2024 Sustainability Report: Empire State Realty Trust

SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY

INTRODUCTION

ENVIRONMENTAL

CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENT REPORTING

APPENDICES

INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION

LL97 Advisory Board and Commercial Buildings Working Group Co-Chair

Board Member and Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee Chair

Sustainability Committee

ESRT openly shares our advanced sustainability expertise through industry cooperation, policy engagement, and collaborative implementation of effective practices. We actively engage in industry organizations, working groups, partnerships, and initiatives to gather and share information that will effectively shape sustainability-related industry standards and government policy. ESRT’s Chairman and CEO, Tony Malkin, is a board member of the Real Estate Roundtable and Chair of its Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee, and served as a member of the Climate Mobilization Advisory Board of the New York City Department of Buildings, the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), and the Partnership for New York City’s Innovation Council.

SVP, Director of Energy and Sustainability, Dana Robbins Schneider, serves on the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board, Real Estate Roundtable Sustainable Policy Advisory Committee, Urban Green Board of Directors, ULI Think Tank Committee, and REBNY Sustainability Committee. She has also been a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Fellow since 2016. Dana served on the LL97 Technical Pathways for Commercial Buildings and Economic Working Groups and served maximum terms on the USGBC LEED Steering Committee and USGBC Technical Advisory Group for IEQ.

Tenant Energy Optimization Program Think Tank New York Bureau of Subject Matter Experts

Real Estate Sustainability Committee

Partner

Commitment Maker

Steering Committee IEQ Technical Advisory Group Selected for v5 beta for ESB

Board of Directors

NYC SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD ESRT’s SVP, Director of Energy and Sustainability, Dana Robbins Schneider, was appointed to New York City’s Sustainability Advisory Board in 2022 to help inform the city’s PlaNYC strategy. The board is made up of 26 members who advise the city on a range of potential climate initiatives. Achievements over the past year include the release of “Getting 97 Done” and the launch of “97 in Your District,” a collaborative training series. “Getting 97 Done” is a comprehensive plan to reduce energy usage from large buildings with technical and financial assistance. ESRT is the only REIT represented on the board. “I share the knowledge I have been privileged to gain in 25 years in this field to drive continued partnership and effective policy, informed by successful practice, to deliver on Mayor Adams’s vision for a sustainable New York City,” Dana said of her appointment. “My goal is to prove the technical and economic case to decarbonize the built environment and deliver a healthy city, innovation, and job creation for all New Yorkers.”

DOE’s Better Climate Challenge and Better Buildings Initiative

Judge

Member since 2011

Innovator

Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board

Commitment Maker

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2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

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