SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2025 FORWARD MOMENTUM
A message from our President and CEO
Two years ago, when we released our inaugural Sustainability Report, it was an important milestone for BGC and a chance to share our commitments, outline our values, and establish our baseline for measuring progress. As we release our second report, we’re proud to show our progress, from our intentional commitments to actions we can measure.
Since our 2023 report, we have deepened our understanding of what sustainability means for BGC. We have celebrated successes, including establishing Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that reflect the broad diversity of our team, building models to assess our positive impact, understanding what is important to our team and to BGC regarding sustainability, and starting to align our work with recognized global frameworks. This thinking is helping us make meaningful progress and will guide us into the future.
The journey so far has not been without its challenges. Measuring environmental and social impact in ways our team believes in requires new tools and ways of thinking. Like many organizations, we are learning as we go. The spirit of curiosity
and innovation that defines us is also what gives us confidence to keep moving forward. Every challenge we encounter becomes an opportunity for us to learn and get better.
Looking forward, our focus—as always—is on continuous improvement. In this report, you will see the results from our first-ever materiality assessment, a process we customized for our needs to ensure a practical, transparent approach that has already begun shaping our priorities and strategies. We will continue to add structure where it is needed, and work with our clients and communities as we think about what sustainability means to all of us.
Sustainability is a responsibility we do not take lightly, and our team is motivated to make a positive impact. With this report, we continue to reaffirm our purpose: to pioneer responsible solutions to complex earth science challenges.
Steve Hedberg, M.SC. P.Eng., P.Geo., FEIC President & CEO, Principal Geological Engineer
BGC About
BGC Engineering is an international consulting firm specializing in applied earth sciences.
Founded in 1990 with a focus on understanding how geology influences engineered structures, we have grown into a global team addressing engineering and environmental challenges in complex terrain and ground conditions, worldwide.
Today, BGC is home to more than 850 professionals, including engineers, geoscientists, technicians, software developers, and functional team members. Together, we deliver a full range of services spanning site investigation, design, software solutions, construction support, and independent third-party reviews. Our projects extend from early-stage feasibility studies and community consultation to large-scale infrastructure design and construction inspection to site lifecycle management and closure.
Our geographic footprint includes 21 offices across North and South America, Australia, and the Caribbean, with a growing presence in Europe. This global reach allows us to combine local knowledge with worldwide expertise. Our “One Team” approach means every client benefits from the collective knowledge of our organization, no matter where a project or our people are located.
In addition to consulting services, BGC operates a state-of-the-art soil and rock testing laboratory, offering advanced geotechnical lab services that support our clients’ most complex projects. And, as a complement to our earth science expertise, Cambio Earth (part of the BGC Group of Companies), offers industry-leading software solutions for critical infrastructure.
OUR SECTORS
• Mining
• Pipelines
• Transportation
• Communities
• Energy
• Cambio Earth
OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
• Geohazards
• Engineering Geology
• Soil Mechanics
• Project Management
• Risk-Informed Decision-Making
• Climate Change
• Cryology
• Groundwater
• Surface Water
• Geochemistry
• Rock Mechanics
• Civil Geotech
• Geophysics
• Software
• Instrumentation
• Data Science and Earth Observation
• Laboratory
• CAD
• GIS
OUR PURPOSE
Pioneering responsible solutions to complex earth science challenges.
OUR BIG GOAL
In 2015, we introduced what we call our “Big Goal.” Our Big Goal acts as a north star for our teams and our work, guiding our decisions and inspiring our team members to think boldly, act sustainably, and influence change where it is needed. Our 10-year objective set in 2015 was:
By 2025, BGC is recognized globally for our leadership in solving the world’s most critical applied earth science challenges.
Based on several metrics spanning our sectors, disciplines, programs, and projects, we are proud to have achieved 93% of this goal. We have projects on almost every continent and our reputation for excellence in applied earth science stretches across the globe.
Leveraging this global recognition is a key piece of our next Big Goal.
At the end of 2025, and after an 18-month-long, company-wide collaboration process, we established our 2035 Big Goal, which also offers guidance for our approach to sustainability:
To redefine earth science practice, creating a more resilient and sustainable world by 2035.
While once again an ambitious objective, we believe we have the people, the expertise, and the perseverance to successfully achieve our Big Goal in service of our clients, our industry, and our planet.
VALUES
As a private, employee-owned company, collaboration is at the heart of who we are. Our values—excellence, curiosity, clarity, common sense, and One Team—guide how we work with clients, communities, and each other. We are committed to consulting that offers solutions that are resilient, sustainable, and socially responsible, while always grounded in our deep technical knowledge in earth sciences.
EXCELLENCE CURIOSITY CLARITY
COMMON SENSE ONE TEAM
SUSTAINABILITY AT BGC
Sustainability at BGC is not only about understanding our own environmental footprint, it is about equipping the people we work with to make better, risk-informed decisions that protect health and safety, strengthen communities, and support longterm infrastructure resilience. Our role is to bring technical expertise and practical solutions that help clients navigate complex challenges and adapt responsibly to a changing world.
Internally, our approach to sustainability is focused on embedding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into our business operations. This includes strengthening governance, developing systems for ESG-related data collection and reporting, creating programs and policies that protect the health and wellbeing of our employees, and engaging people across the organization in shaping our approach.
In 2025, we strengthened our ESG reporting by establishing a Sustainability Report Steering Committee, composed of senior leaders and a member of our Board of Directors (BOD). Operating within BGC’s broader risk governance structure, the committee provides strategic oversight and coordinates cross-functional sustainability priorities. It complements BGC’s established day-to-day risk management functions such as our Technical and Corporate Risk groups and our Health and Safety Team, which continue to identify, assess, and manage operational risks across the organization. Together, these groups support a cohesive approach to risk management under the direction of the BOD and Management Team (MT).
2025 MATERIALITY ASSESSMENT
For this report, we completed our first double materiality assessment, examining both how BGC’s work impacts people and the environment and how sustainability issues affect BGC’s financial performance and long-term resilience. We used a custom-built survey tool and materiality matrix that reflects the unique aspects of engineering consulting and leverages BGC’s expertise in risk assessment and management. Participants included members of our BOD, MT, and key company leaders. The matrix demonstrates which ESG topics are most financially material to BGC and which areas the company can most meaningfully influence through our expertise, projects, and policies.
This exercise marked an important step in strengthening our sustainability governance and building a clearer understanding of how environmental, social, and governance considerations intersect with our business strategy. The results, illustrated in the chart below, confirmed strong alignment between BGC’s Big Goal, current sector goals, internal programs, and the ESG topics identified as most material to our longterm success. The matrix plots financial materiality on the horizontal axis and our estimated impact materiality on the vertical axis, which considers the scale of affected stakeholders with the level of potential impacts.
While these results have not yet been formally integrated into corporate goalsetting, many of our existing strategies already align with the priorities identified. Our next step is to integrate ESG considerations more systematically into aspects of our planning, decision-making, and reporting.
