Overview
ESRT’s greatest strength is our people. We harness the power of our individual team members’ strengths and shared goals to serve our customers and build value for our stakeholders. We encourage our colleagues to make use of that same power to create positive impacts on the communities in which they live and work.
Investors & Stakeholders
Our Board is committed to frequent engagement with management and key stakeholders on our sustainability objectives as well as company strategy, governance, and compensation matters. We conduct annual governance roadshows with our shareholders and offer director attendance. Our SVP, Director of Energy and Sustainability, as well as our investor relations, legal, and senior management teams also engage with our stakeholders throughout the year in a variety of forums with an emphasis on 1:1 engagement. Direct results of these engagements have driven increased disclosure and reporting.
Tenants
Our current and prospective tenants drive our business and are our top priority. We create healthy, productive, and sustainably built and operated environments that attract and retain tenants. Our modernized, amenitized, energy-efficient buildings feature premier IEQ, and our amenities help create a culture of collaboration and well-being. We partner with tenants to develop customized tenant sustainability programs and initiatives, offer sustainability training sessions, and maintain consistent tenant communications across various outreach channels.
Colleagues
ESRT is a certified Great Place to Work—a prestigious global award based entirely on what our current employees say about their experience working here. We focus on internal development, community engagement, and attraction and retention of talented team members ready to work towards our ambitious goals. Our quarterly employee surveys and employee-led interdepartmental committees like our Inclusion Committee recommend opportunities for improvement that our management team welcomes and integrates into our policies and practices.
Health and Well-Being
It is important to ESRT that we care for the health, safety, and well-being of our employees and tenants. ESRT’s portfolio is made up of high-performance healthy buildings, with an emphasis on indoor environmental quality, to deliver on this commitment. The environmental quality of our buildings contributes to higher productivity, improved sleep, and increased cognitive function for our building occupants. 100% of our portfolio is WELL Health Safety certified, and we were the first in the America’s to achieve this certification in the Americas. The WELL Health Safety Rating verifies that we deliver on our health and well-being standards, keep spaces clean and sanitized, provide essential health benefits and services, and communicate our health and safety efforts with our employees and tenants.
Community
ESRT is a fixture in the communities where we operate. We have developed strong partnerships to foster community engagement and leadership to better the places where we live and work. Through community leadership, charitable donations, and volunteerism, we deliver on our commitment to our communities. One of the top priorities of our charitable giving strategy is to support local organizations in the New York City metropolitan area. We have partnered with organizations like the Billion Oyster Project, Harlem Grown, NYC Park Partnerships, and Bottomless Closet. We believe community engagement through employee involvement enriches our sustainability strategy.
