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WM, previously known as Waste Management, ranks as the largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste services in the United States, operating 262 active landfill sites and about 339 transfer stations that help with transporting waste efficiently and economically. The company serves residential, commercial, industrial, and medical end markets for waste collection, transfer, and disposal. The company also has an energy business emanating from the beneficial use of landfill gas and is a leading recycler in North America.

Republic Services Group is the second-largest waste management company by revenue and provides integrated waste management services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. With 208 active landfills, 248 transfer stations, and 75 recycling centers, Republic Services has reached $16 billion in annual revenue, focusing on recycling and environmental solutions. The company reports in three segments based on the Western United States (Group 1), Eastern United States (Group 2), and Environmental Solutions across North America (Group 3). Eighty-nine percent of total revenue comes from recycling and waste, with the remaining 11% from Environmental Solutions.

Waste Connections is a North American waste management company focused on integrated waste collection services. The firm primarily focuses on residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial waste collection, with a secondary market focus on rural areas. With 113 landfills and 222 transfer stations as of 2024, it is the third-largest waste management company by revenue. Revenue is split among six operating segments: Western, Southern, Eastern, Central, Canada, and Midsouth.

Veolia is the largest water company globally and a leading player in France. It is also involved in waste management with significant exposure to France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Australia. The third pillar of the group is energy services, giving the group significant exposure to Central Europe. Veolia started to refocus its activities in 2011, leading to the exit of almost half of its countries and its transport activity The integration of most activities of Suez in 2022 drove an EBITDA increase of nearly 40%.

Veralto is a diversified industrial firm organized into two segments: water quality, product quality, and innovation. The water quality segment offers water analytics and water treatment solutions, while the product quality and innovation segment offers coding, packaging, and color solutions for consumer packaged goods and pharmaceuticals. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company has around 17,000 employees. Veralto generated approximately $5.5 billion in revenue in 2025.

First Solar designs and manufactures solar photovoltaic panels, modules, and systems for use in utility-scale development projects. The company's solar modules use cadmium telluride to convert sunlight into electricity. This is commonly called thin-film technology. First Solar is the world’s largest thin-film solar module manufacturer. It has production lines in Vietnam, Malaysia, the United States, and India.

GFL Environmental Inc is an environmental services company. Its offerings include non-hazardous solid waste management, infrastructure, soil remediation, and liquid waste management services. Its solid waste management business line, which generates the majority of the revenue, consists of the collection, transportation, transfer, recycling, and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste. Its Environmental Services business line includes liquid waste and soil remediation. The company's geographical segments are Canada and the United States. The company derives the majority of its revenue from the United States.

Clean Harbors Inc is an environmental and industrial services provider that provides parts cleaning and related environmental services to commercial, industrial, and automotive customers. Its business segments are Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. Environmental Services includes waste collection, transportation, treatment, recycling, and disposal, along with industrial maintenance services. Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions provides used oil collection and manufactures base oil, vacuum gas oil, and lubricants. The company generates the majority of its revenues from the Environmental Services segment and operates in the United States, with maximum revenue, and Canada.

Nextpower (and its subsidiaries) is a leading provider of intelligent, integrated solar tracker and software solutions used in utility-scale and distributed generation solar projects around the world. Nextpower's products enable solar panels in utility-scale power plants to follow the sun’s movement across the sky and optimize plant performance. Nextpower has operations in the United States, Mexico, Spain and other countries in Europe, India, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, and Brazil.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp is a growth-oriented, pure-play water management business that designs, procures, manufactures, and markets the broadest sustainable product portfolio of specification-driven water management solutions to improve health, hydration, human safety and the environment. Its product portfolio includes professional grade water safety and control products, flow systems products, hygienic and environmental products, and filtered drinking water products for public and private spaces that deliver superior value to building owners, positively impact the environment and human hygiene and reduce product installation time.

Tongwei is the world's largest polysilicon producer and a leading solar cell and module supplier. The solar business contributed more than 60% of revenue in 2024. In addition, Tongwei runs a feed and food business, which made up 35% of revenue in 2024.

Canmax Technologies Co Ltd is engaged in Research and development, production and sales of new energy lithium battery materials products, anti-static ultra-clean technology products and medical equipment products.

