Letter from the CEO

Thank you for your interest in Rockefeller Group’s 2020/2021 Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) report. As a national real estate developer, we maintain a sharp focus on the quality of the built environment. Through all that we do, from owning and operating premier office space, to developing new buildings across the country, we aim to deliver extraordinary properties and exceptional experiences.

These objectives – quality, extraordinary properties, exceptional experiences – require a commitment to ESG initiatives . As you’ll discover in this report, there are a wide range of areas related to real estate ownership and development that together can have a positive effect on both the environment and society at large . We are committed to continuous improvement in ESG to make a meaningful impact over the near- and long-term .

As a company, we firmly believe real estate has the power to improve lives, and to promote growth and renewal in cities and communities . On a day-to-day basis, this can be achieved at the property level, where people live and work . On a longer-term basis, property development affords the opportunity to positively impact communities by revitalizing unused real estate, creating greater tax revenue that can be reinvested in local municipalities, and by adding local jobs .

With a track record that spans nearly a century, we are proud of our heritage and inspired by the transformative power of real estate . We aspire to be good stewards of the environment, to make positive contributions to society, and to create and maintain a fair and equitable workplace through sound governance that upholds the highest ethical behavior .

As such, we participate in a wide variety of ESG benchmarking initiatives to help us keep tabs on our progress and raise our sights for the future . These include participation in LEED certification – targeting energy efficiency and sustainability – as well as Energy Star ratings and the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) .

Over the past year, we are proud to have been recognized in various ways for our collective ESG efforts . This includes acknowledgement for the second consecutive year as a Best Place to Work in New York City by Crain’s New York Business . In addition, we completed our first WELL-certified office building, and increased our overall GRESB score by seven points, earning the “Green Star” status .

Throughout this report you will learn more about these programs, as well as others that are helping Rockefeller Group and the real estate industry improve its performance in the most critical areas of ESG .

I look forward to keeping you apprised of our accomplishments and aspirations in the future .

Daniel J. Moore President & CEO