Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries  2014 Annual Financial Report  macquarie.com.au  Environmental, Social and Governance Report  continued  Clear dialogue with stakeholders is important to building  strong relationships, maintaining trust, enhancing business  performance and evolving our ESG approach. Macquarie  regularly engages with a broad range of stakeholders  including shareholders, investors, clients, analysts, industry  groups, governments, employees and the wider community.  Macquarie’s key engagement activities in 2014 are  summarised below:  Macquarie has used the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) as  the guiding framework for sustainability disclosures  contained within the Annual Financial Report and Annual  Review. The content of the disclosures is based on  Macquarie’s ESG priorities, the interests of stakeholders,  including investors and analysts, and the applicable GRI  indicators.  Consistent with Macquarie’s approach to sustainability,  information concerning governance, environment, social and  economic performance is presented throughout the Report  rather than as a separate disclosure. A GRI index is available  on macquarie.com.au.  Engaging stakeholders  About these disclosures  –  Shareholders and Investors: Macquarie provides clear  and open lines of communication with shareholders,  investors and analysts well beyond the key events of the  corporate calendar, such as the Annual General Meeting  and result and operational briefings. Investor Relations  oversees an extensive program which includes domestic  and international investor roadshows, conferences and  briefings and responds to investor queries to provide  transparency about the ESG framework and approach  –  Government: Macquarie supports strong and vibrant  democracies and contributes to public policy reviews on  a range of matters both directly and through its  membership of industry associations. Macquarie’s  Government Relations team has lead responsibility for  maintaining relationships with key government and public  sector stakeholders and engaging in policy development  through government and parliamentary consultations and  inquiries  –  Employees: Macquarie engages with its employees  through a range of channels including orientation,  networking events, All Staff Meetings, in-depth local  business briefings, business level staff surveys and an  active staff intranet featuring news and video content. In  late 2013 the Macquarie-wide Staff Survey was  conducted. The 2013 survey is part of an ongoing survey  program, where staff across all regions and businesses  are asked to provide their views and feedback on a  number of workplace factors pertinent to the current  environment. In 2013, these factors included perceptions  of brand, culture, leadership and daily work. Analysis of  responses at a Macquarie-wide level and across  demographics such as Division, region and tenure, and  an understanding of how these factors relate to  employee engagement, feed into prioritisation of areas  for action planning in response to this feedback. Results  show positive levels of engagement and perceptions of  workplace  –  Communities: The Macquarie Group Foundation  provides financial and other forms of support to a wide  range of community organisations and programs. In FY2014, the Macquarie Group Foundation and  Macquarie staff supported over 1,300 community  organisations around the world and hosted more than  100 events, where not-for-profit organisations were able  to hold seminars, launches or advisory meetings at  Macquarie offices. A highlight of FY2014 was the  celebration of the $A200 million milestone that the  Foundation and Macquarie staff have contributed to  community organisations since the Foundation’s  inception. To mark the occasion the Foundation created  the Macquarie 200/200 Opportunity Award,  showcasing innovative Australian not-for-profits. A more  detailed overview of Macquarie Group Foundation's  engagement with communities along with the  Foundation’s Annual Report is available on the  Macquarie website. 22 