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Waste Management, Inc. (WM)

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Waste Management, Inc.

800 Capitol Street
Suite 3000
Houston, TX 77002
United States
713 512 6200
https://www.wm.com

Sector(s)Industrials
IndustryWaste Management
Full-time employees48,000

Key executives

NameTitlePayExercisedYear born
Mr. James C. Fish Jr.President, CEO & Director5.05M8.04M1962
Ms. Devina A. RankinExecutive VP & CFO2.09M1.25M1976
Mr. John J. Morris Jr.Executive VP & COO2.27M2.97M1970
Ms. Tara J. HemmerSenior VP & Chief Sustainability Officer1.68MN/A1973
Mr. John A. CarrollVP & Chief Accounting OfficerN/AN/A1973
Johnson VarkeySenior VP & Chief Information OfficerN/AN/AN/A
Mr. Edward A. EglDirector of Investor RelationsN/AN/AN/A
Mr. Charles C. BoettcherExecutive VP of Corporate Development & Chief Legal Officer1.36M3.34M1974
Charles S. SchwagerVP, Chief Compliance & Ethics OfficerN/AN/AN/A
Ms. Kelly C. RooneySenior VP & Chief People OfficerN/AN/A1975
Amounts are as of 31 December 2022, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility (MRF), or disposal site; and owns and operates transfer stations, as well as owns, develops, and operates landfill facilities that produce landfill gas used as renewable natural gas for generating electricity. As of December 31, 2022, the company owned or operated 254 solid waste landfills, five secure hazardous waste landfills, 97 MRFs, and 337 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services at its MRFs, where cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services; services related with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services comprising full-service waste management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Corporate governance

Waste Management, Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 March 2024 is 1. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 1; Shareholder rights: 4; Compensation: 2.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.