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A Message from S&P Global Investor Relations
Throughout the global pandemic, the essential nature of S&P Global’s products and resiliency of our business model enabled us to continue to move ahead with the IHS Markit merger, launch innovative new products, and deliver strong financial results. On February 28, 2022, we closed the merger with IHS Markit. Moving forward, we are excited by the opportunities this historic merger creates by uniting a unique collection of assets and technology capabilities from two world-class organizations to benefit our people, our customers, and our shareholders.
In this year’s Investor Fact Book, we are highlighting:
- The release of the S&P Capital IQ Pro and Platts Dimensions Pro platforms
- The launch of Sustainable1, a brand-new, single point of access for ESG and sustainability products across the Company
- Expanded data offering on S&P Global Marketplace, supported by a partnership with Snowflake and Databricks technology
And, as always, we include those sections most frequently sought by investors:
- Ten years of bond issuance data by world area and asset type
pages 24–28 - S&P Global Ratings’ Track Record: Standing the Test of Time
page 29 - S&P Global Platts’ commodity futures contract history for benchmarks and expansion of its renewable energy business
pages 46–47 - S&P Dow Jones Indices Annual Survey of Assets
page 49
Throughout the 2021 Investor Fact Book you will see examples of how the Company is providing essential intelligence that unlocks opportunity, fosters growth, and accelerates progress. The online edition features expanded content, including related video content, new reports/studies released during the year, and Excel downloads of key financials.
We would greatly appreciate any suggestions for additional content that you would find useful. Please pass along your suggestions and let us know if you have questions.
Mark Grant
Senior Vice President,
Investor Relations
mark.grant@spglobal.com
C 347 640 1521
Celeste M. Hughes
Senior Manager, Communications
& Shareholder Relations,
Investor Relations
celeste.hughes@spglobal.com
T 212 438 2192
Investment spending moderated in 2021 after exceptional activity in prior year
- Global
- Domestic ratings in China
- Market Intelligence China initiative
- Platts commercial expansion in Asia(1)
- Innovation & Technology
- Continued deployment of data science, AI, cloud, machine learning, and robotics tools(1)
- SME product-build(1)
- Marketplace commercialization(1)
- Platts benchmark acceleration(1)
- Continued Kensho collaboration
- Platts agriculture acceleration(1)
- Platts strategic partnerships
- Platts platform functionality(1)
- Platts energy transition(2)
- Enterprise ESG(2)
Achieved majority of 2020 multiyear productivity program in 18 months
| (in millions) | Target | Achieved by 4Q 2021 | Major Actions |
| Real Estate | ~$50 | ~$50 | Optimization of real estate footprint |
| Procurement | ~$30 | ~$26 | Strengthening approach to contract negotiations |
| Improve governance of contract consolidations | |||
| T&E | ~$20 | ~$24 | Reduced T&E in post-COVID environment as paradigm shifts to more virtual interactions |
| IT Infrastructure | ~$20 | ~$13 | Progressing data center consolidation and reduced redundant consumption |
| Total annual savings | ~$120 | ~$113 |
Notes:
Project completed
New investment in 2021