Looking ahead, BGC may broaden future assessments to include wider participation from employees, clients, and community partners, as our materiality process continues to evolve alongside our business and our impact.
2025 MATERIALITY ASSESSMENT
GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTING AND CARBON OFFSETS
We have tracked our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually since 2017 using the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard (WRI and WBCSD, 2004). Our inventory includes Scope 3 emissions from electricity and heating, business travel, commuting, shipping, paper use, and IT hardware.
Between 2022 and 2024, total emissions increased as in-person collaboration, office use, and business travel rebounded post-pandemic. As our team continues to grow and we require larger office spaces, wherever possible, we seek out workspaces with more efficient HVAC systems so our team growth does not have an equal impact on our emissions.
Importantly, emissions per employee remain below pre-pandemic levels, reflecting improved operational efficiency.
In 2023, tracked emissions from hardware are higher due to a more comprehensive dataset: previous years included only laptops and monitors, whereas the 2023 and 2024 inventories incorporated all IT equipment—such as workstations, servers, and phones—based on detailed spending records. These emissions are captured in the “Other” category in the charts below.
Since 2018, we have purchased carbon offsets for emissions from
our Annual General Meeting (AGM) events (excluding 2020, which was held virtually). Since our last report, this includes offsets for two AGMs: for the 2023 AGM, 561 tCO2e were retired through eight Gold Standard–certified projects, and for the 2024 AGM, 515 tCO2e were retired through a similar diversified portfolio.
Looking ahead, we plan to strengthen our GHG accounting by evaluating additional Scope 3 categories, including cloud computing and software use. We also plan to expand offsetting beyond our AGM to include travel associated with our social impact program, BGC Squared.
ENVIRONMENT
SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS OUR SECTORS
At BGC, sustainability is not a separate stream of work but is woven into everything we do across all the sectors in which we operate.
Our projects increasingly sit at the intersection of climate change, environmental stewardship, and community resilience. By combining applied earth science expertise with our commitment to ESG principles, we help our clients make informed decisions that are technically sound, environmentally responsible, and socially conscious.
For this report, we include Cambio Earth—part of the BGC Group of Companies—as a distinct business sector alongside Mining, Pipelines, Transportation, Communities, and Energy. While each sector presents unique challenges, our approach remains consistent: reduce risk, minimize negative impacts, and build
long-term resilience. Whether stabilizing landslides on critical highways, designing geomorphic landforms for mine closure, restoring riverbanks in partnership with Indigenous Nations, or deploying artificial intelligence and lidar change detection to accelerate disaster response, we focus on solutions that balance project needs with nature and cultural values. This means—whenever we’re able—incorporating climate adaptation, biodiversity protection, and community engagement into our designs and thought processes.
By developing tools, models, and practices that endure beyond individual projects, we strive to create lasting legacies of resilience and stewardship for the clients and communities we serve.
Mining
Many aspects of mining are evolving toward greater accountability, where environmental responsibility, social license, and sustainable operation and proactive closure planning are central to long-term success. At BGC, we support this transformation by helping clients plan, design, and operate mines that are technically sound, socially responsible, and environmentally resilient.
With more than 65% of our annual revenue generated through mining-related work, and over half of our BGC team contributing globally to mining projects, we bring deep, multidisciplinary expertise to every stage of the mining life cycle, from early planning to closure. Our teams integrate geotechnical, hydrogeological, hydrological, and geochemical expertise with risk-based approaches to inform transparent decision-making and support alignment with leading standards such as the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM).
BGC’s approach to sustainable mining is guided by clear principles: advancing the state of practice through high-quality technical work, embedding climate change considerations in design, integrating post-mining land use goals from the outset, and collaborating across disciplines and with stakeholders and Indigenous Peoples.
By combining technical excellence with purpose-driven engineering, BGC helps create the conditions for “Mining Done Right”—projects that deliver financial, social, and environmental benefits, and contribute to the long-term sustainability of both the mining industry and the communities it touches.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Detailed Engineering for Closure of Tailings Storage Facilities and Waste Rock Pile
Client: Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | Mine
Canadian Malartic
Location: Quebec, Canada
The Canadian Malartic complex, one of Canada’s largest gold mines, is transitioning from open-pit to underground operations, significantly reducing the volume of mining waste generated. As the mine waste streams change, this presented an opportunity to progress the closure of three inactive tailings storage facilities and a large waste rock pile.
In support of this, BGC was engaged to develop detailed engineering designs for the closure of those infrastructures. The goal is to ensure long-
term stability, effective water management, and land reclamation that aligns with the mine’s closure vision.
Sustainability is embedded through proactive and innovative closure planning. Advanced numerical modeling supports early placement of cover systems to minimize dust emissions from inactive tailings, protecting nearby communities. By aligning engineering with ecological function and community land-use goals, the project demonstrates how mine closure can deliver longterm environmental stewardship and community value.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Spoil Pile Rehandle Research Project
Client: Anonymous
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Large mine rock piles are part of the mining landscape. These piles can generate seepage containing constituents of interest that may impact the downstream environment. To better understand and address this challenge, BGC was engaged to lead a large-scale research project examining how leachate moves through waste rock and how physical, chemical, and biological processes influence contaminant release.
This project is unique in scale, offering rare insights into the internal conditions of a fullsize mine rock pile during deconstruction. While research typically relies on small-scale
experiments, this study bridges the knowledge gap by directly testing how different sampling methods, testing methods, and laboratory findings hold true under real-world conditions.
Ultimately, the goal is to provide sciencebased guidance for managing both new and legacy rock piles more sustainably. By advancing understanding of waste rock behaviour, this project will help support responsible water stewardship, and guide future mine rock management practices.
Pipelines
Pipeline systems cross diverse and sensitive landscapes, where environmental stewardship, cultural respect, and safety are inseparable from technical performance. At BGC, sustainability in pipeline engineering means reducing risk, protecting ecosystems, and helping operators plan for a changing climate.
Our teams—spanning geotechnical, hydrotechnical, GIS, software, and data science disciplines—support clients in managing geohazards across more than 440,000 kilometres of pipeline networks throughout Canada, the United States, South America, Europe and New Zealand. Our Cambio™ software from Cambio Earth is the industry leading geohazard management platform for pipeline operators, providing integrated data management, risk assessment, and decision-support systems that strengthen infrastructure resilience and transparency.
BGC’s purpose in the pipeline sector is clear: to make pipeline systems safer, more resilient, and more sustainable. Over the past decade, we have worked with our clients to successfully reduce the global failure rate of incidents caused by geohazards by more than 10%. Looking ahead to the next 10 years, we aim to further reduce this pipeline failure rate by 40%, while sharing our knowledge across industries and sectors to strengthen their own resilience to natural hazards.
By combining technical excellence, digital innovation, and collaboration with clients, BGC advances sustainable pipeline management. Our approach creates systems that safeguard people and the environment and support the reliability of critical infrastructure.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
EGP Riverbank Restoration
Client: FortisBC Energy Inc.
