Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001298946-25-000038
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Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 globally accepted categories, enhancing the ability to compare our results to other organizations. Additionally, the Company added disclosures in accordance with the framework established by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures to our website.

#### DiamondRock Hospitality282025 Proxy Statement
| Corporate Governance Principles and Board Matters |

|     |     | Earned four Green Stars in 2024                                                                                                                                             |     | 7thyear                                        
 Held Star Status for the seventh straight year |
| “A” |     | Achieved a score of “A” on the GRESB Public Disclosure Assessment in 2024                                                                                                   |     |                                                |
|     |     | Our performance-based rating from ISS ESG Corporate Rating ranked us in the top twenty percent (20.0%) of all participating companies in the Real Estate Industry worldwide |     |                                                |

Annually, we submit a response to the GRESB Report, which benchmarks the Company's approach and performance on environmental, social and governance indicators against other real estate companies. In 2024, we achieved the highest score in the Global Listed Hotel Sector, earned four Green Stars and earned Green Star Status for the seventh straight year. We also ranked first among the America's Hotel peer set and achieved a score of “A” on the GRESB Public Disclosure Assessment in 2024. The GRESB Report is available on our website at http://www.drhc.com under the heading “Investor Relations” and subheading “Sustainability Report.”

The Company continued to make progress as a leader in the quality of our corporate responsibility disclosures over the past year. In 2024, our performance-based rating from ISS ESG Corporate Rating ranked us in the top twenty percent (20.0%) of all participating companies in the Real Estate Industry worldwide, earning us the designation of Prime Status for Corporate ESG Performance for the fifth consecutive year.

In 2024, our cross-department Corporate Responsibility Committee, comprised of our Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, internal associates and external advisors, continued to enhance our responsibility efforts, track responsibility initiatives, and uncover new areas of opportunity. The Corporate Responsibility Committee reports to our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee quarterly and our Board of Directors annually. Pursuant to its charter, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews and approves the Company’s activities, goals and policies concerning environmental stewardship and social responsibility matters in addition to its role concerning governance matters.

We are committed to transparent reporting of our corporate responsibility results. In 2024, we continued to strengthen the level