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