Location: Indian River Watershed, British Columbia, Canada
As part of its Eagle Mountain – Woodfibre Gas Pipeline (EGP) Project, FortisBC engaged BGC to design a nature-based solution to stabilize a 70-metre section of eroding riverbank of the Indian River. This restoration work coincided with the pipeline crossing of the Indian River, aimed to reduce hydrotechnical risks while supporting ecological integrity and cultural values in this sensitive watershed, located approximately 30 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.
BGC’s work included developing conceptual restoration options, conducting flood and scour analyses, completing 2D hydrodynamic modelling, and preparing detailed Issued for Construction (IFC) drawings. We also provided on-site construction monitoring. The completed works not only mitigate ongoing erosion but also enhance aquatic habitat through increased channel complexity.
The EGP Project reflects FortisBC’s commitment to sustainable infrastructure, aligning with their broader environmental and community stewardship goals. Developed in collaboration with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and supported by FortisBC’s dedication to respectful engagement,
the restoration respects Indigenous stewardship of the watershed, which has supported traditional harvesting, cultural, and ceremonial practices for generations.
The design incorporated engineered log jams, root wads, brush layering, and boulder armouring— naturalized methods that reduce environmental footprint compared to conventional approaches. Climate adaptation was integrated by accounting for projected flood magnitudes and encouraging passive woody debris recruitment to support longterm resilience. The result is a durable, adaptive solution that protects critical infrastructure, restores fish habitat, and reinforces Indigenous cultural values, exemplifying how the collaborative approach of BGC and FortisBC to sustainable engineering can safeguard both people and ecosystems.
By advancing understanding of how climate change is altering watershed hydrology, this work supports risk-informed decision-making and long-term resilience planning for critical energy infrastructure.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Climate Change Flood Impact Assessment
Client: Enbridge Inc. (in collaboration with Trans-Northern Pipelines Inc.)
Location: Southern Ontario and Quebec, Canada
Changing hydroclimatic conditions—such as shifts in rainfall intensity, snowmelt timing, and flood patterns—are affecting pipeline exposure to geohazards. To support proactive climate adaptation, Enbridge and Trans-Northern Pipelines partnered with BGC to assess how climate change is influencing flood behaviour across southern Ontario and Quebec.
As the first phase of a broader climate risk assessment, the project examines how projected changes in flood magnitude may affect pipeline vulnerability, focusing
on small rain-dominated catchments and medium-sized snowmelt-driven watersheds.
BGC reviewed existing hydrological studies, analyzed climate-driven shifts in temperature, rainfall, and snowmelt, and evaluated changes in Intensity–Duration–Frequency (IDF) curves and tools for future scenario modelling.
By advancing understanding of how climate change is altering watershed hydrology, this work supports risk-informed decisionmaking and long-term resilience planning for critical energy infrastructure. It reflects BGC’s commitment to applying strong science, climate insight, and responsible stewardship to help clients adapt to a changing environment.
Transportation
Transportation systems are the backbone of communities and economies, enabling the movement of people and goods across diverse and often challenging terrain. As a changing climate impacts hazards such as landslides, flooding, and erosion, maintaining safe, reliable, and sustainable infrastructure has never been more critical.
BGC provides geoscience and geotechnical engineering services to owners and operators of railways, highways, and mine access corridors, working across all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle, from planning and design to construction and operations.
Our goal is to reduce interruptions to the safe and free flow of people and goods caused by geohazards and poor geo-asset performance. Through data-driven risk management, resilient design, and continuous learning, we help clients strengthen the long-term performance of their infrastructure networks while adapting to changing climate conditions.
BGC’s approach helps to design and develop robust, sustainable, and resilient transportation systems that will continue to support communities for generations to come.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Last Chance Grade
Client: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
Location: Del Norte County, California, USA
The Last Chance Grade project addresses chronic landslides along a 3-mile stretch of US 101, a vital link traversing Redwood National and State Parks and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With ecological, cultural, and transportation importance at stake, Caltrans engaged BGC to assess sustainable, long-term alternatives.
BGC designed and facilitated expert-based geotechnical risk assessments, supported value analyses, and pioneered the use of holographic geohazard models to communicate complex risks to experts and stakeholders. Our risk-informed approach enabled consensus around a tunnel realignment, which avoids unstable slopes, minimizes ecological disturbance, and reduces long-term maintenance.
Through innovative visualization tools, probabilistic analyses over 10- and 50-year horizons, and inclusive engagement with Indigenous peoples, environmental groups, and the public, BGC helped Caltrans make decisions that balance safety, resilience, and environmental stewardship. The selected tunnel solution exemplifies how sustainability, cultural values, and engineering innovation can align to minimize negative impacts and deliver lasting community benefits.
PROJECT
HIGHLIGHT
Cariboo Road Recovery Projects
Client: BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit
Location: Cariboo Region, British Columbia, Canada
After extreme rainfall in 2020 and 2021 triggered hundreds of landslides and road washouts in the Cariboo Region, the Cariboo Road Recovery Projects were initiated to restore safe access across critical transportation corridors. BGC was engaged to provide geotechnical engineering services on a multi-disciplinary design team to assess and design slope mitigation for five priority sites, including locations along Highway 97 in B.C. and several rural roads.
Our work emphasized resilience by designing longterm (75-year design life) geotechnical solutions that
accounted for climate change impacts. At Blackwater Road (a critical transportation corridor in the region) traditional structural mitigation would have been both economically and environmentally prohibitive. Instead, BGC designed innovative depressurization wells to manage groundwater, reduce landslide movement, and extend road maintenance cycles by more than a decade. This approach avoided major excavation within an old landfill and the construction of intrusive structures within the Fraser River, significantly reducing environmental disturbance.
By integrating climate adaptation, innovative engineering, and long-term monitoring, BGC delivered solutions that balance community safety, environmental protection, and economic feasibility.
Cariboo Road Recovery Projects
Communities
Resilient communities are essential to a sustainable future. BGC partners with governments, non-governmental organizations, and private developers to understand and address risks related to earth processes, water supply, climate impacts, and other environmental pressures. Through collaboration, data sharing, and informed decision-making, we help communities adapt to a changing climate, recover from disruption due to geohazards, and strengthen long-term sustainability.
We support clients in applying earth and environmental science to planning, policy, and regulation—translating technical insights into practical, cost-effective decisions that protect people, infrastructure, and cultural heritage. Our industry-leading geotechnical engineering, combined with strong geological and hydrological understanding, underpins our robust municipal development services, from site investigations and slope protection to foundation design, permitting, and long-term hazard management.
Ultimately, our goal is to create systems for earth, water, and climate resilience with communities across every continent.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Building Adaptation and Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (BARHKH)
Location: Bhutan and Nepal
The BARHKH initiative seeks to strengthen resilience against climate change-driven mountain hazards in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, beginning with pilot projects in Bhutan and Nepal. BGC has been engaged as a consultant, bringing together local and international teams to develop multi-hazard risk assessment methodologies, design multi-hazard early warning systems, and support risk-informed infrastructure development.
Sustainability is at the core of this initiative. BGC’s team is applying its expertise on glacier retreat, permafrost thaw, glacial lake outburst floods, and heavy rainfall to create climateresilient designs and guide climate finance strategies. Innovative tools include a regional geospatial risk information platform and decision
support models that will help governments and communities make data-driven, environmentally responsible choices.
Through capacity-building workshops, community engagement, government consultations, and collaboration with local partners, BGC is embedding resilience beyond the life of the project. By leaving behind open-access tools, regional partnerships, and strengthened institutional capacity, BARHKH is designed to be scalable across the HKH region. This long-term, risk-informed approach is creating a legacy of adaptation and resilience that helps communities live safely and sustainably in the face of accelerating climate change.
TA 10172: Building Adaptation and Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayas - Bhutan and Nepal | Asian Development Bank
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Coastal Erosion Mitigation in Tuktoyaktuk
Client: Baird & Associates / Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk
Location: Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
Tuktoyaktuk, an Inuvialuit community on the Beaufort Sea, faces some of the fastest erosion rates in the Arctic, threatening homes, cultural sites, and livelihoods. The Coastal Erosion Mitigation Project aims to protect the community through two revetments, totaling about two kilometres in length, designed for resilience in a rapidly warming climate.
BGC was responsible for the thermal design of the structure, with the objectives of protecting the ice-rich permafrost foundation and maintaining revetment stability as conditions evolve. Our design integrates natural processes—
such as winter cooling airflow—alongside structural protections to limit ecological disruption. We also developed a monitoring system using temperature sensors and permanent electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) to track changes in unfrozen water content over time.
This work exemplifies climate adaptation by combining engineering innovation with community partnership. Active involvement of Tuktoyaktuk residents in construction and long-term maintenance ensures local stewardship. By protecting critical infrastructure and cultural heritage, this project offers a blueprint for climateresilient infrastructure across Canada’s northern communities.
By protecting critical infrastructure and cultural heritage, this project offers a blueprint for climate-resilient infrastructure across Canada’s northern communities.
Coastal Erosion Mitigation in Tuktoyaktuk
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Whitehorse Escarpment Risk Assessment
Client: City of Whitehorse
Location: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
The City of Whitehorse, situated along the Yukon River, faces ongoing risks from landslides along its steep natural escarpment. BGC was engaged to assess these risks and provide practical, sustainable management strategies to safeguard residents, infrastructure, and community spaces.
Our work combines historical records, including over a century of aerial photos, with modern slope monitoring technologies to understand how environmental factors influence slope stability. This integrated approach helps the City proactively manage landslide risks while adapting to new challenges posed by climate change.
By building on Whitehorse’s long legacy of landslide risk management, BGC’s assessment creates a foundation for future climate-resilient planning. The project demonstrates sustainability by enabling evidence-based, proactive decisions that minimize community and environmental risks. With the opening of BGC’s Whitehorse office in 2025, we are deepening our commitment to supporting northern communities with innovative, locally grounded approaches to resilience and risk reduction.
Energy
Through expertise in applied earth science and engineering, we support clients who generate, transmit, and distribute electricity by strengthening infrastructure performance and supporting the global energy transition from carbon-intensive to low- or zero-carbon sources.
Our work builds resilience and reliability across hydropower systems, transmission lines and power distribution assets, and emerging energy generation sources including nuclear, geothermal, wind, and solar. BGC’s approach integrates geohazard assessment, hydrotechnical and geotechnical engineering, climate adaptation, and risk management to improve public safety and the sustainability of energy systems.
Our goals are to improve energy system resilience, build climateresilient geohazard mitigation structures, and support energy transition projects through technical expertise and collaboration with clients and communities. Through this work, BGC contributes to a safer, lower-carbon future while maintaining the integrity and reliability of the infrastructure that powers it.
Site C Clean Energy Project
Client: BC Hydro
Location: Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
The Site C Clean Energy Project is the first major hydroelectric dam constructed in British Columbia in four decades. Since 2010, BGC has partnered with BC Hydro to assess, monitor, and manage geohazard risks along the reservoir shoreline, supporting the long-term safety of workers, infrastructure, and nearby communities.
As a part of this work, BGC developed preliminary reservoir impact lines and implemented a multitechnique slope and shoreline monitoring program. During reservoir filling in fall 2024, our team provided on-site support to track hazards and safeguard operations, with monitoring to continue for at least five years.
Sustainability is woven into this work through flexible land-use planning, replacing traditional “safeline” approaches with reservoir impact lines
that integrate cultural, environmental, and safety considerations. BGC collaborated with BC Hydro and local First Nations to monitor culturally significant sites and engaged with communities through meetings and open houses. Innovative tools, such as remote sensing and instrumentation systems, have reduced the need for extensive site visits, lowering the project’s footprint while improving data coverage. By combining technical innovation with community engagement, BGC is helping to deliver clean energy in a way that prioritizes long-term resilience, safety, and respect for local values.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Advancing 3D Seismic Technology for Carbon Sequestration
Client: Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR)
Location: Columbia River Basalt Group, Washington, USA
This proof-of-concept project explores the use of advanced 3D seismic technology to identify and evaluate potential carbon sequestration reservoirs within the Columbia River Basalt Group.
BGC, working alongside Vantage Geophysical and Land Seismic Noise Specialists, provides geologic interpretation of seismic data to map stratigraphy, tectonic structures, and sub-basalt reservoirs at depths of 2,400–10,000 feet.
The project directly supports Washington State’s climate action goals by advancing the science of carbon storage—a critical solution for permanently locking away atmospheric CO2
BGC’s role is unique: we were the only team to
propose integrating geologists into the project team from the outset, ensuring that seismic data interpretation informed acquisition and processing. This iterative, collaborative approach maximizes the value of the geophysical data while improving the accuracy of identifying viable storage reservoirs.
Through innovative seismic acquisition strategies and tailored data-processing workflows, the project addresses the challenge of imaging thick basalt formations. Beyond advancing a specific project, it establishes a technical legacy of workflows and interpretive methods that can guide future carbon storage efforts in complex volcanic terrains worldwide, supporting the transition to a low-carbon energy system.
In 2024, our drive to innovate took a bold new step forward with the launch of Cambio Earth Systems Inc., a dedicated software company focused on transforming how organizations design, build, and operate more resilient infrastructure.
Cambio Earth’s mission is simple but vital: to help safeguard communities, essential services, and the environment by embedding earth science intelligence into infrastructure operations. Through the Cambio™ platform, our BGC team members and clients of the platform can access and analyze vast, complex datasets—from lidar and inspections to live sensor feeds—in real time. The result is faster, risk-informed decisions that improve safety, strengthen resilience, and enhance efficiency across critical infrastructure networks.
Built on decades of applied earth science expertise and engineering insights, Cambio Earth’s technology brings together machine learning, analytics, and advanced digital workflows. Its award-winning AI capabilities, recognized by the 2025 CIO Magazine Award for AI Innovation in Geohazard Monitoring, demonstrate how responsible, transparent, and explainable AI can amplify human expertise, not replace it.
