Climate Change Data

Games Workshop Group PLC

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020-05-31 to 2021-05-30)

Reporting Period: 2020-05-31 to 2021-05-30

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:51,619 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:1,899 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:3,308 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:46,412 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:7% (HQ site)
Total Energy Consumption:16,597 MWh/year
Water Consumption:83 m3/year
Waste Generated:157 tons/year
Carbon Intensity:0.015 tCO2e/£000 (2021)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate change
  • Diversity
  • Equality
  • Social responsibility
  • Environmental sustainability

Environmental Achievements

  • Total Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions decreased by 21% to 5,207 tCO2e in 2020/21.
  • Solar panels at HQ produced over 356 mWh, equating to 7% of annual electricity required.
  • UK retail chain powered by renewable energy since May 2020.

Social Achievements

  • Launched a learning management system (LMS) for employee training and development.
  • Paid £13.2 million in profit share and discretionary bonuses to all employees.
  • Combined health and safety and wellbeing functions into a single team.
  • Partnered with fitness centers to offer subsidized gym memberships to UK staff.

Governance Achievements

  • Established an environment, social, and governance (ESG) steering group.
  • Reviewed and updated executive remuneration policy to address market rate discrepancies.
  • Welcomed Sally Matthews as a new non-executive director and chair of the audit and risk committee.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Net zero emissions (commitment to make progress each year).
  • Continue to make Games Workshop and the Warhammer hobby more inclusive.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Grow in every major country and via all sales channels.
  • Open Warhammer cafes in Shanghai and Tokyo.
  • Launch new online store.
  • Disclose against TCFD in its entirety.
Short-term Goals:
  • Improve customer service.
  • Launch new group-wide wellbeing program.
  • Complete warehouse and office space reconfiguration in Nottingham.

Environmental Challenges

  • Significant logistical and operational challenges due to COVID-19 and Brexit.
  • Capacity constraints at warehouse facilities leading to delivery delays.
  • Supply chain disruptions.
  • Difficulty in implementing large-scale projects on time.
  • Finding a plastic alternative for packaging.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Upscaled customer service resources to support affected customers.
  • Adopted COVID-19 social distancing measures exceeding minimum government requirements.
  • Phased increase in plastic production capacity with additional injection molding machines.
  • New paint filling equipment installation for capacity and cost efficiencies.
  • Secured additional land for future expansion.
  • Implemented sustainable packaging solutions.
  • Developed a new online store (in progress).
  • Strengthened logistics team with in-country resources.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Annual audits to ensure ethical sourcing standards.

Responsible Procurement
  • Ethical sourcing audit program requiring suppliers to uphold ethical standards.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR), WRI GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, DEFRA’s Environmental Reporting Guidelines

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Sustainable packaging solutions.

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed