Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the 3M first-quarter earnings conference call. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. I would now like to turn the call over to Bruce Jermeland, senior vice president of investor relations at 3M.
Bruce Jermeland --
Senior Vice President of Investor Relations
Thank you, and good morning, everyone, and welcome to our first-quarter earnings conference call. With me today are Mike Roman, 3M's chairman and chief executive officer; Monish Patolawala, our chief financial officer; along with John Banovetz, our chief technology officer. John is joining us today to discuss our new sustainability goals, which we introduced in February. Mike, Monish and John will make some formal comments, then we'll take your questions.