Investing in a sustainable future

Infrastructure is central to societal well-being and long-term economic resilience. Infrastructure assets positively contribute to the energy transition, resource efficiency and environmental protection. The way infrastructure is planned, built, and operated directly influences productivity but also public health, climate resilience, job creation, and social inclusion.

Since our creation, we have integrated sustainability considerations into our investment strategy and asset management practices:

• Our infrastructure investments intrinsically bring environmental and social benefits: we target the building and expansion of infrastructure that contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation, circular economy, energy security and improvement of digital and transportation services.
• We aim to generate benefits for all stakeholders within our ecosystem.
• As an investor in long-life infrastructure, we place emphasis on the resilience of its investments and their benefit to future generations by selecting robust infrastructure investments, anticipating the impact of changing environmental and social conditions and by applying best practices.
• We believe that sustainability should be systematically included in investment practises to reduce risks and enhance positive impacts.

Committing to Net Zero

We recognise the importance of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and of continuing to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in line with the stated goals of the Paris Agreement. In this context, we commit to support investing aligned with the global goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions as outlined below.

Marguerite is a signatory of the Net Zero Asset Manager initiative. We defined and will regularly update an interim targets in line with the Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF) to align our portfolio with net zero emissions pathways by 2050 or sooner. Since 2020, Marguerite has been measuring portfolio’s GHG emissions, and strived to reduce our portfolio companies’ carbon footprint and invest in climate solutions.

Looking forward, we will:

• Continue engaging with Marguerite’s portfolio companies to measure and reduce GHG emissions in line with the Net Zero sectorial scenarios;
• Continue investing into climate solutions in line with our investment strategy (e.g. energy efficiency, renewable power production, low carbon transport);
• Report in line with the IFRS Standard 2 aligned with the Task Force for Climate Disclosure (“TFCD”) recommendations; and
• Disclose Marguerite’s progress towards our interim target annually.

Applying sustainability principles to the workplace

Marguerite’s adherence to sustainability principles goes beyond our investment process and applies to the workplace of Marguerite.

At Marguerite, we make it a point of honour to ensure that the sustainability values driving our investment strategy are shared by our people. This is why we offer regular training programmes and knowledge sharing sessions, with a particular focus on ESG best practices.

We work to translate sustainability concepts into concrete actions in our own workplace, implementing internal policies and incentives consistent with our commitments. We participate to charity initiatives in line with our values.

We see diversity as an asset and inclusion as a duty.