2021 Stakeholder Sustainability Report

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT & CEO 2021 SUSTAINABILITY HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT MOODY'S BETTER BUSINESS BETTER LIVES BETTER SOLUTIONS APPENDIX Moody's 2021 Stakeholder Sustainability Report 22 22 Corporate Governance Strong leadership and governance start at the top of the organization. Our Board of Directors sets high standards for our employees, officers and directors. The Board oversees the management and overall strategy of Moody's - including the advancement of our sustainability strategy. The Board's oversight extends throughout the year, as management continually adjusts its approach in response to emerging sustainability-related risks and opportunities. OUR ACTIONS We continue to improve our corporate governance to further integrate sustainability into our business strategy. This includes: Expanded voluntary sustainability disclosure in the Form 10-K and 10-Q More fully integrated sustainability-related performance metrics into the Strategic & Operational compensation metric of all senior executives The Executive Leadership team, which is composed of the CEO and his direct reports, serves as the decision-making body for key strategic sustainability efforts, with oversight from three committees of the Board of Directors. These committees include: » Audit Committee: Oversees financial, risk, accounting and other disclosures made in our annual and quarterly reports related to sustainability and supports the Board in its duties related to the oversight of risk assessment and risk management processes » >>> Governance & Nominating Committee: Oversees sustainability matters related to the business and to long-term value creation and makes recommendations to the Board regarding these issues Compensation & Human Resources Committee: Reviews introduction of sustainability-related performance goals for determining compensation of certain senior executives Senior Management, composed of the Executive Leadership team's direct reports, is responsible for identifying and implementing sustainability and ESG-related risks and opportunities into their respective strategies. 1 Dual reporting line to the CEO and Chief Strategy Officer. 2 Dual reporting line to the CEO and Chief People Officer. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUDIT COMMITTEE GOVERNANCE & NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER GENERAL COUNSEL COMPENSATION & HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE HEAD OF STAKEHOLDER SUSTAINABILITY HEAD OF MOODY'S ESG SOLUTIONS CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER CHIEF DE&I OFFICER² PRESIDENT & CEO HEAD OF GLOBAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS¹ CHIEF RISK MANAGEMENT & AUDIT EXECUTIVE CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER PRESIDENT OF MOODY'S ANALYTICS PRESIDENT OF MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE CHIEF OF STAFF HEAD OF CSR GENERAL MANAGER OF RMS

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