2021 Stakeholder Sustainability Report
A MESSAGE FROM OUR
PRESIDENT & CEO
2021 SUSTAINABILITY
HIGHLIGHTS
ABOUT MOODY'S
BETTER BUSINESS
BETTER LIVES
BETTER SOLUTIONS
APPENDIX
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Waste (metric tons)¹
Total waste from office operations
GRI 306-3
Landfill
GRI 306-5
Recycled goods
GRI 306-4
Recycled paper
GRI 306-4
Percentage of our employees in offices that implemented sustainable practices
Phased out single use plastics
Implemented centralized waste collection²
Eliminated coffee machines with capsules/sachets
Recycle coffee capsules/sachets
Percentage spend on sustainable materials3.4
Eco-friendly office paper
Eco-friendly stationery and office supplies
Office paper use
Reduction of office paper from 2019 baseline4
Target: 50%
RESPONSIBLE SOURCING
Supplier diversity
Diverse supplier spend
Women-owned
Small businesses
1 Actual waste represented 31% of reported volume in 2021. The reported figure represents an extrapolation to cover the full property portfolio.
2 Includes offices that have more than 50 full-time employees, covering approximately 89% of operations based on employee number.
2019
2020
Moody's 2021 Stakeholder Sustainability Report
2021
3,922
601
429
667
132
149
1,697
198
241
1,558
272
39
75%
68%
35%
83%
68%
46%
36%
37%
79%
99%
2019
2020
2021
10%
8%
7%
0.3%
4%
3%
1%
1%
2%
3 Office paper, stationery and office supplies qualify as eco-friendly when they meet one of the more than 45 environmental attributes that are reported by suppliers, see the full definition in the Methodology Note. The decrease in eco-friendly office paper in 2021 is due, in part, to supply chain issues and the limited selection of eco-friendly paper for orders for remote work.
4 Represents our offices in the U.S. We are working to collect actual data globally.
5 Data includes addressable spend with suppliers that we do business with directly (Tier 1).
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