as kirt said, we'll sort of do this in two parts. i'll go through an overview of the esg platform and what we've worked on through 2021 thus far and then i'll also present our climate action plan which is attached to this item, item nine here. then, we'll pass to the voting items, before voting items. adrienne's going to walk through those for our investment restrictions on tobacco, firearms, and thermal coal with the investment restriction being calendared at a later date. so we've provided an update on the platform. as a reminder, our esg strategy really begins with that investment belief that incorporating environmental and social governance factors should give us better insight into the respiratory characteristics of those investments. but, at the same time, what we do acknowledge that it's not a one-size-fits-all approach and we've developed a differentiated and nonprecipitationive approach to esg expectations for each asset class, different investment geographies. different sectors and even different investment styles that our