Corporate Social Responsibility

We are committed to being a socially responsible business and making a difference in the communities in which we live and work.

Our carbon footprint

We’re thrilled to announce that we are taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint by offsetting our backdated Greenhouse gas emissions through projects that help to tackle climate change and support ecosystem conservation.

Neil Prior, Head of Environmental and Social Responsibility at BMS said: “I’m delighted that BMS is demonstrating best practice and becoming an industry leader. This shows the long-term value that a clear programme of wider environmental, society and good governance (ESG) can bring.”

Read the press release

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In the UK, we are proud to support Coach Core.

Coach Core is an employment and education charity that uses a community sports apprenticeship to target young adults not in employment, education or training and have them not only change their own future pathways but also become a positive influence in communities that need sports provision most. Click here to find out more.

Carbon Offset Programme

BMS is pleased to support the Global Travel Management Carbon Offset Programme, in partnership with Trees4Travel. Trees4Travel organises, manages and oversees the full project of buying, distributing and arrange the planting of saplings within carefully-managed forestry projects in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Africa.

The partnership enables BMS to offset the greenhouse gas emissions arising from flights taken for business through a sustainable, low-cost, high-impact scheme to help remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Find out more about Trees4Travel

Supporting our local community in London

In the UK, we encourage our employees to participate in the Lloyd’s Community Programme, which runs initiatives that benefit our local community. The programme particularly supports the development of local schools in East London.

We are also proud sponsors of Rosslyn Park, a rugby union club based in London. The club has one of the country's largest mini and youth rugby set-ups, with teams from under-6s upwards. Its aim is to teach the basic skills of the game and instil a love of rugby in young players.

Sleeping rough to support homeless children

In the US, our employees support Covenant House, a charity for homeless young people with a network of shelters across the Americas. In recent years, BMS staff have helped raise almost $500,000 for the charity. This was partly through spending a night sleeping on the streets in solidarity with homeless children in New York.

BMS US Vice Chairman, Andrew Bustillo, who is also Chair of the charity, says: “The funds raised will make an immediate difference, helping us not only to provide food, clothing and shelter, but also counselling and job training.”

Engaging with our community in Canada

In Canada, our employees have engaged with our local community through a range of programmes and events.

BMS staff helped prepare soups at an event run by charity Soup Sisters to feed young people at various shelters in Ottawa.

Our team also participated in OttawaReads, a school/business partnership where employees read to local school children every week.

BMS staff and clients also took part in a cooking event where, under the instruction of a professional chef, they created a range of freezer-friendly meals for the Parkdale Food Bank.