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Creating an Inclusive Economy

A thriving economy, growing, sustainable and stable; must also be an inclusive economy

Bridging the Global Skills Gap in STEM and digital expertise

The world needs a skilled workforce to power inclusive and sustainable economies.

Promoting a Sustainable Environment

We see sustainability as essential for our business, stakeholders and society.

Focus Area

Powering thriving, global communities with greater opportunity for all.

Focus Area

Powering thriving, global communities with greater opportunity for all.

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Creating an Inclusive Economy

A thriving economy – growing, sustainable and stable – must also be an inclusive economy. Economies should function for all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, disability or gender.

We support programs and organizations working to break down existing barriers to give underserved groups the chance to fully participate in the economy. We also use our professional skills and insights to strengthen initiatives that connect members of marginalized communities to job training and employment opportunities.

Building on our company’s long-time work to support women entrepreneurs, S&P Global tackles the challenges women face in launching and developing their own businesses, from gender bias to lack of access to capital. Our global #ChangePays campaign leverages our company’s essential intelligence, data and insights on women’s economic participation to increase awareness of and advance the discussion around the benefits of greater inclusivity.

  • Upwardly Global

    We partner with nonprofits and support programs around the world to help develop workforce readiness and job search skills for women, refugees and other underrepresented groups; connect them with resources such as mentoring and access to capital; and advocate for policies that help women enter and succeed in the workforce. S&P Global partners with the career preparatory program Upwardly Global to help highly skilled immigrants adapt and transition their skills and qualifications into the United States workforce.

  • Accion

    We support Accion Venture Lab’s efforts in Mexico, Brazil and India to empower women entrepreneurs in the emerging field of financial technology and connect them to potential investors. Twenty-six fintech startup founders received feedback from 23 seed capital investors in virtual workshops designed to help bridge the gender gap in early venture capital.

  • Ashoka

    We are pleased to partner with Ashoka to build the capacity of women social entrepreneurs in ASEAN, across five key markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines & Thailand. Through training workshops, peer-learning circles and cross-sectoral convenings, we seek to catalyze systemic change and unlock the potential of women social entrepreneurs by creating a platform and building a trusted community for them to learn, engage and scale their collective impact.

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Bridging the Global Skills Gap in STEM and digital expertise

The world needs a skilled workforce to power inclusive and sustainable economies. Competition is fierce in today’s global job market, but millions of jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) remain unfilled.

To meet the increasing demand for STEM skills, we aim to inspire students and other future workers to pursue STEM and digital careers, connect underrepresented groups to employability skills for such careers, and encourage the application of STEM learning to real-world problems.

We support a broad range of programs that help more people gain the essential skills that today’s economy demands. We invest in, partner and volunteer with programs that help future workers gain digital expertise and help our teams connect with the next generation of the workforce.

  • EssentialTECH

    More than 50% of our workforce – 12,000 of our people – took part in EssentialTECH training, which focuses learning on automation, data science and other key technology topics.

  • Nonprofit Partnerships

    We partner with critical nonprofit organizations, such as the New York Academy of Science’s Global STEM Alliance and Chicas en Tecnología in Argentina to address existing skills gaps and connect underserved people, including women and girls, people of color, immigrants and LGBTQ+ youth, with the skills needed to thrive in today’s workforce.

  • Girls Who Code

    Our partnership with Girls Who Code is helping close the gender gap in STEM by engaging our people, knowledge and resources to help inspire, educate, and equip girls with the computing and technology skills to become change agents in their communities.

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Promoting a Sustainable Environment

We believe organizations like S&P Global have a significant role to play in addressing society’s most pressing challenges, including transitioning to a low-carbon economy. In February 2021 S&P Global announced ambitious targets to reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with the goal of countering the adverse effects of climate change and supporting a net-zero economy.

S&P Global commits to becoming net-zero by 2040

Our approach to reaching this goal is derived from the latest climate science and aligns with best practices of avoiding and reducing emissions whenever possible and replacing high-carbon energy sources with low-carbon alternatives. Our targets were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and are consistent with reductions required to keep global warming to 1.5°C, the most ambitious scenario available in the SBTi process. Using 2019 as a baseline year, by 2025 S&P Global commits to the following by 2025:

o 25% absolute reduction of Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions

o 25% absolute reduction of Scope 3 emissions in business travel

o 81% of our suppliers will have their own science-based targets

  • TCFD

    The company was one of the first proponents of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and has reported to TCFD since 2019.

  • Financial Reporting

    In 2020, S&P Global became one of the first companies to introduce a carbon-adjusted Earnings Per Share metric into its financial reporting. The measure—calculated based on the theoretical cost per share of the tons of CO2 in each period subtracted from regular earnings per share—provides greater transparency into the cost of carbon emissions from company operations and integrates climate change considerations in the decision-making process.

  • Incentives

    The performance scorecard for determining payouts under S&P Global’s short-term incentive plan incorporates key performance indicators (KPIs) for strategic priorities tied to environmental sustainability. Linking executive incentive pay outcomes to our progress in achieving strategic climate initiatives provides another mechanism for ensuring accountability to reduction goals, in addition to the Company’s extensive public disclosure.

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  • Memberships

    We believe it is essential for enhanced dialogue and coordination at an international level to ensure that the positive steps being taken on climate and other ESG matters remain aligned with global market practices and regulatory frameworks. For example, S&P Global has been a member of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD), the EU High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG) as well as the CFTC’s Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee.

  • Relationships

    Recognizing the need for cross-sector relationships to help transition to a low-carbon future, S&P Global has established several relationships with civil society organizations. We are a proud sponsor of UN Climate Change and a signatory of the Business Ambition for 1.5 C. Additionally, our Chief Financial Officer Ewout Steenbergen was a founding member of the East Coast Chapter of the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) CFO Leadership Network, and was recently a signatory of the group’s CFO Net Zero Statement of Support.