BoomBit Spółka Akcyjna
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
Social Achievements
- Increased number of employees and permanent contractors from 203 to 246.
Governance Achievements
- Followed corporate governance recommendations and principles laid down in the Best Practice of GPW Listed Companies 2021.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Changes in Apple’s privacy policies affecting the profitability of the advertising sales channel for hyper-casual games.
- Growing salary pressure and competition in the labour market due to remote work and high inflation.
- Currency exchange rate fluctuations affecting financial results.
- Potential sale of a major block of the Company’s shares by ATM Grupa S.A.
- Risk of further changes in the privacy policy of distribution platforms (Google Play).
- Risk of macroeconomic changes affecting the advertising industry and consumer spending.
- High competition in the mobile games market.
- Risk of consolidation among competitors.
- Dependency on key distributors (Google and Apple).
- Unforeseen market trends.
- Risk of games not being promoted by distributors.
- Risk related to suppliers of technologies used in game development.
- Market deficit of qualified staff.
- Risk of epidemic crises.
- Risk of loss of key team members and staff turnover.
- Risk of delays in game development.
- Risk of deterioration of the image of the BoomBit Group.
- Risk related to litigations and administrative proceedings.
- Risk of loss of financial liquidity.
- Risk of fortuitous events.
- Human factor risk.
- Risk of accidents at work.
- Risk of downtime and failure of an IT system.
- Risk related to breakdown of the equipment used in the activity of the BoomBit Group.
- Risk related to development of games similar to those of the competitors.
- Risk related to transactions with affiliates.
- Risk related to inadequate insurance coverage.
- Risk of failure to execute the strategy of the BoomBit Group.
- Risk of new platform and technology launches.
- Risk of foreign governing law in contracts.
- Risk that a game will not be successful in the market.
- Risk related to illegal access to games, game add-ons and features.
- Risk of claims related to intellectual property rights.
- Risk of infringement of intellectual property rights of the BoomBit Group.
- Risk arising from family relations between members of BoomBit governing bodies.
- Risk related to incomparability of performance in basic operations in particular years.
- Risk related to dividend payment in the future.
- Risk related to fluctuations in Share prices and to limited Share trading liquidity.
- Risk related to recession in global stock markets.
- Risk related to failure to comply with the information requirements imposed on public companies.
Mitigation Strategies
- Continued development of original tools for User Acquisition campaigns.
- Development of tools for analysis of results and prognostic models for mid-core games.
- Regular analysis of the need to apply hedging against the currency risk.
- Strategic options review to support the Company’s further development.
- Regularly analyses current trends in the market of mobile games to adapt the publishing plan.
- Strengthening competitive advantages (brand recognition, collaboration with studios, understanding of market trends, flexible structure, diversification of revenue sources, expert team, internal tools, free-of-charge game promotion, efficient use of tools for promotion, high positioning in Digital Distribution platform search results, key team engaged in growing the value of the BoomBit Group).
- Implementation of incentive schemes for the Board of Directors, employees and contractors.
- Implementation of a shared services centre (Mindsense Games sp. z o.o.) to support the Group’s companies in bookkeeping, HR & payroll tasks.
- Development of competencies in the area of Play-to-Earn games.
- Minimising electricity consumption and addressing waste disposal in contracts.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: IFRS
Third-party Assurance: UHY ECA Audyt Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością sp. k.