Case Study: Celebrating Diversity Throughout the Year

Case Study: Celebrating Diversity Throughout the Year Our DEI task force meets weekly and introduced a full calendar of events to celebrate our diverse heritage. In addition to circulating monthly resources and educational materials, this team introduced new events for Women’s History Month, LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Hispanic Heritage Month and Black History Month. During Black History Month in February, the DEI task force steered the organization through meaningful explorations of black history. In 2021, our theme was "The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity."

We reflected as a community on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech and supported black-owned businesses on corporate, propertylevel and personal social media accounts. Many of us also attended an event run and organized by Ibram X. Kendi, who is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University and the Founding Director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. We also shared extensive learning materials with team members, as well as opportunities to celebrate and support black communities and businesses.

In June, we set aside a week to learn about Juneteenth, African American history and allyship from experts alongside our team members and the extended Blackstone organization. We invited Blackstone, as well as team members from other portfolio companies to join us for a fireside chat with Journalist A’Lelia Bundles about the connections between the first Juneteenth and today’s social justice and voting rights movements. Bundles is the entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker’s great-great granddaughter and biographer. More than 500 employees across the Blackstone portfolio companies joined us.

We came together again during the week to discuss allyship and inclusivity at work. Allyship experts led us in a community circle, which empowered team members with practical insights into antiracist interventions and authentic allyship practices.

“EQuality is about allowing the voices to surface, elevate and to create change . . . and then for the leaders to propel it.”

Lisa Picard, former EQ Office CEO

Journalist A’Lelia Bundles gives a talk. Photo: CSUF News Photos

ESG Tracking & Reporting

We ensure adherence to best practices in real estate measurement and benchmarking by tracking our progress according to Global ESG Benchmark for Real Assets (GRESB). We've invested in 15 new technology systems that support these efforts and ensure the most accurate assessment of security, occupancy density, mass notification systems, environmental risk and emergency response across every property in operation.

ESG Tracking & Reporting

Goal: 100% Reporting

Current Actual: 100% Reporting Goal 100% reporting on quarterly EQ ESG dashboards.

Achievement 100% reporting on quarterly EQ ESG dashboards.

100%

of properties report quarterly.

Loss Reduction

Our organization values transparency and due diligence. We integrate performance management processes into our day-to-day, including our Ethics Helpline: an anonymous hotline that allows employees and partners to report possible ethics breaches. These practices prioritize integrity and ensure loss reduction.

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Loss Prevention

Goal: 100% Prevention

Current Actual: 100% Prevention Goal 100% prevention of reported potential ethics breaches.

Achievement 100% prevention of reported potential ethics breaches. 0

suspected ethics breaches requiring zero ethics investigations.

Thought Leadership

In partnership with Blackstone, EQ continues to rise as a thought leader in creating purposeful work. Our peers and leading publications have recognized our spaces, strategy and people within the industry and beyond it.

EQ, our former CEO and our properties received four awards this year: World Finance’s Sustainability Award in the Real Estate Category

Willis Tower Honoree of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards

Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards (Redevelopment of the Year: Office) Lisa Picard Innovator of the Year, Puget Sound Business Journal CRE Leadership Awards

EQ Office Blackstone recognized our contributions to the firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Their team invited EQ to participate on the following committees: • All In Celebrations Committee (Inclusion

Celebration Calendar PC Task Force) • Blackstone DEI Center of Practice

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EQ featured in 16 keynote addresses including:

• Harvard SHINE Summit • WorkLab Collective (Microsoft Customer Council) • Rethink Office National • Sounds True Inner MBA CEO • Columbia Business School Real

Estate Circle • Harvard Alumni Real Estate Board • USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

Virtual Summit • Private Equity Summit:

Office as an Investment

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EQ has been cited in 214 articles, and our business strategy has been featured in 209 media outlets, including:

• Architectural Digest • Chicago Tribune • KNBC-TV (NBC News) • KTNV-TV (ABC) • KVEA-TV (Telemundo) • Time Out Chicago • Miami Herald • Las Vegas Sun • New York Post • Surface Magazine