Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc..
PESI.US | Remediation activities and other waste management services
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. is a nuclear waste management company. It operates through two segments: Treatment and Services. The Treatment segment provides nuclear, low-level radioactive, mixed, and hazardous waste treatment and processing services. This includes waste stream management, ...Show More
Better Health for All
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No evidence available to assess Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. on Better Health for All.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI.US) is a nuclear waste management company, not a financial institution.
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The company's core business involves waste treatment and environmental services, primarily for government and commercial clients.
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It does not offer lending, deposit, insurance, or other consumer financial products or services.
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Therefore, all KPIs related to financial products, pricing, fees, debt, financial inclusion initiatives, and customer financial data are not applicable to its business model.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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In 2024, the CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 29.6 to 1, with median employee compensation at $75,153 and CEO compensation at $2,224,967.
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In 2024, the company launched a company-wide employee engagement survey.
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A collective bargaining agreement (CBA) covers 71 production employees at the Northwest Richland facility, effective October 1, 2025, through October 1, 2030.
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This CBA governs compensation, vacation, holiday, sick pay, and working conditions for these employees.
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The company will continue to provide its existing healthcare benefits and 401k plan to these covered employees.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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Perma-Fix has a zero-tolerance policy prohibiting trafficking in persons, including forced labor, which applies to all employees, subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, and other entities doing business with the company.
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This policy was approved on July 31, 2023.
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Suspected violations can be reported through a Whistleblowers Reporting Program.
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Honest & Fair Business
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No specific, concrete evidence was found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to Honest & Fair Business for PESI.US within the specified timeframes or in a format that maps to the rubric's quantitative thresholds. Information regarding regulatory fines, transparency benchmarks, whistleblower policies, financial restatements, audit coverage, ESG controversy scores, complaint resolution times, board conflicts of interest, anti-corruption policies, or third-party verification was either not available, not for the relevant period, or not specific enough to score against the rubric.
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Kind to Animals
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No evidence available to assess Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. on Kind to Animals.
No War, No Weapons
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No evidence available to assess Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. on No War, No Weapons.
Planet-Friendly Business
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Perma-Fix has faced environmental compliance issues, including a $187,620 penalty in 2013 for allegedly storing mixed waste in an unpermitted area for three years following a 2010 inspection.
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In 2007, the company paid a $360,000 civil penalty for alleged clean-air violations at its Dayton, Ohio facility and agreed to spend at least $562,000 on environmental projects.
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Additionally, in 2019, two fires occurred at the Mixed Waste Facility, though no injury or release of radioactive contaminants was reported.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles to assess Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.'s performance against any of the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' KPIs. The articles primarily focus on EPA approvals for waste storage
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, job postings
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, financial performance
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, carbon emissions
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, and general company information, without detailing formal partnerships, community reinvestment, cultural impact protocols, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms, FPIC participation, cultural preservation investments, or other relevant metrics.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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No evidence available to assess Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. on Safe & Smart Tech.
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. has implemented several waste reduction initiatives, including spending at least $562,000 on three environmental projects at its Dayton, Ohio facility to achieve air emission controls.
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The company utilizes a Perma-Sort system to segregate bulk materials, and employs radioactive waste water evaporators capable of achieving volume reductions greater than 100:1.
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Additionally, it has accelerated investments in research and development for a new, patent-pending technology to destroy Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS), with pilot plant testing completed and plans for the first operational unit by the end of 2024.
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For hazardous waste management, the company processes various hazardous and radioactive wastes, and its Perma-FAS technology eliminates over 99.9999% of PFAS compounds.
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It also has licensed and permitted radioactive and hazardous waste processing facilities and maintains aggressive compliance and auditing procedures.
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However, in 2007, the company faced alleged clean-air violations at its Dayton, Ohio facility, resulting in a $360,000 civil penalty and a total settlement cost of $1,325,000 for a citizen's suit.
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The company aims to meet Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) criteria through its thermal treatment processes.
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