OUR GOAL: POSITIVE OUTCOMES AND BENCHMARK-BEATING RETURNS Across Nuveen, our commitment to responsible investing (RI) is based on three core principles: (1) integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into our investment processes and decision-making; (2) proactive engagement with issuers and other industry stakeholders on a variety of ESG-related topics; and (3) measuring and reporting on the impact of investments that have a direct societal and/or environmental outcome.