Inclusion at Macquarie

Macquarie’s teams around the world are made up of talented people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

Bringing together their diverse ideas and insights strengthens our decision making, enables us to identify opportunities, and delivers value for our people, clients, shareholders and communities.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and connected environment in which everyone can contribute and collaborate.

Our commitment extends to providing opportunities for all our people to learn, grow, progress, and shape meaningful careers, and to working in partnership with others to extend our impact into the communities in which we operate.

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Build empowered and diverse high-performing teams

We bring together talented people with different backgrounds, experiences and diverse perspectives, empowering them to deliver their best work.

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Advance our inclusive and connected culture

We create an environment where people are valued, free to speak up, contribute and collaborate with the confidence that they will be respected.

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Enable inclusive career opportunities

We create inclusive opportunities for all our people to learn, grow, progress, and shape meaningful careers.

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Partner for broader impact

We partner with communities, organisations and our assets to extend our impact into the communities where we live and work.

Our approach to inclusion is embedded in our purpose, principles and Code of Conduct, which set out the way our people are expected to do business.


Employee-led network groups

Open to everyone, our employee-led network groups connect our people across Macquarie with similar goals and interests, supporting them to build relationships, collaborate more closely, exchange ideas and learn from each other, contributing to our inclusive culture.

Our employee-led network groups in Asia

AWN (Asia Women’s Network)

Families and Carers

Pride

Spark

Women in Tech

Wellness and Inclusion

Recent award highlights

Hall of Fame: Best Companies for Women in India, Avtar and Seramount 2025 (five consecutive years)

Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion (India and Philippines), Disability Index 2025

Gold Standard, 2025 Hong Kong LGBTQ+ Inclusion Index, Community Business

Gold Employer for LGBTQ+ Inclusion, India Workplace Equality Index



Partnering for broader impact

We partner with organisations to extend the impact of our culture into our communities, including by supporting commercial, career and development opportunities.

Good Period is the award-winning social enterprise connecting workplace menstrual health with scalable social impact.

Wise Employment is a non-profit employment services provider supporting job seekers into sustainable work with inclusive employers who value diversity.

Avtar is India’s pioneering workplace culture consulting firm, shaping inclusive workplaces and driving workforce equity since 2000, through consulting, research and talent solutions.

The Pride Circle is a diversity and inclusion organisation enabling women, the LGBT+ community and allies to foster belonging, through hiring, consulting and advocacy programs.


Supporting inclusion through innovation

From investing in education software that improves learning outcomes and helps close the achievement gap among students to developing and operating infrastructure assets that connect communities, our businesses deliver impact that fosters inclusion.
 

Expanding vocational education in the Philippines

Energy Development Corporation (EDC), a portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management and the Philippines’ largest renewable energy provider,1 was recognised as a winner in the 2025 Macquarie Shared Value Award for its outstanding initiative, the Keitech Educational Foundation Inc.


Supporting community inclusion

Our employees contribute their time, money and skills to further strengthen the impact of the Macquire Group Foundation, including support for its Future Ready program, which aims to build a more inclusive society by helping people overcome the barriers they face to employment.


Supporting inclusion through procurement

Our inclusive supply chain leads to more innovative solutions while maintaining a high-quality, resilient, and cost-effective supply chain, contributing to a better future for all.


Policies and reports

Policies

Workforce Inclusion Policy

Macquarie’s principles of Opportunity, Accountability and Integrity underpin our Workforce Inclusion Policy and are embedded in our culture. Our Workforce Inclusion Policy defines Macquarie’s commitment to inclusion and the structures in place to ensure it is realised.

Macquarie Group Accessibility Action Plan 2025 - 2028

Macquarie’s global Accessibility Action Plan formalises our ongoing commitment to inclusion and defines our goals and the actions we will continue to progress over a three-year period to improve accessibility and inclusion.  

Reconciliation Action Plan – Reflect

Our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) is a public and formal commitment to reconciliation with First Nations people in Australia, with a focus on strengthening our relationships with communities and organisations. Our inaugural ‘Reflect’ RAP was launched in 2023 and completed in 2024. We are now in the process of developing our second ‘Innovate’ RAP.

Reports

Australia Workplace Gender Equality

In accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth), Macquarie lodged its 2025 annual public report with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. You may make comments on this report by contacting Macquarie’s EEO and Diversity Office or the Agency wgea.gov.au.

Australia Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) 2024-25 Gender Pay Gap Employer Statement

This document accompanies WGEA’s publication of gender pay gap data, which discloses the difference between women and men’s median pay for our business in Australia for the 2024-25 reporting period.

UK Gender Pay Gap Reporting

In accordance with the Gender Pay Gap reporting requirements effective from 6 April 2017, we have published our pay statistics for male and female employees in the United Kingdom (UK). All UK employing entities with over 250 members in their workforce are required to make this disclosure. Full detail of how this data is calculated is provided in the reports below.

Ireland Gender Pay Gap Reporting

In accordance with the public disclosure required under the Gender Pay Information Act in Ireland effective 1 June 2025, we publish the data points relating to pay by gender for staff of Macquarie Bank Europe DAC (“MBE”). This legislation applies to all Irish organisations with 50 or more employees. Full details on how this data is calculated is provided in the following report.

  1. Energy Development Corporation, www.energy.com.ph