Moody's Again Earns Top Marks in 2016 Corporate Equality Index

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Moody's Corporation MCO announced today that it has again received a perfect 100 percent score on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

"We are honored to have achieved another a top ranking from the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, in recognition of Moody's success in promoting a culture of inclusion and equality for our employees," said Lisa Westlake, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Moody's.

The 100 percent ranking recognizes Moody's efforts in satisfying all of the CEI's criteria and the designation of Moody's as a "Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality." The 2016 CEI rated 1,027 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBT community. Moody's joins 407 major US businesses that earned top marks this year.

Moody's has a variety of programs in place to promote workplace equality, including LGBTA ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) in many of its global office locations, to further its commitment to creating and maintaining a diverse workforce that supports and values the contributions of all of its employees.

For more information on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, or to download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.

ABOUT MOODY'S CORPORATION

Moody's is an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets. Moody's Corporation MCO is the parent company of Moody's Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and Moody's Analytics, which offers leading-edge software, advisory services and research for credit and economic analysis and financial risk management. The corporation, which reported revenue of $3.3 billion in 2014, employs approximately 10,200 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 35 countries.

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