2020 Sustainability Report: Empire State Realty Trust

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT • Further develop a community engagement program with an emphasis on employee volunteerism in our communities, including company-sponsored volunteer events and philanthropy. • To elevate our employee volunteerism, we will implement a program to track employee volunteer hours so that we can report impactful and measurable community engagement metrics. •With the passing of COVID-19, we will continue to enhance our employees’ volunteer and community engagement opportunities with organizations they feel passionate about that align with our company’s mission to create healthy and resilient communities. We solicit employee feedback about the opportunities they would like to see before implementing our program. VENDORS AND PROCUREMENT •We have implemented new initiatives to audit vendors, services, contractors, and supply chain diversity , and emphasize the importance of diversity to our current vendors. • Our Vendor Code of Conduct guides ESRT vendors to meet our HUMAN CAPITAL •We know our future success depends on our continued ability to attract, retain, and motivate qualified employees. We offer meaningful and impactful wellness and benefit programs that address employee mental, physical, and social health , and keep pace with changing market practice. • We track engagement in fitness, wellness, and training offerings to evaluate effectiveness, engagement and priorities of our employees and we will evolve, refine and improve based on employee feedback. mandates and helps promote and measure sustainability, diversity, and ethical conduct in our vendor relationships. We seek vendors that provide products and services that embrace ESRT’s commitment and enforce the Code provisions throughout their organization and across our supply chain. • Our procurement practices promote the procurement of sustainable goods, such as green cleaning materials and sustainable building materials, as a method of fostering health and wellness of our employees and tenants.

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