Umicore SA operates in the following business groups: Catalysis, Battery Materials, Specialty Materials, Recycling, and Corporate and Unallocated. Key revenue is derived from its Recycling segment, which treats complex waste streams containing precious and other specialty metals. The Battery Materials segment is engaged in developing, manufacturing, and marketing cathode materials (CAM) and its precursors (pCAM) for lithium-ion batteries. The Catalysis segment provides automotive catalysts for gasoline and diesel light and heavy-duty diesel applications, and the Specialty segment develops, manufactures, and distributes metal-based materials and chemicals for applications vital to everyday lives. Geographically, the group derives a majority of its revenue from Europe.

Shanghai Baosight Software Co Ltd is a Chinese software company that develops automation and software tools for various industries. The company operates through three segments: the Software Development and Engineering Services segment, the System Integration segment, and the Service Outsourcing segment. Its operations span across areas such as information technology, industrial automation, robotics, intelligent transportation, and information infrastructure. The company’s offerings are mainly applied in sectors including steel, non-ferrous metals, chemicals, mining, new materials, renewable energy, metalworking, equipment manufacturing, urban transit systems, and infrastructure development.

Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA is in the business of environmental services, end to end water management, construction and cement. The company's activities include services related to urban water treatment, waste recovery, end to end water cycle and also infrastructure construction projects, building construction, manufacturing of cement and concrete and operation of quarries and mineral deposits. The firm derives majority of its revenues from environmental services segment. It carries out international operations in European, the US and Latin American markets.

Jinko Solar is the largest Chinese solar module manufacturer by global shipment in 2024. Jinko's products are distributed across nearly 200 countries and regions. The company operates a vertically integrated production process, spanning from solar wafer and cell manufacturing to module production. Jinko's N-type cell capacity is industry-leading in scale.

Casella Waste Systems Inc is a solid waste removal company, providing resource management services to residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial customers. The company's reportable segments on Geographical basis include Eastern, Western and Mid-Atlantic regions through the Resource solution segment. It generates maximum revenue from the Western region segment. The company's services include Recycling, Collection, Organics, Energy, Landfills, Special Waste as well as Professional Services.

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. is a provider of water treatment solutions in Japan. It operates through two segments: the Electronic market and the General water treatment market. The company provides a wide range of water treatment chemicals, systems, and services, including wastewater and ultrapure water solutions, facility maintenance, and environmental remediation, serving both industrial and household needs.

Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company. It delivers smart, easy-to-use solutions that manage solar generation, storage, and communication on one platform. The company's microinverter technology primarily serves the rooftop solar market and produces a fully integrated solar-plus-storage solution. Enphase derives a majority of revenue from the United States.

GEM Co Ltd is engaged in Waste battery recycling and power battery material manufacturing business, cobalt, nickel, and tungsten recycling and cemented carbide manufacturing business, renewable resources business, and environmental management business.

CSI Solar is a leading Chinese solar module producer, ranking seventh by solar module shipments in 2024. The company's products are available in over 160 countries and regions. CSI operates a vertically integrated production process, encompassing solar wafers, cells, and module production.

Cleanaway Waste Management is Australia’s largest waste management business with a national footprint in the collection and disposal of waste. It is active in municipal and commercial and industrial waste stream segments and in nonhazardous and hazardous liquid and medical waste. While Cleanaway is allocating greater capital to waste processing and treatment, earnings remain skewed toward waste collection. The company is particularly strong in commercial, industrial, and municipal waste collection with strong market share in all large Australian metro waste collection markets.

CECO Environmental Corp serves the energy, industrial, and other niche markets. The company operates through the Engineered Systems segment that serves the power generation, refinery, water/wastewater, and midstream oil and gas markets, and Industrial Process Solutions segment, which serves the broad industrial air pollution control, beverage can, fluid handling, electric vehicle production, food and beverage, semi-conductor, process filtration, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, wastewater treatment, wood manufacturing, desalination, and aquaculture markets. The majority of revenue is earned from the Engineered Systems Segment.

Premier Energies Ltd is an integrated manufacturer of solar cells and solar modules. The company mainly engages in the manufacturing and trading of solar modules, solar cells, and solar accessories. The majority of the company's revenue comes from the sale of these products and silicon wafers. Additionally, the company earns revenue from the sale of manufactured solar modules and from construction and project-related activities. Geographically, the company generates almost all of its revenue within India.

