Company: ABR-PF
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018236
Chunk: 20

Company: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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 matters, including managing these issues in senior leadership or advising roles in the financial services sector, sit on this committee. The Board continually monitors our initiative to integrate ESG into our business operations, as well as investment processes and strategies, paying particular attention to expectations in the market and newly emerging regulatory requirements.

The Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee, after presentations to the committee by senior management and the chair of the ESG Taskforce, makes regular reports to the Board. Arbor’s ESG Taskforce was created in 2021, and expanded in 2023, with the inclusion of appointed ambassadors in each of Arbor's primary office locations, each of whom are responsible for increasing awareness of and participation in initiatives, projects and reporting obligations. The Corporate Governance Committee continues to be directly responsible for overseeing Arbor’s ESG policy and strategy, including those initiatives spearheaded by the ESG Taskforce, as reflected in its charter.

As the focus on sustainability, as an appropriate corporate objective, remains a priority for the investing public, Arbor has continued to assess current processes for measuring, disclosing, and reporting ESG metrics. As previously disclosed, we have continued to abide by our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment, fostering social responsibilities, and maintaining openness and transparency with respect to our ESG initiatives, through our Statement of ESG Principles and the work of our ESG Taskforce. While our ESG Principles may change from time to time to address a changing environment, Arbor’s culture will continuously support our ESG framework.

We continue to affirm our commitment to a cleaner energy infrastructure by investing in the use and occupancy of office space, other facilities and equipment that support sustainability, carbon reduction, and energy management, as well as maintaining our active and significant participation in the green and affordable lending arenas.

This promise to support our surrounding community, and world at large, has also translated to a renewed commitment to certain initiatives and an exploration of new opportunities, largely related to the ESG principles found in our Statement of ESG Principles. Our recent ESG initiatives include: (1) the launch of a domestic and international tree planting program, aimed at supporting two highly successful reforestation efforts, on behalf of Arbor’s customers; (2) a continuation of our partnership with Project Destined, a real-estate finance focused internship program, providing underserved youth with the ability to gain and fine-tune technical, financial and leadership skills and giving us the opportunity to source talent with a broad range of experience; (3) continued participation with Future Housing Leaders, which is a