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ESG at Holmes Murphy

Environmental, Social, and Governance Pillars for Our Future

We see ESG as a way to do what’s right, make an impact, care for our planet, help people, and advance our purpose, all the while supporting the causes most important to our clients, communities, and the industry.

Our Community Impact
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Propelling Our Purpose

Holmes Murphy’s purpose of caring for the unique potential of our employees, clients, and communities is the foundation of our ESG journey. At our core, our commitment is to advise clients of risk and help them manage their risks — this includes ESG risk. Simply put, we embrace our ESG journey as we activate our purpose and strive for our approach to be balanced, intentional, and authentic to who we are and who we aspire to be.

Life at Holmes Murphy
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What ESG Means for Holmes Murphy

  • Environmental
    We believe it’s important for our offices to have a positive impact on our communities, including the environment around us, and we aspire to create a culture of environmental stewardship.
  • Social
    Caring is the core of who we are and living out our purpose statement is essential in the social aspect of our ESG journey.
  • Governance
    More legislation is being introduced surrounding ESG every day, which is why we strive to stay one-step ahead.
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ESG Consulting

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Holmes Murphy Foundation

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Why Holmes Murphy?

What makes Holmes Murphy different from other insurance brokers?
Holmes Murphy’s ESG Journey

We understand the importance of working with partners in your value chain who have shared values alignment enabling all stakeholders to accelerate their ESG commitments, which is why we believe it’s so important to not only measure and show you our approach, but also collaborate with you as mutual partners and stakeholders.

Take a look at some of the steps we’ve taken on our ESG journey and our most recent Community Impact Report.

Environmental

We believe it’s important for our offices to have a positive impact on our communities, including the environment around us. Regardless of whether we are a tenant or a building owner in our different geographic locations, we aspire to create a culture of environmental stewardship through:

  • Engaging a third party advisor to conduct a Physical Climate Risk Screening for each of our facilities
  • Engaging a third party advisor to measure and baseline our Scope 1 & 2 GHG Emissions in alignment with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
  • Monitoring and recording water usage
  • Implementing water conservation methods
  • Streamlining recycling
  • Using LED lighting and motion sensors
  • Encouraging employees to use the available water bottle filling stations

Social

Caring is the core of who we are and living out our purpose statement is essential in the social aspect of our ESG journey. As part of this, we:

  • Created an Employee Experience community focusing on the five pillars of wellbeing – social/emotional, financial, physical, career, and community
  • Provide growth and development programs to broaden the industry talent pool through programs focused on underrepresented high school students, college interns, and individuals new to careers
  • Defined our Uniquely United strategy led by our Chief Diversity Officer and supported by executive leaders
  • Empower employees to Give.Fully.™ through our Holmes Murphy Foundation Community Footprints and Direct Giving programs. The Foundation also offers an Employee Matching Gift program and Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
  • Share insights with the industry through our BrokerTech Ventures innovation collaborative

Governance

More legislation is being introduced surrounding ESG every day, which is why we believe we should stay one-step ahead. We’ve embraced this by:

  • Providing employee ownership opportunities
  • Conducting materiality assessments
  • Creating and using a cross-functional ESG internal Committee
  • Designating an ESG Advisor
  • Enhancing cybersecurity

We have also chosen to align with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) guidance as we work through our own B Impact Assessment.

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ESG FAQs

What guidance and/or assessment do Holmes Murphy’s ESG strategies align with?

Holmes Murphy has chosen to align with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) guidance as we work through our own B Impact Assessment. We have selected to specifically follow the B Impact Assessment standard as a way to evaluate and enhance new initiatives in our ESG journey. We also believe by aligning with the GRI and UN SDG, we’re better able to align with our clients, carriers, and partners, as the GRI and UN SDG are globally accepted framework and will likely be used by many companies as they work through their ESG journey. We feel this positions Holmes Murphy to be the best partner for those we work with.

What’s next for Holmes Murphy in the area of ESG?

Holmes Murphy is on a journey with ESG. Year-over-year, we are making progressive movements to ensure we are “doing well by doing good.” ESG will be ever-evolving for our organization. We’re proud of our work in ESG and our continued efforts to champion ESG.