The founding of Cambio Earth reflects how BGC approaches innovation and sustainability: pairing deep technical knowledge with technology that serves people and the planet.
CLICKHERE
Cambio Earth
Post-Helene Lidar Change Detection
Client: Pro bono
Location: North Carolina, USA
After Hurricane Helene struck in September 2024, Cambio Earth demonstrated a rapid, data-driven model for post-disaster recovery. Within six weeks of the storm’s landfall, BGC and partners secured airborne lidar surveys over two isolated North Carolina communities and completed change-detection processing for a vast area (approximately 240 km2) in only five days. The results, shared openly with 75 users across 15 agencies, provided safe-access routing, objective damage metrics, and a reliable baseline for reconstruction.
Sustainability is built into the approach through speed, openness, and accessibility. Traditional field surveys can take months, but this standardized workflow compresses decision timelines to days.
This enables responders to act swiftly and reduce cascading risks to people and infrastructure. Highresolution change models revealed landslides, scour, and channel migration, helping engineers size culverts, stabilize slopes, and adapt maintenance for intensifying climate hazards.
Beyond technical outcomes, the data availability through Cambio broadened access for local responders and university partners, creating shared capacity for risk-informed rebuilding. This replicable blueprint (pre-event contracts, rapid acquisition, and transparent release) supports climate resilience while empowering communities to adapt and recover more effectively from climate-driven disasters. EVENT HIGHLIGHT
SOCIAL
INNOVATION AND R&D
Innovation enables us to deliver practical, technically-grounded solutions that enhance quality, reduce risk, and strengthen resilience in the sectors and communities we serve.
Since 2014, BGC has invested more than $35 million in research and development (R&D) projects, reflecting a consistent reinvestment of revenue into advancing knowledge, tools, and practices that improve safety and sustainability.
In 2025 alone, 270 BGC team members contributed to more than 100 unique R&D projects spanning every sector of our business. These initiatives included collaborations with graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and industry–academic teams worldwide.
OUR FRAMEWORK FOR INNOVATION
BGC organizes its innovation portfolio using a three-horizon framework that balances near-term improvements with longterm, transformational growth:
• Horizon 1: Incremental enhancements to existing tools and methods, improving quality, efficiency, and safety.
• Horizon 2: Development and testing of new technologies and algorithms, often through partnerships with universities or clients.
• Horizon 3: Exploratory research into new concepts and methods with the potential for transformational change.
This structure supports a steady flow of innovations that benefit clients today while preparing for the challenges of tomorrow.
APPLYING INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Our R&D program integrates sustainability across focus areas such as geohazard risk reduction, climate adaptation, and digital transformation. These projects help clients operate resilient infrastructure, minimize environmental impacts, and respond rapidly to natural hazards.
BGC’s innovation ecosystem thrives on collaboration. In 2025, we partnered with universities across North America, Australia, and Europe; hosted our annual R&D Symposium to share work with a broad external audience; held our annual Hackathon; and produced more than 200 publications and presentations contributing to global best practice.
Our sustained investment in innovation and R&D reflects BGC’s commitment to building the knowledge, tools, and partnerships needed to support safer, more resilient infrastructure and communities.
BGC’s innovation ecosystem thrives on collaboration.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Landslide Mapping using AI for Resilient Communities and Infrastructure
Client: BGC and Cambio Earth
Location: USA and Canada (pilot regions)
This project leverages artificial intelligence to better equip communities and infrastructure operators in responding to or understanding climatedriven geohazards. Lidar change detection data are currently a cornerstone of geohazard identification and characterization, whether in rapid response mode or part of a longer-term monitoring plan. However, the manual review process of lidar change detection data is still time consuming and fraught with nuance.
BGC has developed a machine-learning pipeline that applies object detection and segmentation models—originally designed for fields such as medical imaging and autonomous vehicles— to post-event lidar and lidar change-detection data. This approach enables landslides that occurred between lidar acquisitions to be mapped within hours rather than weeks or months. Early versions of the model already exceed human performance in terms of mapping completeness.
This rapid, automated process provides communities and infrastructure operators with high-resolution landslide maps that integrate seamlessly into geospatial workflows. By scaling mapping capacity and addressing the subjectivity inherent in manual geohazard mapping, the project enables more complete and timely inventories. These inventories are critical for understanding geohazard potential, assessing climate controls on hazard occurrence, and supporting proactive risk management, early warning systems, and climate-resilient planning.
2025 CIO AWARD FOR INNOVATION:
In 2025, BGC and Cambio Earth received the CIO Award for AI Innovation in Geohazard Monitoring, recognizing our partnership in advancing earth science intelligence. The award highlights how we combine leading geoscience expertise with responsible, explainable AI to deliver faster, clearer insights for clients facing increasing natural hazard risks.
By transforming complex datasets such as lidar and InSAR into timely, actionable information, our joint work strengthens—rather than replaces—human judgment in critical decision-making. This recognition reflects the power of science-led innovation in supporting safer, more resilient infrastructure and communities.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Structura
Client: BGC, Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper
Location: Utah, USA (validation testing)
Structura is BGC’s deep-learning platform for automating borehole televiewer data interpretation—an essential step in designing safe, efficient open-pit mine slopes. Traditionally, this process requires hours of manual analysis per borehole and is subject to human bias.
Structura uses advanced machine-learning models to identify and characterize structural features such as joints, faults, and bedding within minutes, delivering consistent, validated results across projects. Developed by BGC and field-tested in collaboration with Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper, the platform improves the accuracy of geological models and enables engineers to make risk-informed design decisions with greater confidence.
By freeing specialists to focus on higher-value analysis and design work, Structura demonstrates how digital innovation can enhance safety, sustainability, and workforce engagement across the mining sector.
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Our annual R&D Symposium showcases leading research in applied earth sciences and digital innovation. This free, online webinar features projects funded in whole or in part by BGC and developed by BGC and Cambio Earth team members in collaboration with academic partners.
The 2025 symposium—our third annual event—introduced dual global sessions to encourage participation across time zones and featured keynote lectures from Professor Dame Sarah Springman and Professor Kenichi Soga, both internationally recognized leaders in geotechnical and infrastructure innovation. The event attracted more than 500 participants worldwide.
The symposium exemplifies BGC’s commitment to investing in innovation, research, and collaboration. By creating a platform where employees, academic partners, and emerging engineers and scientists share ideas and results, we accelerate the translation of research into practical tools and solutions. This ongoing investment supports our long-term goal of strengthening knowledge, fostering sustainability, and developing the next generation of innovators shaping the future of applied earth sciences.
INDIGENOUS RELATIONS
Meaningful and respectful relationships with Indigenous Peoples are woven into BGC’s approach to learning, collaboration, and responsible earth science practice. Guided by the principles of Respect, Reciprocity, Responsibility, and Relationship, we recognize the depth of Indigenous Knowledge and its essential role in strengthening science and engineering practice.
