S&P Global has announced the launch of the S&P Global Climate Center of Excellence, a group of renowned scientists and strategists dedicated to advancing the company’s work in long-term climate, environmental, and nature-related research, as well as methodology development.
The center will collaborate across all S&P Global divisions—S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Commodity Insights, S&P Global Mobility, and S&P Dow Jones Indices—to ensure that its climate and sustainability solutions are built upon top-tier scientific data and methodologies.
The Climate Center of Excellence aims to provide actionable intelligence to various stakeholders, including investors, banks, companies, and sustainability solution providers. Its key goals include addressing complex methodological challenges in climate and environmental science to drive innovation; promoting science-driven thought leadership to offer intelligence to the market; building academic partnerships for cutting-edge research and innovation; collaborating with S&P Global’s internal teams to leverage scientific, economic, and data expertise to enhance transparency on critical climate and sustainability issues; and offering learning opportunities for S&P Global employees to enhance their understanding of climate and sustainability science.
“To push the frontiers in climate research, S&P Global scientists are diving into some of the most complex data and modelling challenges in the physical and economic sciences. We are bridging multi-disciplinary gaps and perspectives to enable advancements in our science-driven methodologies providing actionable information on climate-related risks and opportunities,” said Dr. Terence Thompson, Chief Science Officer, S&P Global Climate Center of Excellence.
Thomas Yagel, Chief Operating and Product Officer for S&P Global Sustainable said, “We are exceptionally proud of the world-class scientists advancing S&P Global’s work on long-term climate, environmental, and nature research and methodology development. Developing the most innovative climate risk data solutions requires collaboration across the industry and we are excited to partner with leading experts in the academic and scientific community to help ensure our climate and sustainability solutions are grounded in best-in-class science.”