formulates, packages, distributes, and markets lubricants and other automotive products. Clean Harbors, Inc. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for Clean Harbors, based on its industry sub-industry Environmental & Facilities Services. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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