Company: EGP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000049600-25-000055
Chunk: 11

Company: EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 our employees are a critical component of the success and sustainability of our Company, and we are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment that encourages collaboration and teamwork. We have various policies and practices in place, including a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, Ethics Line, Standards of Conduct, Equal Opportunity and Commitment to Diversity, ADA and Reasonable Accommodation, Family Medical Leave, Parental Leave, Community Service, Workplace Violence Prevention, Cybersecurity, Corporate Responsibility Policy, Human Rights Statement, Vendor Code of Conduct, Commitment to Safety & Health and Safety Policy, Healthy, Wealthy, Wise Benefits Summary, and an Environmental Management System.

We value our employees, and our focus on human capital management and other socially-responsible initiatives is at the forefront of discussions and decisions with both management and the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews and provides oversight of the Company’s human capital management program.

### Management Succession Planning
Members of the Board and senior management regularly discuss succession planning for senior management and other key employees. Discussions include interim and longer-term solutions to future succession-related events, internal and external candidates, and considerations of potential structural changes in the Company’s personnel organizational chart.

#### 2025Proxy Statement29

#### Proposal 1: Election of Directors

#### Corporate Responsibility Oversight
EastGroup’s commitment to corporate responsibility initiatives is evidenced by its building standards, corporate policies and procedures and Company culture. At EastGroup, protecting the environment is important to the Company’s employees, customers and communities. The Company strives to support sustainability through its commitment to build high performance and environmentally responsible properties. The following table describes how we manage our corporate sustainability program.

### OVERSIGHT
| Full Board                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 •Provides ongoing oversight of the Company’s corporate responsibility program throughout the year                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 •Receives quarterly updates from the Director of Corporate Sustainability specific to the Company’s corporate responsibility initiatives and provides high-level guidance to Company management on related topics                                                                                                     |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 •Provides direct oversight of the Company’s corporate responsibility strategy, practices and policies, including consideration of emerging environmental, social and governance trends and climate-related risks and opportunities that may affect the business, operations, performance or reputation of the Company 
 •Receives periodic updates from Company management on corporate responsibility topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     | Senior Management                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 •CEO provides regular updates on and actively participates in discussions and decision-making on material corporate responsibility initiatives                                                                     
 •CFO and Chief Accounting and Administrative