APPENDICES
INTRODUCTION
ESG OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY
ENVIRONMENTAL
SOCIAL
GOVERNANCE
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SASB Index Code Accounting Metric
2022 Disclosure
IF-RE-000.A Number of assets, by property, subsector
Office: Corporate: High-Rise Office: 10 Office:Corporate: Mid-Rise Office: 3 Standalone Retail: 6 Multifamily: High-Rise: 2
IF-RE-000.B Leasable floor area, by property subsector
ESRT’s office and retail portfolio is composed of 9.4 million rentable square feet and multifamily portfolio composed of 592,844 rentable square feet or 625 units.
IF-RE-000.D
Average occupancy rate, by property subsector
Office: Corporate: High-Rise Office: 91.82% Office: Corporate: Mid-Rise Office: 78.87% Standalone Retail: 81.6% Multifamily: High-Rise: 100%
Energy Management IF-RE-130a.1
Energy consumption data coverage as a percentage of total floor area, by property subsector
Total energy consumption data coverage from the Empire State Realty Trust operational portfolio, as a percentage of total/gross floor area was equal to 100% in 2022.
IF-RE-130a.2 (1) Total energy consumed by portfolio area with data coverage, (2) percentage grid electricity, and (3) percentage renewable, by property subsector IF-RE-130a.3 Like-for-like percentage change in energy consumption for the portfolio area with data coverage, by property subsector
(1) ESRT’s total 2022 energy consumed by portfolio area with data coverage was equal to 658605.6 gigajoules (GJ). (2) The percentage of total energy corresponding to grid electricity for all property types was 56.24%. (3) The percentage of total energy corresponding to on-site renewable energy for all property types was 0.0%; however, ESRT purchased 12,7459,000 kWh of RECs from wind power to offset our electricity consumption and purchased +9000 acre forest in Ohio reducing annual emissions 137,185 tons of carbon dioxide.
Total like-for-like change in energy consumption for the ESRT operational portfolio was 4.14% in 2021-2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant reduction of activity in our buildings during 2020 and 2021, resulting in reduced energy consumption. In 2022 commercial occupancy increased 76% over a 5-day average (Monday-Friday) compared to 2021 levels thus increasing our usage. (1) 100% of ESRT's operational office and multifamily portfolio is benchmarked using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. (2) 80% of ESRT's entire portfolio obtained ENERGY STAR Certification, and 92% of the office portfolio obtained ENERGY STAR Certification in 2022.
IF-RE-130a.4 Percentage of eligible portfolio (1) has an energy rating and (2) is certified by ENERGY STAR, by property subsector
EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST: 2022 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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