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GREEN INVESTMENT GROUP (GIG) An overview of the Green Investment Group (GIG), a subsidiary unit of the Macquarie Group. Original article: Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | ||
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Who we are
Measuring our impact
Our impact
As a mission driven organisation, we measure and report on the positive green impact of our investments and activities with rigour and transparency.
Our green investment policy and principles drive every investment and development decision, ensuring our activities always align with our mission. We then assess, monitor and report the green impact of all our projects.
£26+ billion
committed or arranged
212 MtCO2e greenhouse gas emissions avoidance
equivalent to removing 3 million cars from the road
590,318 GWh renewable energy generation
equivalent to meeting the electricity needs of over 5 million homes
How we calculate our numbers
What is green impact?
Our definition of 'green impact' relates to the positive contribution to five specific measures. We call them our 'Green Purposes': Every investment we make must contribute to at least one of our purposes and many contribute to more than one. More detail can be found in our policies and principles below.
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Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Increase natural resource efficiency
03
Protect or enhance the natural environment
04
Protect or enhance biodiversity
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Promote environmental sustainability
Policies and principles
Green Investment Principles
Our Green Investment Principles set the benchmark for assessing and managing the green impact of investment transactions and related activity.
Download Green Investment Principles (PDF, 120 KB)
Green Investment Policy
Our Green Investment Policy is designed to ensure that the activities of the Green Investment Group and its subsidiaries are in line with our Green Investment Principles.
Download Green Investment Policy (PDF, 96 KB)
Green Impact Reporting Criteria
Our Green Impact Reporting Criteria sets out how we calculate the green impact of our investments and activities.
Download Green Impact Reporting Criteria (PDF, 184 KB)
How we assess, monitor and report on green impact
Every GIG investment is subject to a robust green impact assessment process before it can be approved. When we began back in 2012, there wasn’t a methodology with sufficient academic and scientific rigour that could be applied pragmatically, day-in and day-out, through a commercial investment process. So we built our own.
Our approach is designed for investors, by investors. Every investment is subject to this robust, detailed and continuous green impact monitoring, spanning all aspects of its green performance. An overview of our methodology and measurement to report on green impact can be found in our Guide to the Green Investment Handbook.
Download our Guide to the Green Investment Handbook
11 October 2021
Guide to Green Investment Handbook 2021 (English)
PDF 590 KB
Jozwin Wind Farm Green Impact Report
Green Impact Reports
We have developed the Green Impact Report as a globally-applicable template for investors to disclose the green impact of their investments.
Below are a selection of Green Impact Reports on GIG investments.
Information on our annual green impact is available in our Progress Report.
27 November 2020
Jozwin Wind Farm Green Impact Report
PDF
374 KB
20 July 2020
Murra Warra II Wind Farm Green Impact Report
PDF
264 KB
01 April 2020
Nordco Portfolio Green Impact Report
PDF
583 KB
11 February 2020
Newhurst Energy-from-Waste Green Impact Report
PDF
764 KB
30 November 2019
Formosa Offshore Wind Portfolio Green Impact Report
PDF
699 KB
11 November 2019
Zajaczkowo Green Impact Report
PDF
393 KB
31 August 2019
East Anglia ONE Wind Farm Green Impact Report
PDF
614 KB
31 December 2018
Earls Gate Energy Centre Green Impact Report
PDF
682 KB
30 April 2018
Markbygden Ett Wind Farm Green Impact Report
PDF
433 KB
31 March 2018
Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm Green Impact Report
PDF
583 KB
Our commitment to continuous improvement and standardised measurement
Currently, there is no one standardised approach to green impact assessment, monitoring or reporting. We are committed to ensuring our approach is at the forefront of market practice by adopting to the continuous improvement of standards and actively engaging with a wide range of stakeholders on our approach.
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Harmonization of Standards for GHG accounting
Our Green Impact Team are committed to continue working alongside the UNFCCC on creating harmonised standards for greenhouse gas reporting.
British Standards Institution (BSI)
We are building on our pioneering origins in green finance by supporting the development of international standards for sustainable finance – in partnership with BSI, we provide expertise on global green bond and loan standardisation and contribute to the development of UK sustainable finance standards.
Sustainable Infrastructure (SI) Label
FAST-Infra — the ‘Finance to Accelerate the Sustainable Transition-Infrastructure’ initiative – focuses on accelerating investment in sustainable infrastructure.
GIG is co-chair of the SI label working group which is developing a globally applicable label for SI assets to provide coherency for market participants, facilitate investment decisions and raise standards across the globe.
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