Our Commitment
Environmental stewardship, social responsibility and transparency are embedded into our operations. This ensures our projects and the people delivering them reflect our changing world.
There are four sustainability pillars that guide Bowman:
- Uniting evolving sustainability mandates with increasing demands of our workforce, customers and stakeholders to advance our efforts with respect to sustainability and community engagement.
- Expanding the breadth and reach of our environmental services portfolio.
- Safeguarding our social license to operate through discernable communications that compliments strong stakeholder and community engagement.
- Mitigating reputational and environmental risks by ensuring projects are designed and executed for long-term ecological sustainability.
Materiality Assessment
In June 2024, Bowman completed its inaugural double materiality assessment, underscoring our dedication to enhancing our sustainability strategy, practices and reporting through a practical, stakeholder-centered approach. By engaging with stakeholders and conducting thorough analysis, we identified 13 key sustainability areas where our operations either have a material impact or where there are significant risks, opportunities or impacts on our organization. The insights gained from this assessment guide our decision-making and help us prioritize sustainability efforts that are most relevant to our business and its stakeholders.
Environmental Commitment
Sustainability is inherent in our work, delivering environmental benefits while addressing challenges such as water scarcity, climate change, regulatory compliance and risk management. And with a team of leading environmental scientists, Bowman helps clients protect ecosystems while supporting energy, transportation and community development.
Additional environmental commitments include:
- Advancing proactive environmental stewardship through continued investment in our environmental sciences services, including wetland and habitat assessments, threatened and endangered species compliance and conservation planning.
- Delivering design solutions that achieve sustainability objectives while balancing capital expenditures and enhancing long-term operating performance.
- Reducing our environmental footprint through efficiency and ecological integrity initiatives, including expansion of our electric vehicle fleet and modernization of our internal combustion engine fleet to lower emissions.
Social Commitment
We believe a strong business depends on people and communities growing together. That’s why we invest in programs that support the long-term success of our team and the places where we live and work. Central to these efforts is our commitment to the health and safety of our workforce, ensuring our team gets home safely every day.
Additional social initiatives include:
- Reinforcing our commitment to a representative workforce through focused recruitment, advancement and affinity group engagement to create growth opportunities for underrepresented groups.
- Supporting recruitment and retention by meeting the sustainability expectations of our workforce.
- Expanding community impact through support of local causes, educational initiatives and philanthropic events that foster long-term relationships beyond project delivery.
Governance
Our commitment to corporate governance is reflected in the strength and expertise of our seasoned board of directors. Their collective experience underscores our dedication to robust oversight and maximizing shareholder value. Through disciplined, independent governance, we reinforce a foundation of integrity that ensures transparency, accountability and focus on the long-term interests of our shareholders.
- Ensure integrity of long-term business strategy, minimize enterprise risk and maximize shareholder value creation through a majority independent board of directors with an independent chair.
- Maintain high standards of ethics, integrity and compliance, with continued investment in fraud prevention, regulatory adherence and transparent reporting practices.
- Enhance transparency in governance by aligning disclosures with evolving sustainability and reporting standards and expectations.