Responsible business Our approach to responsible business
Social, environmental and ethical considerations are central to the way that we run our business. We are focused on protecting the environment, supporting communities, and ensuring the wellbeing of our employees. We continue to actively seek opportunities to play our part as a good employer and contribute to the communities in which our clients and employees live and work.
Responsible business area Pillars Our people Our people are our greatest strength. We are focused on developing our people to be the best they can be.
Our objectives
Our progress in the year
• Redesigned our management training to increase our management and leadership capability, ensuring how we manage is
• Ensuring Brooks Macdonald is an inclusive and inspiring place to work. • Driving a high-performance culture that drives sustained success and growth by having strong leadership, continuous improvement, and clear communication. • Develop leaders who prioritise engagement, diversity, and wellbeing. • Continue to make a significant impact on local communities through donations from the BM Foundation. • Organise Group fundraising for our two employee-chosen charities through BM Charities. • Use volunteer days to give back to causes important to employees. • Continue to evolve our environmental procurement strategy. • Develop our Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (“SECR”) and create an annual ESG action plan. • Continue reducing our Tier 1 and 2 impacts. • Actively promote our focus on reducing operational carbon emissions.
aligned to our guiding principles. • Delivered enhanced professional
development training for all employees to drive both individual and organisational success. • Enhanced our performance management approach. • Continued to enhance our employee policies and benefits. • Total fundraising from the BM Foundation and BM Charities totalled £82,000. • The Wave Project and Great Ormond Street Hospital were elected by employees as the two headline charities to support through BM Charities. • Challenges included the Around the Island Mallorca Cycle Challenge which raised £23,000 and Miles for Smiles which raised £35,000. • Reused office refurbishments in new or current offices where possible. • Operational data collated and fed into our SECR. Gap analysis captured and targets identified. • Established the ESG Advisory Committee to develop a strategic framework and provide recommendations for the business moving forward.
Our community We support and invest in our communities and encourage our people to do the same.
Our environment We are a responsible Group committed to improving our environmental and social impact.
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