HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
GOOD360 PARTNERSHIP We continued our longstanding partnership with Good360, a nonprofit that takes our excess products – many of which are chemicals and other potentially hazardous materials – and donates them to automotive technician training programs and other local nonprofits instead of discarding them. In 2022, Advance’s donations increased by 40% compared with the year prior, equaling 1.2 million pounds of product. Since the program began, total donations have reached 4,400 tons—the equivalent of more than 400 semi-trucks filled with parts and supplies.
The work we are doing in this area is not just about training, it’s about creating a behavior-based safety culture around environmental compliance that will promote consistent execution among our team members with respect to the storage and handling of hazardous materials. We value compliance and know from our work to develop and mature our safety culture among team members that communicating our values and demonstrating the importance of compliance contributes to real business results. When team members understand the “why” behind their actions and believe in the value those actions deliver, training more easily translates to execution of risk- mitigating behaviors.
THE DRIVING HOPE PROGRAM HELPS US FACILITATE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WAY TO GET RID OF UNUSED OR RETURNED PRODUCTS TO REDISTRIBUTE THEM TO AUTO PROGRAMS AND LOCAL NONPROFITS WHO USE THEM FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.”
MATT ZAKOWSKI MANAGER, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY
NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
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