Zhejiang Weiming Environment Protection Co Ltd is a China-based company engaged in the solid waste disposal business. It is focused on solid waste-related technological development, equipment manufacturing and sales, project investment, project construction, and operational management. The company is also engaged in waste incineration power generation projects. The company's products include waste incineration grates, boilers, and flue gas treatment systems.

China Everbright Environment Group Ltd engages in construction and operation of environmental energy and water projects such as waste-to-energy plants, food and kitchen waste treatment projects, and sludge treatment and disposal projects. It also provides waste sorting, renewable resources utilization, and sanitation operation services. The company has several segments including Environmental energy project construction and operation, Greentech project construction and operation, Environmental water project construction and operation, and Others.

Trina Solar is one of the top four Chinese solar module producers. Trina's products are available in over 170 countries and regions. The company operates a vertically integrated production process, covering everything from solar wafers and cells to complete modules.

Zijin Longking Co Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing, sales and installation of environmental pollution control equipment, dust removal, desulfurization and supporting high and low voltage electrical control equipment.

Organo Corp is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the water treatment engineering business. The company operates in two business divisions namely water treatment engineering and functional product. Its water treatment engineering business includes manufacturing, delivery and maintenance of pure water systems, ultra-pure water systems and wastewater treatment systems for industries, condensate de mineralizers for power stations, waterworks and sewage treatment systems for the public sector. The functional product business encompasses the sale of standardized water treatment equipment, water treatment chemicals, and food processing materials.

Shanghai Aiko Solar Energy Co Ltd is engaged in research, manufacturing and sales of crystalline silicon solar cells. The company's products include C&I Scenario COMET Series, Residential Scenario NEOSTAR Series, Lightweight module AIR and Utility Scenario STELLAR Series.

TGS ASA provides data, intelligence, ocean bottom node (OBN) acquisition services, processing, analytics, cloud-based data applications, and other specialized services and solutions to energy companies across the energy spectrum, whether it is oil and gas, carbon capture and storage, or wind development. Its reportable segments are divided into six overall business units: Contract, Multi-client, New Energy Solutions (NES), Imaging, Shared Services. It generates the majority of its revenue from Multi-client sales.

Tomra Systems ASA provides sorting and recycling solutions to equip customers for handling waste. The company creates and delivers sensor-based solutions that contribute to optimal resource productivity, in packaging, collection, compaction, recycling, ore sorting, and food production. It provides reverse vending machines, sensor-based sorting machines integrated post-harvest solutions, sensors for waste sorting applications, and other related products and solutions. The company's operating segments are; TOMRA Collection which generates key revenue, TOMRA Recycling, TOMRA Horizon, and TOMRA Food. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from Europe (excluding Northern Europe), followed by Northern Europe, America, Asia, and Oceania.

Shenzhen Expressway Corp Ltd is a Company engaged in the construction, operation, management, and investment of toll highways and environmental protection in China. Environmental protection mainly includes recycling and treating solid waste and clean energy power generation. The group has identified two reporting segments, namely the toll road segment and the environmental protection segment. The toll road segment takes charge of the operation and management of toll roads in Mainland China. The environmental protection segment operates and manages environmentally related infrastructure, mainly including solid waste treatment, clean energy, and other related fields. The majority of its revenue is derived from the Toll segment.

Munters Group AB is a provider of energy-efficient air treatment and climate control solutions predominantly within the food, pharmaceutical and data center and other sectors. The company operates in segments, which are: AirTech, Data Center Technologies, and FoodTech. The majority of the revenue is generated from its AirTech segment, which manufactures and markets products and solutions for controlling humidity and improving the indoor climate. Geographically, a majority of its revenue is generated from the United States and the rest from China, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, and other markets.

Daiei Kankyo Co Ltd is a engaged in the waste-related business. It focuses on collection and transportation, intermediate treatment and recycling, and final disposal of both general and industrial waste and valuable resource recycing business.

Veridis Environment Ltd focuses on developing and implementing services and ventures in its core business waste, water, and energy. The company provides advanced waste collection services to local authorities, organizations, and industry.

Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, it is engaged in the production and sale of solar glass products and the development and operation of solar farms. The company's operating segments include sales of solar glass and solar farm business, which includes solar farm development and solar power generation. A majority of its revenue is generated from the sales of solar glass. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from Mainland China, followed by other areas in Asia, North America and Europe, and other regions.

Realord Technology Co Ltd is an investment holding company. The Group is principally engaged in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) business, financial services, property investment, distribution and sales of auto parts, and environmental protection business.

