Impact Report 2024
FROM OUR CEO
At S&P Global, making an impact means living up to the highest ethical standards and making this great company even better.
Martina Cheung
President and Chief Executive Officer
About S&P Global
Headquartered in New York City, S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data to the global capital and commodity markets. We provide intelligence that is essential for companies, governments and individuals to make decisions with conviction.
2024 Highlights
From Our People Leadership
Our actions contribute to an engaged workforce, strong customer focus, and a healthier planet and company.
Girish Ganesan
Chief People Officer
Annette O’Hanlon
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Culture & Engagement
and Chair of the S&P Global Foundation
Our Divisions
S&P Global’s divisions bring together highly complementary capabilities to power the markets of the future.
Our team of experts delivers leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to provide them with unrivaled insights to expand their perspectives, operate with confidence and make decisions with conviction.
Our analyst-driven credit ratings, research and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction.
With our unparalleled data and deep insights of global energy and commodity markets, we enable our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.
We provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors anywhere to make decisions with conviction.
We provide invaluable insights derived from unmatched automotive data, enabling our customers to anticipate change and make decisions with conviction. We help to optimize their businesses, reach the right consumers and shape the future of mobility.
About this Report
The information and data in this report cover S&P Global’s sustainability and corporate responsibility performance for calendar year 2024. Unless otherwise noted, all information herein is representative of the company as of December 31, 2024. Unless specified, data for years prior to 2022 is for S&P Global on a stand-alone basis prior to the successful merger with IHS Markit on February 28, 2022.
As of December 31, 2024, S&P Global had more than 42,000 permanent employees worldwide.
S&P Global is a majority owner of CRISIL, which is governed by its own board and management team. CRISIL data is included, where applicable, within the scope of the 2024 Impact Report. CRISIL has issued its own sustainability report, which can be found here.
This report includes information on management and performance related to S&P Global’s material topics. It has been prepared with reference to the GRI Standards and the SASB Standard for Professional & Commercial Services.
S&P Global strives to provide data and information that is reliable and transparent. For data reporting and information about our third-party assurance, view the 2024 assurance statement here. Unless otherwise stated, there are no restatements of information for prior reporting periods.
As the regulatory environment with respect to sustainability reporting continues to evolve, our organizational boundaries in relation to our sustainability reporting may be subject to change. For further details about the boundaries for this report, please refer to the notes associated with individual data points and the consolidated data tables in the Appendix.
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The company has identified a variety of sustainability-related topics that are considered material to the company in this context because of their importance to our stakeholders when evaluating sustainability-related issues relevant to the company. These topics also help guide the company’s sustainability strategic planning processes and initiatives. References to terms such as “material” or “materiality” in this report are distinct from, and should not be confused with, the terms “material” and “materiality” as they are used, defined by or construed under securities or other laws or as used in the context of financial statements and reporting required by applicable law and regulation. A listing of what we currently identify and categorize as our top sustainability-related material topics can be found under the section Our Approach to Sustainability.
For a discussion of S&P Global’s business, including risks that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, please refer to S&P Global’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and on Annual Report on Form 10-K.