BGC’s commitment to reconciliation aligns with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and is informed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s 94 Calls to Action, particularly Action 92, which calls on the corporate sector to foster trust, integrate Indigenous Knowledge, and promote inclusive economic opportunities. Our goal is to contribute a legacy of sustainability, reconciliation, and respectful collaboration with Indigenous Peoples.
We advance this work by:
• Collaborating directly with Indigenous Nations on community-led projects that integrate Indigenous Knowledge and Western science.
• Supporting access to funding and training that strengthens community capacity in earth and environmental sciences.
• Delivering Indigenous cultural awareness learning to employees and project teams.
• Providing mentorship and technical expertise through BGC Squared, our social impact program, to support Indigenous-led initiatives.
We are currently developing a company-wide Indigenous Relations Framework to guide our engagement practices, measure progress, and strengthen accountability across projects and offices.
A BGC employee facilitates a community and Indigenous Nation engagement workshop.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT
BGC Innovators of Tomorrow Scholarship
Innovators of Tomorrow Scholarship
Launched in 2025, the BGC Innovators of Tomorrow Scholarship supports First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students in Canada pursuing post-secondary studies in engineering or earth sciences. Offered through Indspire’s Building Brighter Futures program, the scholarship aims to address the underrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in these fields and advances reconciliation through education and opportunity. By reducing financial barriers, the scholarship helps students focus on their academic goals and future careers in applied earth sciences. BGC’s two-year, $25,000 contribution reflects our commitment to reconciliation and equity and diversity in STEM, and to supporting the next generation of Indigenous innovators shaping sustainable futures.
OUR COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION AND UNDRIP:
BGC is committed to reconciliation as a continuous act of learning, reflection, and relationship-building.
Guided by UNDRIP and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s 94 Calls to Action, we aim to integrate Indigenous Knowledge alongside modern science, build long-term partnerships, and support Indigenous-led projects.
BGC is committed to reconciliation as a continuous act of learning, reflection, and relationship-building.
Through this approach, BGC seeks to contribute to more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable outcomes across all areas of our work.
SOCIAL IMPACT: BGC SQUARED
Founded in 2014 by a small group of employees, our social impact program BGC Squared has grown into a company-wide commitment to giving back. Through BGC Squared, we aim to build lasting relationships, strengthen local capacity, and contribute to a more equitable and sustainable world.
The program is employee-led and supports volunteering, fundraising, and technical projects driven by the passions of BGCers who want to make a difference where they are needed most. BGC and Cambio Earth team members are encouraged and supported to pursue causes they care about—whether addressing local community needs or contributing to global humanitarian challenges.
BGC Squared’s work spans four areas of social impact:
• Disaster Preparedness & Relief: Supporting communities in responding to and preparing for natural hazards such as floods, wildfires, and landslides.
• Climate Resilience & Environmental Stewardship: Promoting long-term environmental health, ecosystem restoration, and adaptation to climate change.
• Community Wellbeing & Access to Essential Needs: Applying engineering and geoscience solutions to improve access to clean water, shelter, and food security.
• Inclusive Capacity Building & Cultural Preservation: Advancing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education, supporting Indigenous and underrepresented communities, and preserving cultural heritage through partnership and knowledge exchange.
“Your technical expertise, professionalism, and commitment have provided us with critical knowledge that goes far beyond data: it represents hope and concrete possibilities for Indigenous communities facing increasing challenges in access to safe water.”
Letter excerpt, Sol Bentolila Cohen, President, CADENA Colombia
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
Searching for drinking water solutions in Amazonas
Client: CADENA Colombia (NGO)
Location: Amazonas, Colombia
In early 2025, four BGC employees travelled to the Amazonas region of Colombia, partnering with Bogotábased NGO CADENA Colombia. The team’s goal was to explore sustainable drinking water solutions for six remote communities affected by severe drought.
Rivers that once sustained daily life had nearly dried up, leaving communities struggling to collect enough rainwater to meet basic needs. To help, our team conducted a groundwater reconnaissance program using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) to identify sand and gravel layers suitable for freshwater wells. The team also sampled existing water sources to assess quality and guide future filtration and protection strategies, particularly from artisanal mining impacts.
The findings will help CADENA Colombia apply for grants to implement new water systems, improving access to safe drinking water for six isolated communities. Beyond the technical results, the project strengthened partnerships, blended Western science with Traditional Knowledge, and reinforced BGC’s belief that meaningful change starts with connection, collaboration, and compassion.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
We believe that when people feel valued, respected, and empowered to bring their full selves to work, they contribute their best ideas and create meaningful impact.
At BGC, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is not a standalone initiative, rather, it’s part of how we work together, lead projects, and strengthen our communities.
BGC’s commitment to EDI is embedded across our business practices, operations, and culture.
Guided by our values, we:
• Promote diversity by building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
• Advance equity by identifying and removing systemic barriers to inclusion.
• Foster respect by ensuring all employees feel safe, supported, and heard.
• Strengthen connection by encouraging open dialogue and collaboration across teams.
This commitment is guided by the principles of fairness, transparency, and accountability, and it extends through all levels of our organization. Dedicated structures— including our EDI Steering Committee, EDI Committee, Indigenous Relations Working Group, employee resource groups, and dedicated Manager of EDI and Employee Experience—help sustain and advance this work. This collective effort is grounded in clear policies such as our Respectful Workplace Policy, Whistleblower Policy, Privacy Policy, and EDI Policy (see Governance section for more information).
...when people feel valued, respected, and empowered to bring their full selves to work, they contribute their best ideas and create meaningful impact.
EDI & DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY
2025: KEY HIGHLIGHTS
PARTICIPATION AND PROGRESS
• 81% of employees participated in the 2025 survey.
• 31 sentiments were measured, across diversity, inclusion, equity, commitment, and community impact. Three new sentiment areas were added in 2025. Of the original 28 areas measured in 2021, 24 scores improved.
• “Community Impact” was added to assess our team’s awareness of integrating Indigenous perspectives and community engagement in BGC projects.
• Regional, job-class, and identity-based subgroup analysis provided deeper insight into experiences across offices and roles, helping identify where focused action is needed.
While progress is clear, our survey also underscored the need to address gaps across job levels, regions, and identity groups. These insights will directly inform our next multi-year EDI Strategy, launching in 2026.
By listening deeply, acting intentionally, and measuring our progress, we are creating an inclusive BGC where innovation, collaboration, and sustainability thrive together.
OUR 2025 EMPLOYEE EDI SURVEY SAW AN
81% RESPONSE RATE
24 HAVE IMPROVED SINCE 2021 OF THE ORIGINAL 28 SCORES
2025 DEMOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT
AGE
Under 30 = 32%
31 - 40 = 39%
41 - 50 = 20% 51+ = 9%
RACE/ETHNICITY
Middle Eastern/West African/North African First Nations/Métis/Indigenous
1 IN 4 EMPLOYEES IDENTIFY AS RACIALIZED
SEXUAL IDENTITY
OF EMPLOYEES IDENTIFY AS MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY 13%
HIGHLIGHT
Employee Resource Groups: Building Connection and Belonging
In 2025, we introduced our first Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), an initiative inspired by results from our 2021 EDI Survey and feedback in quarterly employee engagement surveys. ERGs are voluntary, employee-led communities that bring BGC and Cambio Earth team members together around shared identities, experiences, or interests.
Our ERGs create spaces to connect, learn, and foster inclusion. Groups meet monthly and are open to both members and allies who want to listen, support, and contribute to a more inclusive workplace. These ERGs mark an important step in strengthening our One Team culture, where every voice matters and belonging is built through community.
GENDER PAY EQUITY
We are committed to fair and equitable compensation as part of our broader focus on EDI.
Every year, we conduct a gender pay equity analysis to assess whether compensation is fair, transparent, and consistent across our workforce. Our 2025 analysis (based on 2024 calendar year compensation data) and our 2024 analysis (based on 2023 calendar year compensation data) show that there continues to be no statistically detectable pay gap between men and women at BGC when considering role and job class, geography, and performance.
Our analysis includes base salary, bonuses, and longterm incentives, and applies statistical methods aligned with industry best practice. While our current reporting reflects binary gender categories due to data limitations, we are committed to expanding our analysis in future years to better reflect the full diversity of employees as demographics data allows. In 2025, women represented 37% of the BGC workforce, down from 39% in 2024, and made up 36% of our shareholder population, an increase from 35% in 2024. These figures align with overall gender demographics across shareholder-eligible roles.
In alignment with our ESG commitments and legal obligations, BGC meets pay transparency reporting requirements in the jurisdictions where we operate, including the province of British Columbia (B.C.). BGC now includes salary ranges in all Canadian- and U.S.-based job postings, and published an annual B.C. Pay Transparency Report in 2025. These measures strengthen accountability and ensure our practices align with emerging regulatory expectations.
By embedding fairness and inclusivity into our compensation systems, we reinforce our values as an equitable employer and affirm that every team member is recognized and rewarded for their contributions.
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
The goal of our Learning and Development program is to create opportunities and experiences that promote lifelong learning in ways that align with each person’s unique strengths, interests, and career goals.
Through Learning and Development, we aim to:
• Build a culture of continuous learning grounded in our core values of Excellence, Curiosity, and Common Sense.
• Strengthen connections across teams and technical areas in support of our One Team culture.
• Celebrate success to build confidence, competence, and collective growth.
BGC supports full-time staff with up to 80 hours per year dedicated to Learning and Development. Employees are empowered to decide how to allocate this time between on-the-job learning, mentoring, internal and external training, and conference participation.
Our Learning and Development program has three pillars: Training
• Participation in internal and external training courses, technical sessions, and safety training. This includes on-the-job learning that supports career progression and professional competency. Conferences
• Attendance at technical and professional conferences in support of continuous learning and knowledge sharing. Mentoring
• Participation in formal mentoring programs, including those organized by our internal technical teams, in addition to informal mentoring connections.
Leadership is an important part of our culture at BGC. Guided by our One Team value, we embrace the concept of ubiquitous leadership: the belief that every BGC and Cambio Earth employee is a leader, encouraged to invest in their professional growth and develop their leadership skills. BGC’s leadership training, available to all employees, aims to develop three key competencies: Leading Self, Leading Others, and Leading the Organization
MENTORING AND CONNECTION
Mentoring is woven into our project work and reflects our belief that everyone has both the right to mentorship and the responsibility to seek it out. It’s a cornerstone of how we learn, collaborate, and live our values at BGC.
• On-the-job mentoring fosters skill development, collaboration, and feedback.
• Formal mentoring supports career conversations during our annual performance cycle and beyond.
• Dedicated paid time as part of our Learning and Development program removes barriers to accessing and participating in mentorship activities across teams.
BGC Compass Team and Employee Engagement Surveys
The BGC Compass Team is a peer mentoring network of 50+ ambassadors across offices that helps welcome, support, and connect team members across the organization. Among their many roles, they guide new employees through onboarding, and connect them to people, resources, and experiences that build community and belonging.
The Compass Team also facilitates our quarterly engagement surveys, which capture feedback from a random sample of employees. Surveys focus on fulfillment, belonging, and culture, combining quantitative data and qualitative insights to highlight what’s working and where we can improve.
Average of total
I enjoy the work environment at BGC
I feel like my opinion counts and I have an influence I am working on tasks I am good at
I am highly interested, challenged, and fulfilled by the work I do
HEALTH & SAFETY
BGC is committed to the health, safety, and wellbeing of our employees, subcontractors, and those who interact with our operations. Our goal is to protect the physical, psychological, and social wellbeing of our people.
We uphold this commitment through a comprehensive Health and Safety Management System (HSMS) that meets or exceeds applicable legislation, regulations, and codes across our operating regions.
Safety at BGC is rooted in continuous learning and improvement. We encourage proactive reporting of potential hazards and safe behaviours, supported by open dialogue at monthly Health and Safety meetings.
In late 2024, we conducted an organization-wide Health & Safety Survey, with feedback from 225 employees across job classes and experience levels.
LEARNING FROM INCIDENTS
BGC shares Learnings from Incidents (LFIs) through monthly meetings and the company intranet, summarizing findings and corrective actions from incidents and near misses. These learnings reinforce our culture of transparency and prevention.
• A strong safety culture and visible leadership commitment.
• Access to training, mentorship, and safety resources.
• Supportive and communicative field environments. Key strengths identified included:
Opportunities for improvement included:
• Expanding safety leadership and refresher training for supervisors.
• Strengthening the New Worker Program with improved mentor support and on-the-job training opportunities.
• Increasing attention to psychological safety and mental health.
We encourage proactive reporting of potential hazards and safe behaviours, supported by open dialogue at monthly Health & Safety meetings.
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AUDIT AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS
BGC participates annually in the Certificate of Recognition (COR) program in Alberta and Nova Scotia to demonstrate that our HSMS has been evaluated by a certified auditor and complies with provincial standards and legislation. The audit process includes a review of documentation, on-site observations, and employee interviews.
BGC also engages in external industry safety groups and benchmarking activities to ensure continued alignment with best practices.
Proactive Safety Goals
Since 2022, BGC has set proactive safety goals to encourage safe behaviours and help prevent injuries and incidents.
• In 2022, we did not meet our goal of 500 proactive (hazard recognition and safe work observation) safety reports.
• In 2023, we exceeded our goal with 520 proactive safety reports.
• In 2024, employees submitted 563 proactive safety reports, just shy of our target of 600.
• In 2025, our focus was on Driver Observations, as driving represents our highest-risk activity. With 101 submissions in 2025, we achieved our goal of 100 submissions aimed at reducing preventable vehicle incidents.
• Our Safety Reporting Contest, now in its fifth year, continues to celebrate meaningful reporting. Notable 2025 award categories included Best Hazard Recognition, Best Site Inspection, and Most Impactful Report.
Safety Performance 2021 - 2025
HIGHLIGHT
Annual Safety Reporting Contest
BGC’s Annual Safety Reporting Contest encourages proactive safety reports and site inspections to help us better understand workplace hazards, strengthen safe work practices, and support a culture of shared responsibility.