SolarEdge Technologies designs, develops, and sells direct current optimized inverter systems for solar photovoltaic installations. The company system consists of power optimizers, inverters, and cloud-based monitoring platform and addresses a broad range of solar market segments, from residential solar installations to commercial and small utility-scale solar installations. The company sells its products directly to solar installers, engineering, procurement, and construction firms and indirectly to solar installers through distributors and electrical equipment wholesalers.

SMA Solar Technology AG produces, develops, and sells systems and solutions for the efficient and sustainable generation, storage and use of solar energy. Its products include PV and battery inverters, monitoring systems for PV systems, charging solutions for electric vehicles as well as energy management systems, and digital services for the future energy supply. The company operates through the following segments; Home Solutions, Commercial & Industrial Solutions, and Large Scale & Project Solutions. The Large Scale & Project Solutions segment, which derives key revenue for the company, offers products, systems and solutions for industrial solar, storage and hydrogen projects as well as for the conversion of utility grids to a higher proportion of renewable energy.

Sunrun is engaged in the design, development, installation, sale, ownership, and maintenance of residential solar energy systems in the United States. The company acquires customers directly and through relationships with various solar and strategic partners. The solar systems are constructed by Sunrun or by Sunrun’s partners and are owned by the company. Sunrun’s customers typically enter into 20- to 25-year agreements to utilize its solar energy system. The company also sells solar energy systems and products, such as panels and racking, and solar leads generated to customers.

OY Nofar Energy Ltd is engaged in long-term development and investment activity of production systems of clean electricity from solar energy, systems for storing electricity in batteries in Israel, the USA, and Europe, as well as in the construction (EPC), operation, and maintenance (O&M) of photovoltaic systems in Israel and abroad.

CIA Saneamento Do Parana-SANEPAR provides treated water supply sewage collection & treatment, and Solid waste management services. The company provides sanitation services to cities, smaller areas, and municipalities. The firm operates in two business segments: Water treatment & distribution and Sewage collection & treatment. It has a network for the withdrawal & distribution of drinking water, sewage collection, and the discharge of treated sewage. The firm operates landfills in Apucarana, Cornello, Procopio, and Cianorte for solid waste management. The majority of revenue get derived from the Water distribution and treatment segment.

Aguas Andinas SA delivers water-treatment solutions and other sanitation services under concession arrangements from the Chilean government. The company collects, cleans, and distributes water to residential, commercial, and industrial clients. Also, the company treats and disposes sewage and remnants from the process. Wastewater is decontaminated and used for irrigation systems. Aguas Andinas has two operating segments: water (a majority of total revenue) and nonwater. The company gathers water flowing from the Andes and has plants to transform it into a usable form. It uses tanks and an extensive underground network to distribute water to customers.

Orizon Valorizacao De Residuos SA is a waste treatment and recovery company. The company offers solid waste treatment services, treatment of gases, processing and industrialization of waste, monitoring groundwater, and environmental remediation services.

China Tianying Inc is an environmental protection and new energy enterprise. The company is engaged in the investment, build, operation and maintenance of MSW incineration power generation and steam manufacture, sludge treatment, food waste treatment, hazardous waste treatment, construction waste treatment, wastewater treatment and others. Its services include Research and Design, Urban Services, Disposal and Recycling, Equipment and Platforms and New Energy.

Derichebourg SA is a France-based company that offers environmental services. Its activities can be divided into two separate branches, the Environment Division and the Multiservices Division. The Environment Division's core business is the processing and disposal of waste, mainly metal waste and end-of-life products, with the recovery of secondary raw materials by using the appropriate processing methods. Derichebourg Multiservices, the group's Business Services arm, provides reception, cleaning, energy, property maintenance, and temporary staffing services separately or in tandem with the Derichebourg Group's waste management services.

Befesa SA provides sustainable services for the recycling of hazardous residues from the Steel & Aluminium industry. It operates in two business segments: Steel dust recycling services & aluminum salt slags recycling services. In the Steel Dust Recycling segment, the company collects & recycles steel dust and other steel residues generated in the production of crude, stainless, and galvanized steel. The Aluminum Salt Slags recycling services are divided into salt sags & secondary aluminum segments. Its secondary aluminum operations include the collection and recycling of aluminum scrap and other aluminum residues. The geographical segments are Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, France, etc.