I WOULD like to recognize, and thank the Corporate Governance and Finance Department of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for spearheading the commission's very first Sustainability Week, with the theme 'Sustaina-ALL: Accelerating the Leap to Sustainable Living,' aimed at strengthening SEC's goal to set its own sustainability objectives and strategies.

I am excited to see how it would evolve and further improve the way we live and work here at the SEC. The commission has been at the forefront of promoting policies toward sustainability and in furtherance thereof been issuing guidelines on sustainable finance and sustainability reporting. The aim is to encourage companies to contribute to building a sustainable business community and take an active part in dealing with climate change and environmental issues.