Macquarie’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitment reflects our responsibility to clients, shareholders and the communities in which we operate. Clear dialogue with our stakeholders is important to building strong relationships, maintaining trust and enhancing business performance. We regularly engage with a broad range of stakeholders including investors and shareholders, clients, staff, governments and regulators, suppliers and the wider community.

Macquarie structures its ESG approach around focus areas considered to be material to the business. Underpinned by What We Stand For and our Code of conduct, these focus areas reflect the risks and opportunities identified by the business and the issues of interest to our stakeholders:

• Managing environmental and social risk
• Business conduct and ethics
• People and workplace
• Investments, markets and products
• Sustainability in direct operations

Driven by strong risk management, we work to continually improve performance across our focus areas to create sustainable value over the long-term. More information is available in the documents below. 

• ESG Governance
• FY19 Macquarie Group ESG Report
• FY19 Independent limited assurance report
• FY19 GRI content index

In 2019, Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) submitted its third transparency report as a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI). The PRI provides an external framework for reporting and continuous improvement of ESG integration.

ESG Framework – policies and practices covering ESG risk management