Company: CLH
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000822818-25-000007
Chunk: 22

Company: CLEAN HARBORS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 22
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 used motor oil we collect, are key competitive factors in this industry. With our Safety-Kleen Oil Plus® closed loop offering, we are competing in certain markets with other North American lubricant distributors. With our KLEEN+ base oil produced at our re-refineries, we compete against base oil produced at traditional oil refineries such as Motiva Enterprises LLC and Chevron Corporation.

We believe that we offer a more comprehensive range of services and products than our competitors in major portions of the United States and Canada.

Human Capital

As of December 31, 2024, we employed 22,796 active full-time employees, of which 1,632 in the United States and 669 in Canada were represented by labor unions. In response to the needs of our business, we also employ temporary and part-time employees. As of December 31, 2024, the total of all active employees, inclusive of the temporary and part time workforce, was 25,232. 

Our human capital objectives prioritize the health and safety of our employees, employee development and training, fair and competitive compensation and benefits and business and hiring practices that support diversity and inclusion. Key metrics that management uses to measure these objectives include TRIR, voluntary turnover rates and certain training and employee engagement metrics, all of which are monitored at all levels of the organization. Our focus on these human capital objectives has resulted in a 250 basis points reduction in our voluntary turnover rate in 2024, reaching the lowest level in the last four years.

We believe that our relationship with our employees is positive and we engage with our employees through periodic employee engagement surveys, and other mechanisms, to continue the development of these relationships. As part of our commitment to employee safety and quality customer service, we have an extensive compliance program and trained environmental, health and safety staff. We continually strive to invest in our employees through training programs, including training specifically aimed at workplace safety and cybersecurity. We provide the training and licensing necessary to maintain a skilled and experienced workforce. Our Company-wide Green Hat program identifies newly hired teammates by their green hats, signaling to more senior teammates to provide extra help, oversight or explanation and also focusing on everyone’s ownership of a safe work environment. We also provide competitive compensation and benefit programs, including matching employee contributions towards certain retirement savings plans and health savings accounts and a newly launched Employee Stock Purchase Program.

We are committed to fundamental human rights principles and we have a comprehensive Human Rights Policy to formalize the standards to which we hold ourselves accountable. Respect is essential to our interactions with