Social Responsibility

Social Responsibility

Agree Realty (the “Company” or “Agree”) cares about every team member and makes an investment in their future through its Agree Wellness Program. Agree believes that team members who are healthy, fit, financially secure and motivated are team members who achieve personal and professional success.

The Agree Wellness approach to benefits provides team members with resources that support all aspects of their lives through all stages of life. The Agree Wellness program has two areas of focus designed to protect and enhance overall wellness 1) Agree Health Wellness and 2) Agree Financial Wellness.

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AGREE HEALTH WELLNESS

supports healthy living through enhanced health insurance, gym membership reimbursements, training and education, various complementary meal programs and many other benefits. These benefits include:

  • Medical Insurance – Healthy Blue Achieve PPO is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s wellness incentive plan that rewards eligible team members for making a commitment to living a healthier lifestyle. The Company pays the full cost of the premiums for a single or family plan to full-time team members.
  • Dental & Vision Insurance – Principal Group Dental and Vision Insurance are low-cost benefits with a high impact on overall wellness.
  • Life Insurance – Life insurance can help ensure team members’ families have the financial resources to handle expenses and are prepared financially for life’s milestones. The Company pays the full cost of the premiums for every full-time team member.
  • Simple IRA – Our Simple IRA retirement plan offers a convenient way to save for one of the most important times of life – retirement. Agree matches 100% of team members’ contributions, up to 3% of team members’ earnings.
  • Short-Term Disability – Short-term disability insurance offers help to cover team members’ financial losses when they are too ill or injured to work. The Company pays the full cost of the premiums for every full-time team member.
  • Long-Term Disability – Long-term disability insurance offers help to cover team members’ financial losses when they are too ill or injured to work for an extended period of time. The Company pays the full cost of the premiums for every full-time team member.
  • State-Of-The-Art Fitness Center– To encourage team members to exercise regularly and promote individual health and well-being, the Company provides an onsite state-of-the-art fitness center equipped with the latest in cardio and strength technology.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING

Ongoing professional development is offered to help all team members advance their careers, this includes:

  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Internal mobility
  • Professional development plans for all team members
  • Company-sponsored attendance at industry conferences and events
  • Lunch & Learns
  • Internship Program

INDUSTRY RECOGNITIONS

  • Named one of the Best Places to Work by Globe St Real Estate Forum (2020 and 2021)
  • Named one of Michigan’s Best and Brightest in Wellness
  • Crain’s Detroit Business | Fast 50 (2017-2020)
  • Named one of the 2020 Coolest Places to Work by Crain’s Detroit Business
  • Institutional Investor | America’s Most Honored Companies |Small Cap Company CEOs & Investor Relations (2019)
  • Sandler O’Neill | Top 25 REIT Heavyweights (2018 and 2019)
  • EY | Entrepreneur Of The Year | MI & NW OH (2018)
  • NREI | Top Owners of Real Estate (2015-2018)

AGREE FINANCIAL WELLNESS

Supports team members with generous cash compensation plans, equity ownership programs, retirement plans and ongoing access to financial planning resources. Team members are compensated for their performance and rewarded for their outstanding work. Alignment of individual, team, corporate and shareholder objectives provides for continuity, teamwork and increased collaboration. Our team members are paid commensurate with their qualifications, responsibilities, productivity, quality of work and adherence to our Core Values. The following summarizes the key principles and objectives of our approach to compensation:

  • Agree provides total compensation that is both fair and competitive.
  • The primary purpose of our compensation program is to achieve our business objectives by attracting, retaining and motivating talented team members by providing incentives and economic security.
  • Financial compensation includes three components:
  • Salary- Team members are paid salaries commensurate with their position and experience.
  • Cash bonuses- Annual cash bonuses are determined by measures of individual, team and corporate performance.
  • Equity participation – We may award our team members long-term equity compensation based on corporate performance, responsibilities and performance of the team member.

 

CULTURE COMMITTEE

The Agree Culture Committee is composed of team members from departments throughout the organization. The Company’s Culture Committee hosts a variety of events that are focused on team building and camaraderie as well as contributing to the communities we live in.

  • Team Building
  • Camaraderie Building Events
  • Team Meal Program – Catered lunch for all team members three times per week. Team members are encouraged to enjoy lunch together in the Agree Café on those
  • Quarterly Happy Hour Events
  • Celebrate Birthday and Work Anniversary Milestones
  • Community Partnerships – Agree cares about the communities in which it operates and its team members live. Agree stands behind its commitment to improving education, strengthening neighborhoods and encouraging volunteer service and charitable giving. Examples include: Operation Good Cheer, Children’s Hospital Snowpile, Kids Kicking Cancer, Children’s Hospital Adopt-A-Family program, and Friendship Circle.
  • Employee Recognition- At the end of every quarter, the Agree team votes on a team MVP Award. This is awarded to the team member that has an outstanding quarter both in performance and for being a model of excellence of our Core Values.

CAMPUS FACILITIES

  • Agree Café– Built to accommodate collaboration, our Café is fully-stocked with food and beverages, wifi access and constantly streaming music.
  • The Howe– Agree’s second building on its state-of-the-art campus, named The Howe after Ken Howe, the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer, was completed in 2019 and includes an Agree Wellness center, locker rooms, an auditorium, integrated technology and unique collaborative meeting areas.