2021 Stakeholder Sustainability Report
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2021 SUSTAINABILITY
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APPENDIX
Moody's 2021 Stakeholder Sustainability Report
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Gender and Finance
Research Hub
During Women's History Month in February
2021, we launched the Gender & Finance
Research Hub with research collected from
across the different business segments
at Moody's.
Our research shows and reinforces the impact of gender
equality across sectors and countries globally. For example,
in celebration of International Women's Day, we published
our Breaking the Bias report in March 2022. This report
highlights why narrowing global gender gaps helps create a
more sustainable, inclusive workplace and is an economic,
business and financial imperative.
For more information on our policies regarding diversity,
equity and inclusion, see Additional Resources.
Key findings from the 2022 report include:
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ECONOMY: Implementation of family-friendly policies,
such as those in other developed countries, could boost
U.S. GDP growth by almost $1 trillion in the next 10 years.
>>> CORPORATE ACTION: No corporate sectors achieved
management-level gender parity in 2020 and almost
half of all sectors have management teams averaging
less than 25% female.
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CREDIT RISK: Board-level gender diversity is correlated
with higher credit ratings. Our data shows that
women represent 35% of the boards of the companies
with positive governance characteristics, while
women hold only 21% of board seats at companies
with highly negative governance features.
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE: Debt instruments earmarked
for financing of projects tied to the advancement of
gender equality have grown steadily, with about
$22 billion issued in 2021 and a cumulative $70 billion
since 2016.View entire presentation