Climate Change Data

WINKING STUDIOS LIMITED

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:942.37 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:5.49 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:942.36 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:1,216,000 kWh/year
Water Consumption:5.28 megalitres/year
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Adopted energy-saving LED lights and water and energy-efficient fixtures and fittings.
  • Implemented a unified waste recycling system in the Taiwan office.
  • Encouraged the use of electronic documents and online signature/review systems to reduce paper usage.

Social Achievements

  • Maintained a diverse workforce with 36.78% female employees.
  • Zero reported incidents of discrimination.
  • Offered various employee benefits such as life insurance, medical benefits, and retirement provision.
  • Provided average training hours of 56.11 for males and 55.77 for females.

Governance Achievements

  • Established a whistleblowing reporting mechanism.
  • Communicated anti-corruption policies and procedures to governance body members and employees.
  • Achieved ISO 27001 certification for information security.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Aim to offset any remaining emissions.
  • Engage with the gaming community to promote energy-efficient gaming practices.
  • Engage with local communities to address water-related concerns.
  • Extend business ethics and anti-corruption communication/training to 100% of employees and business partners.
  • Continue business ethics and anti-corruption communication to all business partners.
  • Increase revenue by 20% through product innovation, market expansion, and strategic partnerships.
  • Reduce expenses by 10% to improve operational efficiency.
  • Increase ESG impact by raising contributions to local communities by 15%.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Report financial impacts of GHG emissions and establish quantified targets.
  • Offset remaining emissions through carbon offset projects or investments in renewable energy.
  • Invest in energy-efficient hardware and servers.
  • Optimize code and game assets to enhance energy efficiency.
  • Achieve the goal of installing more than half of equipment and fittings that are energy efficient and environmentally friendly.
  • Reduce water consumption across offices and studios.
  • Invest in water-efficient technologies.
  • Engage with local communities to address water-related concerns.
  • Continue and expand employee engagement programs focused on waste reduction.
  • Invest in and adopt innovative technologies to enhance recycling capabilities.
  • Engage with the local community to promote responsible waste management.
  • Extend business ethics and anti-corruption communication/training to 50% of employees and business partners.
  • Continue business ethics and anti-corruption communication to at least 30% of business partners.
  • Increase revenue by 10% through product innovation, market expansion, and strategic partnerships.
  • Increase ESG impact by raising contributions to local communities by 10%.
Short-term Goals:
  • Encourage sustainable commuting.
  • Reduce Scope 2 emissions through sustainable habits and energy-efficient fixtures.
  • Disclose Scope 3 emissions.
  • Launch awareness/training campaigns on energy-saving practices.
  • Adopt higher ratings of energy-efficient fixtures.
  • Continue existing practices to enhance water efficiency.
  • Conduct annual awareness programs on responsible water usage.
  • Launch a waste reduction awareness campaign.
  • Provide quantitative disclosure of waste generation.
  • Set up a recycling program for common office materials.
  • Extend business ethics and anti-corruption communication/training to at least 30% of employees.
  • Increase revenue by 5% through product innovation, market expansion, and strategic partnerships.
  • Reduce expenses by 5% to improve operational efficiency.
  • Increase ESG impact by raising contributions to local communities by 5%.

Environmental Challenges

  • Ensuring compliance with evolving emissions-reporting regulations.
  • Rising mean temperatures increasing air conditioning costs and potentially impacting employee productivity.
  • Changes in precipitation patterns and extreme weather events potentially affecting office premises and employee commuting.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Constantly monitoring regulatory requirements and assessing capacity to meet them.
  • Keeping office air conditioning at 26°C and turning it off 20 minutes before the end of the workday; engaging in tree-planting activities.
  • Implementing enhanced network security measures to facilitate remote work during severe weather events.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Plans to enhance environmentally friendly procurement regulations.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Changes in precipitation patterns and extreme variability in weather patterns (floods)
  • Rising mean temperatures
Transition Risks
  • Enhanced emissions-reporting obligations
Opportunities
  • Use of more efficient modes of transport/recycling/digitalization
  • Participation in renewable energy programs and adoption of energy-efficiency measures

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards 2021, TCFD framework

Certifications: ISO 27001

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed