Capabilities

Green Investments

We create compelling green investment opportunities and practical decarbonisation solutions for our clients and investee companies, which seek to benefit communities and the environment.

20

years​ investing in​ the energy transition

53.9 million tonnes CO₂e

greenhouse gas emissions avoidance

We seek to invest in practical climate solutions, recognising the role we can play in supporting clean energy investment, the annual volume of which must more than triple by the end of this decade if the world is to reach net zero emissions by 2050.1

Our specialist green energy businesses are developing and operating the energy systems of the future, and are supporting our clients and portfolio companies on their decarbonisation journeys.

We also focus on other environmental challenges. To support the global goal of achieving sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 20302, we seek to realize investment opportunities in the circular economy. On pollution prevention, our portfolio companies offer e-mobility vehicle and charging to reduce vehicular emissions, and we seek to invest in waste reduction, reuse, recycling or recovery solutions to help tackle the land and water pollution risks associated with landfill.

We believe the scale and complexity of the energy transition demands a dedicated focus. 

Since making our first investment in renewables in 2005, Macquarie Asset Management has become home to one of the world’s leading specialist green investment teams. Our green investments team is a leader in the development of companies, assets and technologies that aim to accelerate the transition to net zero.

Leveraging deep technical and operational expertise

Our dedicated team of green investment and asset management specialists combine deep sector expertise with industrial capabilities. We invest across the asset lifecycle, from development to operations, and manage a growing portfolio of assets covering mature technologies, including onshore and offshore wind and solar, and emerging technologies such as green hydrogen, battery storage and biogas.

Commitment to Sustainability

Macquarie Asset Management aims to invest and manage its portfolio in line with global net zero scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Across our private markets platform, we work closely with investee companies to build sustainable, adaptable and resilient businesses.

Aula Energy
Asia-Pacific | Green energy

Aula Energy develops renewable energy projects like solar and wind, focusing on sustainability, reducing carbon emissions, and advancing green energy solutions.

Island Green Power
EMEA | Green energy

UK-based developer of utility-scale solar plants.

 

The energy transition is one of the most important investment themes of our lifetime. We’re committed to providing our clients with access to the green investment opportunities that they seek, while driving the transition to net zero through the delivery of practical climate solutions.” 

Mark Dooley
Global Head of Green Investments

We measure and report the Green Impact of our Green Investment strategies with rigour and transparency, underpinned by robust green impact governance. 

We define 'Green Impact' as the contribution to five specific environmental goals: the 'Green Purposes'. Every investment covered by this Green Impact governance approach must contribute to one or more of our purposes and many contribute to more than one.

Green Impact Statements

For investments covered by our Green Impact governance approach, we publish independently assured annual Green Impact Statements. These highlight the principal quantifiable environmental benefits arising from investments by MAM-managed funds into projects that have reached Final Investment Decision, and where MAM has made a conclusive determination that the requirements of the Green Investment Policy have been met. More information on the methodology used to calculate the data presented in the Green Impact Statements, including our approach to attributing Green Impact to the funds, can be found in the Green Impact Reporting Criteria.

Headline Results as of 31 March 2025

  • Total Lifetime Renewable Energy Generation: 140,486 GWh
    The MAM Green Investments portfolio is estimated to generate 140,486 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy, powering communities and businesses with clean energy.
  • Total Lifetime GHG Emissions Avoidance: 53.9 million tonnes CO2e
    The MAM Green Investments portfolio is estimated to avoid 53.9 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over project lifetimes, supporting the global shift to a low-carbon economy.
  • Battery Energy Storage: 439 MW / 832 MWh
    The BESS projects in the MAM Green Investments portfolio are anticipated to provide essential grid services, enhancing grid resilience and supporting low-carbon, intermittent energy generation.

This year, we broadened our independently assured Green Impact Statements to include avoided air quality emissions, fossil fuel use avoidance, and other environmental benefits, enhancing transparency and investor alignment, all measured with robust, published reporting criteria.

Green Impact Governance

Information on our approach to green investing can be found in the Green Investment Policy and the Green Impact Reporting Criteria, which underpin the Green Impact Statements. These documents are reviewed and published at least annually.

Green Investment Policy

Our Green Investment Policy sets out how we assess, monitor, manage and report on the green impact associated with the investments we oversee, to ensure that this in line with our Green Investment Principles.

Green Impact Reporting Criteria

Our Green Impact Reporting Criteria sets out how we calculate the quantitative green impact and rate the qualitative green impact of investments and activities.

As at 31 March 2025 unless otherwise stated in footnotes.

  1. IEA, Net Zero by 2050, May 2021: https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050
  2. UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 – Target 12.2. https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal12

Macquarie Asset management is a leading global asset manager offering a diverse range of investment solutions, including real assets, real estate, and credit.

 

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