Accelerating Progress in the World
S&P Global
Last year we updated our purpose statement to convey not just what we do but why we do it. This purpose, which we express as Accelerating Progress in the World, is helping to unify our culture, serving as inspiration for our employees, and connecting us with all the people we do business with.
Douglas L. Peterson
President and Chief Executive Officer
What does it mean to accelerate progress in the world?
Building on the principles established by our founders, we continue to deliver the intelligence our customers need to unlock opportunity, foster economic growth and accelerate progress in the world. Learn how our new purpose and our people-first approach guide everything we do.
160 Years of Essential Intelligence
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Early Beginnings
From our early beginnings in the 19th century, our people have set out to bring transparency and independent views to industries and financial markets.
While so much has changed in the world and at our company, our values and spirit of innovation have endured.
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Pioneers Through Time
From the ingenuity that sparked the S&P 500 to Platts’ innovations in price discovery of commodities, we have never stopped pioneering new ways to get trusted information to our customers. Seminal events in virtually every decade shape who we are and demonstrate how we accelerate progress in the world.
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Investing in India
S&P Global has been building relationships and investing in India for more than 20 years. Today we have thousands of employees and operations across seven cities all over the country. In fact, India is one of the most important countries anywhere in the world for S&P Global.
Recognizing the strategic role India plays not only for our own business but also on the world stage, S&P Global’s Board of Directors chose to hold its annual strategy review session in India in 2019.
Directors and the management team visited our offices in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Gurgaon. The leadership team held town hall meetings with employees and spent a lot of time learning about the important data, operations, technology and product work being done there.
We recently opened three new office spaces, one in Ahmedabad and the two in Hyderabad, bringing teams together to improve collaboration and offering new networking opportunities. Visits to these locations showcased for the Board how the company’s investments in India are paying off and reinforced management’s belief in the talent, business know-how and ingenuity of the India teams.
As we move ahead, working together will be especially important to our workplace culture and to our future success. India is a shining example of what’s possible through teamwork and an engaged global workforce empowered with technology.
The Board and leadership team heard from local talent about technology solutions and evolving products at S&P Global’s office in Ahmedabad.
#ChangePays
In January 2019 we launched our #ChangePays campaign, backed by S&P Global’s research, to spark conversations about the impact gender equality has on the workforce, bridging the skills gap and creating a more inclusive economy. Our data and insights clearly show that greater participation by women in the workplace leads to stronger, healthier and more advanced economies, as well as financial markets.
Twice last year we displayed artwork to engage people in conversation about this vital topic. Depending on a viewer’s vantage point our perceptual art exhibit either read “change” or “pays.” Digital kiosks surrounding the art helped align visitors to the perfect spots to view the installation and brought our statistics to life.
Created by Brooklyn-based artist and sculptor Michael Murphy, the piece comprises 549 bank notes, is the size of a transit bus and weighs 4,000 pounds.
Last year began with the exhibit displayed at the Oculus, the major transit hub in the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. The year ended with it on display at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC, during meetings of the Institute of International Finance and International Monetary Fund.
You can read more about #ChangePays, our most recent Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report and all of our corporate responsibility initiatives on our website.
$1.6 Trillion
Growth in the U.S. economy if it had kept pace with Norway in adding women to the workforce
$5.87 Trillion
Amount added to global market capitalization in 10 years under increased female labor force participation