ENVIRONMENTAL
INTRODUCTION
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENT REPORTING
APPENDICES
Targets and Performance
Sustainability Guidelines and Policies
Energy
Data-Driven Performance Innovation ESRT Version 2.0 GHG Emissions
Roadmap to Building Efficiency
Water
Waste Healthy Buildings Biodiversity Tenant Engagement
Targets and Performance In the U.S., residential and commercial buildings consume approximately 40% of energy and 74% of electricity produced annually. 2 At ESRT, we define and act upon building performance standards to drive global and local energy reduction, improve occupant health and productivity, bolster our competitive position, and mitigate risk. We are committed to lead at city, state, national, and global levels, and our work supports this leadership. In 2025, ESRT conducted an in-depth goals and targets exercise to ensure our objectives were ambitious, supported by independently verified science-based data, and focused on economic returns and measurable results. We focused on six categories for our portfolio: energy, emissions, water, waste, health and well-being, and green building certifications. ESRT submits to GRESB annually and is globally recognized with the highest scores in management, leadership, policy, reporting, stakeholder engagement, targets, tenants and community, data monitoring and review, and building certification categories. For energy and emissions reporting we use 2009 as a baseline year for our portfolio and 2007 for the Empire State Building, to ensure that our goals meet or exceed our existing commitments. Our reporting boundary includes 27 properties owned and controlled by ESRT for the full calendar year of 2025.
UN SDGs Alignment
Energy
• Target 50% energy use intensity reduction by 2035 from 2009 baseline year • Target 20% energy use intensity reduction by 2030 as part of our participation in the DOE’s Better Building Challenge from a 2018 baseline year • Maintain 100% of tenants submetered
2025 PROGRESS
GOAL 50%
Energy Use Intensity 3 (kBtu/ft 2 )
115
energy use intensity reduction by 2035
98.1
56.2
57.2
54.9
49.2
ON TRACK
0
2009
2023
2024
2025
2035
2 https://www.energy.gov/topics/buildings-energy-efficiency 3 Representative of office assets owned for the full calendar years.
14 EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST 2025 CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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