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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 78 EXPANDING OUR ESG CAPABILITIES Throughout 2021, we achieved significant milestones in the expansion of our ESG capabilities, including: » >>> The launch of Climate Solutions, our comprehensive product suite dedicated to the identification, quantification and monitoring of climate risks. In 2021, we expanded our data coverage of the physical risks posed by climate change with new sub-sovereign climate risk scores that quantify population-weighted exposure to floods, heat stress, hurricanes and typhoons, sea level rise, water stress and wildfires. The scores complement our expanding coverage of forward- looking physical risk data for locations globally, including scores for 200 sovereigns. In December, we announced the launch of Temperature Alignment Data, a net-zero solution that assesses how companies' emissions targets align with global temperature benchmarks and tracks their progress toward meeting those targets. As part of our ESG Measures offering, focused on ESG data, scores and assessments, we announced: The introduction of ESG Score Predictor, a first- of-its-kind tool to generate real-time predicted ESG scores for millions of public and private SMEs worldwide. Based on a model derived from our proprietary ESG scoring methodology for - large-cap corporates, the ESG Score Predictor provides financial institutions with essential quantitative data for portfolio and risk management, and helps companies monitor ESG risk across their global supply chains. The expansion of regulatory data solutions, such as Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation Principal Adverse Impact (SFDR PAI) Data covering thousands of entities, a bespoke ESG data solution aimed at helping market participants meet European Union SFDR requirements. In October, we launched EU Taxonomy Alignment Screening, a new data solution that helps market participants, including asset managers, banks and insurance companies, respond to disclosure requirements under the evolving EU Taxonomy regulation. The establishment of two normative standard screening solutions, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Alignment Screening and Global Compact Screening, that help enable investors and other market participants to integrate the SDGS into their strategies and evaluate the alignment of approximately 5,000 listed companies with the sustainability-focused principles of the United Nations Global Compact respectively. In 2022, we launched Moody's ESG360-an easy-to-use platform delivering transparent ESG and climate data and insights through an intuitive interface. Throughout the year, we will also enhance Moody's ESG assessments methodology based on our double materiality approach.
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