Company: GTY
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-008521
Chunk: 34

Company: GETTY REALTY CORP /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 34
---
 ( continued )

| ■ | Continuing to engage with our tenants to understand their expectations for measuring and evaluating Scope 3 GHG emissions to improve our understanding of the impact of Scope 3 GHG emissions at our properties. |

| ■ | Assessing the feedback received through our Tenant Outreach Survey to identify potential ESG opportunities, including sustainability measures and initiatives currently implemented or that may be implemented at our properties. |

| ■ | Enhancing engagement and collaboration with our tenants to address energy efficiency and carbon reduction opportunities, including the use of our Getty Green Loans program which offers low cost loans to our tenants for qualified environmental and sustainability projects. |

| ■ | Adopting a Human Rights Policy outlining our commitment to respecting and protecting human rights within our business environment. |

| ■ | Continuing our Getty Gives campaign, pro bono legal program, Culture Committee initiatives and programs, professional development program, environmental compliance and liability management program, and our corporate headquarters sustainability initiatives. |

| ■ | Continuously reviewing our current ESG polices, programs, and processes to identify operational and reporting gaps, and where appropriate, set directional priorities that align with our business strategy and stakeholder expectations. |

Environmental Stewardship We own assets subject to long-term, triple-net leases that generally require our tenants to maintain the properties they occupy, including the environmental impact of their operations and any sustainability initiatives they choose to implement during the term of their tenancy. We take appropriate measures, including enforcement, when necessary, to assure that our tenants comply with these lease provisions for the benefit of the environment and the communities in which our properties are located. We are committed to investing responsibly and managing the environmental risks throughout our business practices. Environmental Due Diligence. Our acquisition due diligence process entails a comprehensive environmental review and analysis conducted by experts in convenience and automotive retail real estate. This process incorporates environmental site assessments (Phase I) to assess the environmental condition of the properties under consideration for investment. This examination includes identification of actual and potential release of hazardous substances, chemical or waste storage, and other environmental concerns or risks. Additionally, it involves evaluating whether the property and the operations thereon comply with environmental standards. As further guided by the results of our climate risk assessment, we evaluate the physical risk profile of a considered asset and plan to incorporate a climate-related risk index component into our environmental due diligence underwriting process to ensure we understand and account for potential future climate-related risks prior to acquiring a property. We will not acquire a property unless we are satisfied with the results of our environmental due diligence and, once closed