INTRODUCTION
ENVIRONMENTAL
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENT REPORTING
APPENDICES
Industry Participation
Letter from Our Leaders
Company Profile
Awards and Achievements
Our Approach to Sustainability
Strategies and Components
Goals for Quantifiable Improvement
Integrated Building Performance
Leadership in Innovation
Industry Participation ESRT shares our advanced sustainability expertise through industry cooperation, policy engagement, publication of our detailed case studies and models, and collaborative implementation of effective practices. We actively engage in industry organizations, working groups, partnerships, and initiatives to gather and share information that will shape sustainability-related industry standards and government policy. ESRT’s Chairman and CEO Tony Malkin is a board member of the Real Estate Roundtable (RER) and Chair of its Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee. He has 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. In 2025, he received the Building Owners and Managers Association’s (BOMA) Henry J. Muller Achievement Award that recognizes individuals who have substantially improved or had a major impact upon the New York skyline. SVP, Director of Energy and Sustainability Dana Robbins Schneider serves on the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board, RER Sustainable Policy Advisory Committee, New York City’s 2025 Energy Conservation Code Committee (NYCECC), Urban Green Board of Directors, ULI Think Tank Committee, and REBNY Sustainability Committee. She has been a LEED Fellow since 2016. Dana served on the NYC 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.
NYC Energy Conservation Code Committee and Sustainability Advisory Board ESRT’s SVP, Director of Energy and Sustainability Dana Robbins Schneider was appointed to New York City’s Energy Conservation Code Committee in 2025. The committee’s work is an effort by the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) to update the city’s energy code to strengthen energy standards and maintain the city’s leadership in sustainability. In 2022, Dana Robbins Schneider was appointed to New York City Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board to help inform the city’s PlaNYC strategy. Achievements over the past year include the release of “Getting 97 Done,” 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 the Mayor’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.”
Sustainability Committee
Member since 2011
Board of Directors
Commitment Maker
Partner
New York City Energy Conservation Code Committee
Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board
Real Estate Sustainability Committee
Commitment Maker
Member
Innovator
LL97 Advisory Board and Commercial Buildings Working Group Co-Chair
Fellow Steering Committee IEQ Technical Advisory Group Selected for v5 beta program
Tenant Energy Optimization Program Think Tank New York Bureau of Subject Matter Experts
Board Member and Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee Chair
DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative
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