Best Hazard Recognition Category 2025 Winner
A BGC team member recognized an emerging ergonomic hazard while performing routine groundwater sampling and took timely action that prevented a potential injury. During the day, the team member noticed increasing lower back stiffness while sampling a newly installed deep groundwater well. Although some stiffness was expected following a recent on-site fitness class, the physical demands of the task—manually pulling multiple litres of water from a 125-metre-deep well using a bailer and reel—caused the discomfort to worsen.
After several repetitions, the team member assessed that continuing the work could lead to injury. They made the safe decision to stop work and requested assistance from on-site client personnel to complete the remaining tasks. This proactive response ensured the work was completed safely while protecting personal health. The team member also discussed the challenges of the unique well setup and their limited experience with it, helping identify contributing factors such as equipment features that increased physical effort.
As a positive outcome, arrangements were made to use an electric winch for future sampling, significantly reducing physical strain. The team member also sought immediate support from the onsite physiotherapist, reinforcing a strong safety culture centered on early hazard recognition, communication, and prevention.
GOVERNANCE
OUR APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE
Governance at BGC is grounded in many of the same principles that guide our technical work: responsibility, collaboration, and transparency. As a privately held, 100% employee-owned company, we operate with a flat and participatory governance structure. Over half of our employees are shareholders (53%), and almost all senior and principal engineering and geoscience staff are shareholders.
Ownership carries both rights and accountability. This model fosters a long-term perspective that prioritizes integrity, safety, and the sustainability of our company, our people, and the communities we serve.
OVERSIGHT AND RISK MANAGEMENT
BGC’s BOD provides oversight of strategic, financial, operational, environmental, social, and governance risks. Directors are elected annually by shareholders. As outlined in its Terms of Reference, the BOD is accountable to shareholders and works closely with the Chief Executive Officer and Management Team to make decisions that are informed, balanced, and aligned with our purpose.
The BOD meets with the Management Team at least monthly, in addition to attending four quarterly board meetings, a midyear and year-end shareholder meeting, and other meetings as required.
Our governance framework integrates risk management across all areas of operation. Risk management is not viewed as a constraint, but as a foundation for responsible decision-making It enables us to make significant internal investments in areas such as training and research and development, and to deliver resilient, high-quality work while maintaining the trust of clients, partners, and communities.
ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
Ethical conduct is a non-negotiable standard at BGC. Our Code of Conduct defines expectations for integrity, professionalism, and respect, and applies to all employees, contractors, and partners. It supports fairness and compliance with laws, professional standards, and human rights principles. As a firm of licensed professionals, we also align our internal practices with the ethical obligations established by the professional bodies that certify many of our team members.
BGC’s Privacy Policy outlines our responsibility to safeguard personal information and ensure that data is collected, used, and stored in a manner that respects individual rights and complies with applicable legislation. Our Respectful Workplace Policy further reinforces our commitment to a safe and inclusive environment by setting clear expectations for professional conduct and providing confidential processes for addressing bullying, harassment, or discrimination.
CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION
Safeguarding client and company information is a critical aspect of good governance. BGC’s Cybersecurity Policy outlines standards for responsible data management, access control, and threat mitigation. Regular employee training, multi-factor authentication, and encryption protocols help ensure information security across all of BGC’s operations. Cybersecurity performance and risk management are subject to BOD oversight.
In 2025, Cambio Earth achieved ISO 27001 certification, an important milestone for the organization and clear evidence of our commitment to cybersecurity.
LEADERSHIP AND DIVERSITY
Strong governance depends on diverse perspectives and inclusive leadership. As of 2025, 29% of BGC’s BOD and 43% of the Management Team are women. Beyond gender representation, the BOD reflects diversity of thought through representation across the geographies in which we operate and across all major practice areas.
This breadth of experience helps the BOD understand industry challenges on the ground and identify opportunities to lead in delivering resilient, risk-informed solutions for our clients and the communities we serve. Directors and many Management Team members also bring a wide range of business and technical backgrounds, adding valuable depth to decision-making.
The BOD reviews diversity, equity, and inclusion progress annually to support equitable access to leadership, mentorship, and career development.
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
BGC’s governance practices are guided by our values and grounded in responsibility to our people, clients, and the communities we serve. We align our work with applicable laws, regulations, and professional standards across the regions in which we operate, and apply professional judgment to make decisions that reflect BGC’s values, our clients’ needs, societal expectations, and the long-term health of the environment.
Transparency and accountability are embedded throughout our governance and operational systems, including:
• Open and consistent communication with shareholders about business performance.
• Annual office-level discussions with new and junior staff to increase clarity and transparency around compensation practices.
• Annual reviews of our HSMS to maintain alignment with external certifications.
• Semi-annual reviews of the Quality Management System by the BOD, demonstrating our commitment to technical governance.
• Annual performance reviews for all employees, supporting continuous growth and development.
• Formal performance reviews of the Chief Executive Officer every three years, along with regular Director feedback and evaluations, reinforcing leadership accountability.
We also maintain a Whistleblower Policy that enables confidential and anonymous reporting through a thirdparty provider, ensuring that concerns can be raised safely and without fear of retaliation.
As an employee-owned company, trusted advisors to our clients, and stewards of the natural and built environments, transparency and accountability are central to how we operate. Governance at BGC is not simply a structure of oversight; it is how we uphold our purpose every day.
DATA SHEET
Since the release of our first sustainability report in 2023, we have begun comparing our internal metrics against the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards to identify the areas where we can have the greatest impact. We have also been actively exploring how frameworks such as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Sustainability Disclosure Standards apply to our work as an earth science consulting firm.
We have disclosed sustainability information in the following Data Sheet, with relevant GRI standards referenced, as we strive to ensure our reporting is transparent, comparable, and relevant to our stakeholders. This is an area of learning and growth for BGC and will continue to mature in future reporting.
DATA SHEET
1All assets are leased and we do not have operational or financial control. These emissions are included in Scope 3 emissions.
2Data expected June 2026.
3Total combined retired offsets for years 2020, 2021, and 2022.
4Limited Learning & Development data available prior to 2021.
5Employee demographic data only available in years when company-wide survey completed (2021, 2025).
2026 & BEYOND Looking Ahead
As we look to the future, our focus remains on advancing the science, relationships, and practices that support sustainable and resilient outcomes for the communities, clients, and environments we serve. We will continue to integrate climate intelligence, earth and environmental science, and risk-informed decision-making across our work, with a growing emphasis on water security, climate adaptation, and community resilience.
We will also continue to strengthen the internal systems that support transparency, ethical practice, and a safe, inclusive workplace. This includes ongoing investment in training, professional development, and opportunities that foster diversity of thought and equitable career pathways. Our safety culture will remain a priority through proactive reporting, continuous learning, and collaborative problem-solving.
As we move into 2026 and the years ahead, we are committed to building on the foundations set out in this report and delivering science-based solutions and responsible stewardship for the benefit of people and the planet.
