1、 Doing well by doing good Corporate Sustainability Report 2020 Over the past year,weve all dealt with the many complex challenges the world faces.But we cant just wait for change to happen.We must drive that change.The world is now more interconnected than ever a fact that was reinforced by the pand
2、emic.While COVIDs impact wasnt felt equally,its incumbent on all of us to work together to rebuild.Amid this moment of recovery,theres opportunity to create an economy and society that work for all of us.At Mastercard,were combining our compassion with our strengths in business innovation,inclusivit
3、y,flexibility and trust.That work continues,now with greater urgency.Several years ago,we set science-based targets to focus our efforts to address climate change.Were building on that with our recent pledge to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050,and creating the Priceless Planet Coalition to plant 1
4、00 million trees over five years.In 2020,we met our goal to bring 500 million people into the digital economy,but we cant stop there.We raised that commitment to bring 1 billion people,50 million small businesses and 25 million women entrepreneurs into the digital economy by 2025.To tie the environm
5、ental and social pieces all together and accelerate our efforts,we issued a Sustainability Bond.We formally linked executive compensation to three real and measurable sustainability priorities.These efforts illustrate how serious we are about making real change.Why do we do this kind of work?Its bec
6、ause we know we succeed when the world succeeds.Added to that,we know inclusion and diversity are major strengths of our business.Those principles are opportunities to drive impact and will continue to guide us as we keep raising the bar for ourselves in building an inclusive,sustainable digital eco