Diversity Matters

BSM is a company with diverse teams that value equity, respect, and honesty. For years we have worked with our employees to create an environment of collaboration and understanding, irrespective of ethnicity, social class, age, sexuality, disability, or gender. Tracking our performance throughout the years is key to learning from our story and setting ambitious goals for the future.

Our Diversity Goals

  • Achieve 40% female representation among managers by 2027.
  • 15% of trainees in the Young Professional early career programme in 2025 to be females with a STEM background.
  • Inclusion of neurodiversity in recruitment process of all shore employees and seafarers (selected ranks).
  • Develop a comprehensive mental health training plan in locations where mental health was recognised as a priority area through our pulse survey by 2026.
AMPLIFYING OUR IMPACT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS

The maritime industry has talked about the need to improve on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for years now, but collective progress has been slow. At BSM, we seek opportunities to join forces with other industry leaders to accelerate and amplify our efforts, exchange knowledge and best practices, and enhance our reach and influence.

Since 2021, BSM has been an active member of the Diversity Study Group (DSG), the first organisation dedicated to promoting DEI in the workplace and conducting the only global data-gathering exercise focused on DEI in the maritime industry. As a DSG member, we provide valuable data to help build a reliable industry benchmark and track our performance progress.

In 2020, our CEO Ian Beveridge and other industry executives supported the foundation of the All Aboard Alliance. The Alliance aims to unite senior leaders across the maritime industry to collaboratively accelerate DEI efforts at sea and shore. Together with 35 industry peers, we keep ourselves accountable by setting a more ambitious agenda and addressing long-term challenges.

DIVERSITY FIGURES ON SHORE AND AT SEA

Corporate Citizenship Committees

Inclusion is not a direct outcome of diversity. We aim to foster inclusion by being an organisation where people are treated fairly and respectfully and feel involved, accepted, and valued regardless of their unique characteristics.

Our employees have the power to advocate and support people in less privileged positions. We provide them with the opportunity to form groups with common interests, join their forces and, driven by their passion for change, foster a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Corporate Citizenship Committees (CCCs) are voluntary, employee-led groups driven by passion and dedicated to maximizing our positive impact in the communities where we live and work. Each CCC also focuses on a specific dimension of diversity. Among their objectives, CCCs aim to provide cultural expertise to the Company and its workforce. Part of their activities are designed to raise awareness, build cultural competencies, foster external relationships with local communities, and support relevant projects across the Company.

Read more in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy.

Download the Policy

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