At The McGraw-Hill Companies, our commitment to the marketplace encompasses how we conduct ourselves through a variety of relationships including vendors and customers, as well as serving the needs of the field of corporate responsibility through our business.

Supplier Diversity
The McGraw-Hill Companies' policy is to provide opportunities for diverse supplier groups. The Supplier Diversity Program seeks to expand the number of firms, including but not limited to minority- and woman-owned businesses, that can furnish the services and commodities we need for our business.

Learn more about our Supplier Diversity Program (PDF). Global Procurement has the responsibility of administration and control of the Supplier Diversity Program. Please direct any inquiries to the Supplier Diversity Manager.

The following are a few examples of the role our business plays in enhancing corporate responsibility performance and sustainable development through our markets:

McGraw-Hill Construction
Since last year, McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC) has been developing new products and connecting people, products, and projects in the green building industry. Having established a broad partnering agreement with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), MHC is well positioned to serve the industry. Below are MHC's initiatives:

• Issuing its new publication, GreenSource, the premiere magazine on sustainable design, which provides industry professionals and building owners the latest guidance on environmentally responsible buildings;
• Running its recently launched online resource center, "GreenSource", at http://www.greensource.construction.com;
• Completing two green building SmartMarket Reports, one for the commercial sector and one for the residential sector;
• Conducting market research for corporate strategic planning and on market share and trends;
• Designating building products labeled as "green" in MHC's new Product Network at http://www.construction.com/greensource/products/;
• Launching of a new green building press with McGraw-Hill Professional Books.

Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's and its Indian affiliate, CRISIL, are heading a consortium that will develop a pioneering index of emerging market companies based on their environmental, social and corporate governance performance.

Under the project, a pilot index will be created in India, comprising leading Indian companies that meet certain Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) criteria, and will be marketed to local and international investors. The goal is for this index to serve as a model for other emerging markets, helping to further enhance their appeal to international investors, facilitating the development of new investment products, and providing a mechanism to further improve ESG standards. (Download the press release in PDF.)

S&P has also collaborated with the think tank/consultancy SustainAbility and the United Nations Environment Program in the "Global Reporters" studies on sustainability reporting in both 2004 and 2006. The "Global Reporters" series is one of the most recognized studies of sustainability reporting, reviewing the current state of social and environmental reporting and benchmarking 50 leading global companies in this area. (Download the survey in PDF.)

Among other initiatives, S&P has also participated in expert consultation groups that supported the development United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment and the most recent set of sustainability reporting standards released by the Global Reporting Initiative.