Our Environmental & Social Steering Committee supports our on-going commitment to environmental, health and safety, corporate social responsibility, and other relevant public policy matters. At Piedmont, we strive and are committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce that fosters skilled and motivated people working together to deliver results in support of our core business values. We encourage all employees, tenants, and vendors to mu- tually respect one another’s diversity in order to maintain a cohesive work environment that values fairness and equal treatment. The results that we achieve are determined in large part by how we perform—as individuals, as teams, and as a company. The means by which we focus our efforts, use our talents, manage our time, and work together will also impact the degree of our success. Performance management is the organized method of monitoring results of work activities, collecting and evaluating performance results to determine achievement of goals, and using performance information to make decisions, allocate resources and communicate whether objectives are met. We intend to maintain a safe and secure workplace for all its employees.