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GFL Environmental Services USA Inc.
Industrial and Oil Recycling
Mokena, IL
428 employees | 33 sites | 8 EHS professionals
An unwavering dedication to EHS standards and principles is a common trait for safety professionals no matter what company or industry they work for, but GFL Environmental Services takes it one step further as the “GFL” in its corporate name stands for “green for life.” And with a company motto of “safe for life,” it’s pretty clear that GFL has made environmental health and safety the focus of its corporate mission.
Supervisors at the company are trained in incident investigation, root cause analysis and corrective action development, he notes. The company uses a continuous improvement system based on OHSAS 18001 and ISO 9001 and 14001 standards. “Results are analyzed by looking for trends with respect to previous performance and effectiveness,” Hillier says. “This creates safety programming to ultimately help prevent safety issues before they occur.”
GFL has “zero tolerance” for conduct that puts its employees, its customers and the people in the communities it serves at risk. In fact, part of the company’s mission is to give back to the communities through various programs, such as the recently launched Full Circle Project. “The FCP is a community-driven program that lets our customers decide how a portion of our donations are directed,” Hillier explains. “By putting our customers in control, FCP is a unique way to ensure our charitable giving positively impacts the local communities where we live and work, and that we support the causes that matter most to them.”
