BlackRock helps investors build better financial futures. As a fiduciary to their clients, they provide the investment and technology solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. They aim to be a responsible corporate citizen and to take into account environmental, social and governance issues that have real and quantifiable financial impacts over the long-term for their firm and the firms in which we invest. Long-term responsibility and sustainability are integrated into their business model and shareholder value creation framework and in the way they conduct their business, serve their clients and give back to the communities in which they and their clients live and work.