Our Commitment to Transparency in Stewardship Given the growing interest in our stewardship efforts from clients and broader society, we have significantly increased investment stewardship disclosure in 2020, including: - BlackRock Investment Stewardship 2021 Global Principles and market- level voting guidelines: Sets out our stewardship philosophy and our views on corporate governance and sustainable business practices that support long-term value creation by companies. Our market level voting guidelines provide detail on how we implement the principles, taking into consideration local market standards and norms. Together they form the basis for our stewardship activities, including thought leadership, company engagement, and holding companies accountable by voting on management and shareholder proposals. - Our approach to sustainability: Special report on our approach to voting on climate risk and other sustainability topics. - Global quarterly stewardship reports: Case studies on individual engagements and data on the number of companies BIS engaged with during each quarter globally across a range of E, S, and G topics, including COVID-19 related issues. - Global vote disclosures: BIS' vote instructions for individual meetings globally. This record reflects votes at meetings held from July 1st through June 30th of the following year. It is updated quarterly until June 30th each year, when it is superseded by BlackRock's annual Form N-PX filing. - Vote bulletins: Vote bulletins describe our votes and rationales for key complex or high-profile votes. This has included bulletins on votes for more than 50 companies during the 2020 calendar year.31 - Enhanced client reporting: We implemented a new capability through Aladdin to deliver portfolio-specific company engagement reports for our clients.