2021 Stakeholder Sustainability Report
A MESSAGE FROM OUR
PRESIDENT & CEO
2021 SUSTAINABILITY
HIGHLIGHTS
ABOUT MOODY'S
BETTER BUSINESS
BETTER LIVES
BETTER SOLUTIONS
APPENDIX
2021 Assurance Statement: Human Capital Data
LRQA
LRQA
Table 1. Summary of Moody's Key Data for CY 2021:
LRQA Independent Assurance Statement
Relating to Moody's Assertion for the Calendar Year 2021
This Assurance Statement has been prepared for Moody's Corporation (Moody's) in accordance with our contract.
Terms of Engagement
LRQA was commissioned by Moody's to provide independent assurance of its social metrics for the calendar year
2021 (CY 2021) against the assurance criteria below to a limited level of assurance and materiality of the
professional judgement of the verifier using LRQA's verification procedure. LRQA's verification procedure is based
on current best practise and is in accordance with ISAE 3000.
Our assurance engagement covered Moody's employees under its operational control and specifically the
following requirements:
•
Verifying conformance with:
Moody's reporting methodologies for the selected datasets.
Evaluating the accuracy and reliability of data and information for only the selected indicators listed below:
Global gender data as reported within Moody's CY 2021 10-K, specifically female officers and
managers; and
U.S race and ethnicity data stated within Moody's CY 2021 EEO-1 Report as published in Moody's
Stakeholder Sustainability Report, specifically Black or African American employees.
LRQA's responsibility is only to Moody's. LRQA disclaims any liability or responsibility to others as explained in the
end footnote. Moody's responsibility is for collecting, aggregating, analysing and presenting all the data and
information within the Assertion and for maintaining effective internal controls over the systems from which the
Assertion is derived. Ultimately, the Assertion has been approved by, and remains the responsibility of Moody's.
LRQA's Opinion
Based on LRQA's approach nothing has come to our attention that would cause us to believe that Moody's has not,
in all material respects:
.
•
Met the requirements of the criteria listed above; and
Disclosed accurate and reliable demographic data and information as summarized in Table 1 below.
The opinion expressed is formed on the basis of a limited level of assurance¹ and at the materiality of the
professional judgement of the verifier.
1. The extent of evidence-gathering for a limited assurance engagement is less than for a reasonable assurance engagement.
Limited assurance engagements focus on aggregated data rather than physically checking source data at sites. Consequently,
the level of assurance obtained in a limited assurance engagement is lower than the assurance that would have been obtained
had a reasonable assurance engagement been performed.
Metric
Black or African American employees²,3
Female officers or managers
Absolute
Boundary
Count¹
Total Absolute
Count¹
Percent of
Employees
U.S.
320
4,833
6.6%
Global
2,041
5,678
36%
Note 1: Absolute counts are derived from the number of active employees on December 31, 2021.
Note 2: As defined in 2021 U.S. EEO-1 Component Booklet, Appendix D.
Note 3: Percent of employees was calculated using absolute total count of employees in the U.S.
Note 4: Percent of employees is calculated using absolute total count of global employees in officer and manager roles: executives,
senior managers, mid-level managers and first-level managers.
LRQA's Approach
LRQA's assurance engagements are carried out in accordance with our verification procedure. The following tasks
were undertaken as part of the evidence gathering process for this assurance engagement:
•
•
interviewing relevant employees of the organization responsible for managing social data and records; and
assessing Moody's data management systems to confirm they are designed to prevent significant errors,
omissions or mis-statements.
LRQA's Standards, Competence, and Independence
LRQA implements and maintains a comprehensive management system that meets accreditation requirements for
ISO/IEC 17021 Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management
systems that are at least as demanding as the requirements of the International Standard on Quality Control 1 and
comply with the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants issued by the International Ethics Standards Board for
Accountants.
LRQA ensures the selection of appropriately qualified individuals based on their qualifications, training and
experience. The outcome of all verification and certification assessments is then internally reviewed by senior
management to ensure that the approach applied is rigorous and transparent.
Signed
Kate Pagan
Kate Pagan
LRQA Lead Verifier
On behalf of LRQA, 1330 Enclave Parkway, Suite 200 Houston, TX 77077
LRQA reference: UQA00002158/5401274
Dated: 08 September 2022
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to in this clause as 'LRQA'. LRQA assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by
reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant LRQA
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out in that contract.
The English version of this Assurance Statement is the only valid version. LRQA assumes no responsibility for versions translated into other
languages.
This Assurance Statement is only valid when published with the Assertion to which it refers. It may only be reproduced in its entirety.
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