Magento 2 – How can I redirect user to PDP on click of product card without using anchor tag

I need to redirect user to PDP page from PLP page not just on click of image or product name, but on click of whole card.
As per w3 standards I can not write div within anchor otherwise I would have wrapped the card inside anchor tag.
So I used js code to achieve it.

<script type='text/javascript'>
require([
        "jquery"
    ], function($){
        $('.product-item-link').click(function() {
        window.location.href = "<?= $escaper->escapeUrl($_product->getProductUrl()) ?>"
        });
    });
</script>

As the script is outside of the foreach loop, it does not work as expected.
Is there any other way?