Game Industry Sustainaiblity Benchmark 2023
Expanding on the findings and data collection of this year's net zero snapshot, AfterClimate is pleased to announceme the availabiltiy of our brand new flagship report – the Game Industry Sustainability Benchmark report. The report contains the most detailed and
- 70+ pages of GHG disclosures and analysis
- 20+ charts of GHG metrics enabling benchmark comparisons across comparable businesses
- Scope 1, 2 and 3 disclosures from 30+ of the biggest international game businesses
- Side-by-side visualisations of game businesses according to GHG intensity by:
– Absolute emissions (Scope 1+2, and Scope 1+2+3)
– Revenue intensity (GHG per $1m USD – Scope 1+2, and Scope1+2+3)
– Per emoployee intensity (GHG per head – Scope 1+2, and Scope 1+2+3) - Spohisticated 3 variable display of GHG emissions size, located according to rev & employees
- Overview of decarbonisation strategy from industry sustainability leaders, applicable by other large game businesses
- Individual company profiles with ESG data, year on year emissions changes, summaries of announced sustainability initiatives, and analysis of TCFD risk disclosures.
Environmental disclosures from the biggest names in games
Drawing on ESG disclosures, and new conservative projections, for the following companies:
- Microsoft
- Sony
- Tencent
- Apple
- Ubisoft
- Supercell
- 37 Interactive
- Electronic Arts
- Square Enix
- NCSoft
- SEGA Sammy
- Nintendo
- Activision Blizzard
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Take-Two Interactive
- CyberAgent
- Roblox Corporation
- Playrix
- Mixi
- SEA Ltd
- Keywords Studios International
- Embracer Group
- Warner Bros Discovery
- Konami
- NetMarble
- Perfect World
- Riot
- Nexon
- Playtika
- Aristocrat Leisure
- NetEase
- Unity
- Epic Games
Who is the GISB useful for?
- Game businesses looking to benchmark their environmental performance against peers
- Investor relations & ESG leaders looking to communicate credible sustainability achievements
- Institutional investors looking to identify sustainability leadership in games industry
- Anyone interested in an gaining a comprehensive overview of successful game industry sustainability strategy
The 2023 net zero snapshot was months in the making, covering hundreds of pages of reporting and disclosures – not all in English – and involved hours of data entry, standardisation and analysis.
In the coming weeks, AfterClimate will be making available for purchase a first of its kind game industry sustainability benchmark report, containing the most fine-grained details and metrics that go further than the high-level snapshot. With this report we hope to enable games business, investors, government agencies and other interested parties to benchmark in precise detail specific progress on emissions. Additionally, the report will assess the level of preparedness, planning and exposure to climate risks, examining the TCFD disclosures and other climate risk-facing initiatives of each company represented in the Net Zero Snapshot.
Every copy of the report will also come with a free 1 hour consultation with AfterClimate founder and report lead Dr Benjamin Abraham, to answer questions about the data, your business' or investment's place within the wider industry's sustainability context.
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If you want to dig into the data collected for the 2023 game industry net zero snapshot, use this link to view the online spreadsheet. For questions, media inquiries and other feedback, please use the contact form on this website.
Industry emissions intensity averages
To track this process of greening the games industry, we are introducing two new metrics against which we are now able to track the emissions intensity games businesses.
These metrics are emissions per 1 million USD of revenue, and emissions per employee. Given the haphazard state of Scope 3 disclosures, we are now tracking each of these metrics against both Scope 1 & 2 subtotals, andScope 1, 2 & 3 totals.
Taken together, we hope these metrics reveal the progress made in the years ahead, allowing us to observe the changing emissions intensity of different games businesses as they track to net zero.
Because revenues fluctuate from year-to-year, per-employee metrics are an alternative, equally valid and useful metric to track and consider. During a lean year between major releases, per-revenue metrics may appear to inflate substantially, while per-employee metrics remain stable and more reflective of long term performance. Both metrics need to also be understood within the wider context of the industry and performance over multiple years.
Both metrics have their use, and we are excited for the new potential to understand and track emissions intensity in a more nuanced and granular way in the years ahead.
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