INTRODUCTION
ENVIRONMENTAL
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENT REPORTING
APPENDICES
Letter from Our Leaders
Company Profile
Awards and Achievements
Our Approach to Sustainability
Strategies and Components
Goals for Quantifiable Improvement
Integrated Building Performance
Industry Participation Leadership in Innovation
Letter from Our Leaders
ENERGY STAR certified. Several ESRT properties were awarded the ENERGY STAR NextGen certification, a new recognition that identifies the nation’s most energy efficient buildings. We encourage you to read of our work in policy with federal, state, and local government. ESRT continues to perform, set new objectives, and achieve them, and do all of this with focus on our priorities. We hope you enjoy this report as much as we enjoy the challenge and accomplishment it represents.
We are pleased to share our 2025 Corporate Sustainability Report. Sustainability is how we do what we do, as well as a distinguishing feature of our company that creates and preserves value. In this report, we discuss recognition of our work by leading institutions like the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) that ranked ESRT number one in management among all companies in the Americas and awarded us the top GRESB 5-Star rating and an “A” in public disclosure for the sixth consecutive year. We discuss how sustainability is a central component to our acquisition underwriting analysis. We discuss how we value transparent reporting and disclosure. We discuss how we apply our proven processes to make decisions based on data and science, implement measures to drive positive performance improvement, and deliver measurable returns on investment. We discuss how we proactively engage with our tenants to align with our sustainability objectives and aid in the measurement, reporting, and achievement of their sustainability goals.
Ours is the first commercial portfolio in the Americas to achieve and maintain the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) WELL Health-Safety Rating across 100% of our portfolio and one of the first to have our rating renewed five times. We are dedicated to the advancement of scientifically validated approaches to deliver healthy buildings and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) to boost tenant and colleague well-being. We continue to pilot new and innovative technologies to position our assets to exceed global IEQ health and wellness standards. We drive inclusion and accountability with safety and respect for every ESRT community member. 100% of our NYC commercial portfolio and 92% of our entire portfolio is
Onward and upward.
Dana Robbins Schneider SVP, Director of Energy and Sustainability
Anthony E. Malkin Chairman and CEO
Christina Chiu President
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