Company: VRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000924901-25-000035
Chunk: 35

Company: Veris Residential, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 35
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• Three of our nine director nominees (or 33%) are female and four (or 44%) are persons of color or other minority groups. Three of our five named executive officers (or 60%) are female and one executive (or 20%) is a person of color of from other minority groups.

HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

• We are committed to operating healthy buildings and enhancing health and providing well-being benefits for our employees.

• We have renewed WELL Health and Safety Rating at all of our properties including in our corporate headquarters.

• We seek to foster a workplace where our employees are treated fairly and are highly motivated to succeed by offering a wide range of benefits to our employees.

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

• In addition, whether through time, effort or monetary donations, we are committed to nourishing the betterment of the communities we serve, and our employees play active roles in numerous charitable organizations.

• The Company also promotes the philanthropic efforts of our employees by providing three days of paid time off toward volunteerism and matching employee charitable contributions dollar for dollar.

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We are dedicated to maintaining a high standard for corporate governance predicated on integrity, ethics, diversity and transparency. Our commitment to diversity is evidenced by both our current Board of Directors and by our slate of directors for election at the Annual Meeting, five of nine (or 56%) of whom are female and/or racially diverse.

ETHICS & COMPLIANCE

Our objective is to conduct business with integrity and in compliance with the letter and spirit of the law, while protecting human rights. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“COBCE”) represents the Company’s key policy guide for daily operations, outlining expectations of employee and directors’ conduct relating to each other and towards the Company’s stakeholders.

ANTI-HARASSMENT

The Company maintains distinct policies and complaint procedures for sexual harassment and harassment and discrimination based on protected classifications. These anti-harassment policies form an integral part of the COBCE. Anti-harassment training is an integral part of the Company’s training program provided to all employees, who are encouraged to report any breaches of the anti-harassment policies to the General Counsel or Human Resources Department.

HUMAN RIGHTS

The Company’s Human Rights Policy expresses the Company’s commitment to respecting human rights across all operations and setting a positive example to the wider community and its stakeholders. The policy covers topics including forced and child