ENVIRONMENTAL
INTRODUCTION
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENT REPORTING
APPENDICES
Sustainability Guidelines and Policies
Targets and Performance
Energy
Data-Driven Performance Innovation ESRT Version 2.0 GHG Emissions
Roadmap to Building Efficiency
Water
Waste Healthy Buildings Biodiversity Tenant Engagement
Sustainability Guidelines and Policies Our initiatives and processes set forth our steps and methods to meet our sustainability goals. We have developed stringent and comprehensive Sustainability Guidelines, High Performance Design and Construction Guidelines, Occupational Health and Safety Policy,
Environmental Management System
Sustainability Guidelines, policies, and procedures to reflect our advancement toward our energy and engineering targets and included specific guidelines for our commercial and multifamily properties. Our Vendor Code of Conduct requires our suppliers’ disclosure of their environmental impact. ESRT integrates our energy and sustainability criteria into the due diligence and underwriting process for potential acquisitions through property condition assessments, Phase 1 environmental site assessments, and other custom sustainability evaluations, such as opportunities to retrofit.
ESRT’s Environmental Management System (EMS) is ISO 14001: 2015 international standard and ISO 50001 certified. The EMS helps formalize the sustainability strategy of our environmental and energy management systems.
and Vendor Code of Conduct to ensure that our supply chain — from service providers to purchased goods — is held to the highest standards of ethics and sustainability performance. To ensure that our policies are understood and successfully executed across the portfolio, we educate and engage our operations team, colleagues, service providers, and tenants. In 2025, we updated our
OUR SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING: • Biodiversity in an Urban Environment in alignment with the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) • Energy Management • Green Cleaning • Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) • Integrated Pest Management • Low VOC Emitting and No Red List Materials • Occupational Health and Safety • Physical and Transitional Risk Resilience • Sustainable Procurement • Tobacco-Free and Smoke-Free Environment • Vendor Code of Conduct • Waste Management • Water Quantity and Quality Management
17 EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST 2025 CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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