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WITH CLIENTS

WITH CLIENTS

WITH CLIENTS

IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

AT BAIN

AT BAIN

AT BAIN

Our dedication to social and environmental standards starts at home—we embed these values in our firm strategy. Certified carbon neutral since 2012 and regularly ranked as one of the best places to work, we take steps every day to reduce our environmental footprint, create a more diverse and welcoming workplace for employees, procure supplies and services sustainably, and practice the highest levels of ethics.

We believe bold steps define the future. In 2015, we pledged to invest $1.1 billion in pro bono consulting over 10 years to help leading social pioneers scale and amplify their impact. In recent years, we’ve used this investment as a springboard to mobilize the kind of innovative, inclusive partnerships needed to deliver systemic change.

Our clients are facing increasing and often existential demands around sustainability, social impact, and DEI. Through new models of leadership and collaboration, organizations can create growth engines for the business and energize employees while having a transformative impact on communities. Going Further means taking a step beyond the incremental to deliver positive impact for all stakeholders.

One Million Jobs in 10 Years

Sustainability & Responsibility

We're a founding partner and member of OneTen, a coalition of CEOs and executives committed to hiring, training, and promoting 
1 million Black Americans over the next 10 years.

We help companies and industries thrive with change to create a more sustainable, responsible and profitable future.

We’re proud of the progress we continue to make since our founding in 1973.

Read about our work with OneTen

Explore our Sustainability and Responsibility solutions

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2022

Sea Change: A Bold Partnership to Advance Sustainable Fishing

In 2023 we published our inaugural Further-authored report, “The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainability,” which explores how leaders can pragmatically navigate a changing landscape. 

We also launched our newest affinity group in the Americas, First at Bain - 
a community for members who were the first in their family to go to college, do 
not have a four-year college degree, or identify with the experience of growing up in a lower socio-economic household.

In February, we announced Julie Coffman as our first Chief Diversity Officer. Julie has a strong mandate to infuse our DEI ambition into our global strategy. 

The Asians at Bain affinity group was formally established in the US, continuing a tradition of informal gatherings.

Our BGLAD (Bain Gay and Lesbian Association fo Diversity) affinity group, now called Pride at Bain, officially launched globally with four levels of membership, reinforcing our history of leadership on LGBT policies, benefits, and recruiting. 

Blacks at Bain (BABs) became a formal organization in the late 1980s, after existing informally for years. BABs is primarily focused in North America, but it also includes offices in Europe and Asia.

We were formally certified as a fully CarbonNeutral® company, having measured our global footprint in accordance with international certification standards and achieving net-zero carbon emissions. We’ve been certified carbon neutral ever since.

We became one of the 100 strategic partners of the World Economic Forum in its mission to improve the state of the world by shaping global, regional, and industry agendas.

We earned a perfect score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index. We’ve maintained that score ever since.

We formalized our global Veterans at Bain affinity group. Our focus on veteran recruitment has resulted in an over 20% annual growth rate in our veteran hires over the last five years. 

We were recognized by Working Mother as one of its 100 Best Companies and remained on the list for the next decade. 

The Global Women’s Leadership Council was established and held its first Forum.

We formalized our Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility practice to support our corporate clients on their journeys, and we were first in our peer group to launch a carbon emission measurement and offsetting process. 

We accelerated our diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts and outlined seven commitments to promote racial equity and social justice. As part of that work, we formalized our DEI Practice, committed an additional $100 million in pro bono consulting services, and became a founding partner of OneTen, an organization committed to hiring, training, and promoting 1 million Black Americans over the next 10 years into family-sustaining jobs with opportunities for advancement.

We made a commitment to invest $1 billion in pro bono consulting over 10 years to help our clients, many of them nonprofit organizations, tackle their toughest strategic challenges and achieve their full potential. The size and time horizon of this investment enable us to develop enduring relationships and meaningfully support our clients on the long, hard journey to change.

In February, we named François Faelli as our first-ever global managing partner of ESG, a role that oversees our collective ambition of creating a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive world.

In an industry-leading move, we achieved net-negative carbon status, meaning we purchase sufficient carbon credits funding high-quality, nature-based and innovative carbon removal projects to offset more than 100% of our scopes 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions.

We furthered our sustainability ambitions by signing the Business Ambition for 1.5⁰C letter and committing to achieve net-zero carbon status by 2030.

Our first Green Team was established in our New York office by two passionate associate consultants. Today, 90% of our employees worldwide have a local office Green Team available to join.

ESG in Private Equity

We partnered with The Nature Conservancy to set up a canned tuna company focused 
on fair labor practices and environmentally sound operations.

Latinx at Bain (LATBA), now called Familia at Bain, an organization of Bain professionals in North America with Hispanic and Latin American roots or interests, was formalized in 2008. 

A participant in EcoVadis evaluations since 2012, in 2018 we earned our first Gold rating, the highest award given at the time.

As part of our journey within Bain, we received a platinum sustainability rating from EcoVadis, which puts us in the top 1% of 90,000+ companies they rated and is the result of our global effort to achieve exceptional levels of corporate responsibility and sustainability.

We also launched The Bridgespan Group, an innovative nonprofit that brings strategic consulting capabilities to the nonprofit sector.

We formed the Diverse Abilities at Bain affinity group in the US and Canada with the intent to expand across the rest of the Americas and the global Bain network.

We published A Passion for Social Change, our first annual social impact report.

As the global leaders in private equity consulting, we help companies shift from ESG compliance to impact and value.

We also earned several accolades: listed in Mogul’s Top 100 Workplaces with the Greatest Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives, a Gold recognition from India Workplace Equality Index, and Best Employer of Choice for Gender Equality in Australia. 

We published a series of ESG commitments to accelerate our impact with our clients, with communities and within Bain—including a commitment to embed ESG in 100% of what we do with clients.

See how we take on the global food supply crisis

We partnered with world-class universities to develop and deploy specialized post-graduate ESG training for our employees, helping them better advise clients on today’s most critical issues.

By 2002, we were holding our first annual international BGLAD and Bridgespan Summit.

Learn about our Private Equity expertise

Supporting Farmer-Allied Intermediaries

Along with the Global Dairy Platform and Land O’Lakes Venture37, we launched Dairy Nourishes Africa to create a more resilient, inclusive, and environmentally sustainable dairy industry in East Africa.

Our journey to
protect our planet

Our journey to build extraordinary teams

Learn about our impact on Africa's food systems

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We help build a truly representative organization characterized by a culture of belonging, support and trust.

Certified carbon neutral since 2012 and regularly ranked as one of the best places to work, we strive every day to reduce our environmental footprint, enhance employee well-being, practice the highest levels of ethics and procure supplies and services sustainably.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion starts with ensuring that our firm is truly diverse across many dimensions. But it also depends on building a culture where everyone feels they belong, knows they have the support of others, and trusts Bain to provide equitable opportunities to succeed.

Our journey to drive transformative social impact

We apply Bain talent in partnership with the most innovative and effective organizations to address some of the world's most pressing issues.

OUR SOCIAL IMPACT

SUSTAINABILITY AT BAIN

DEI AT BAIN