Climate Change Data

PULLUP Entertainment

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021-04 to 2022-03, 2022-04 to 2023-03, 2023-07 to 2023-12, 2023-2024)

Reporting Period: 2021-04 to 2022-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2774 tCO2e (2019)
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:100% (2021)
Total Energy Consumption:210576 kWh (2021)
Water Consumption:409 m3 (2021)
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:20.39 tCO2e/employee (2019), 19.42 kg CO2e/€k revenue (2019)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Player satisfaction and competitiveness
  • Player health and safety
  • Diversity and the fight against discrimination
  • Protection of personal information and data safety
  • Risk management, business continuity, and business ethics
  • Working conditions and well-being at work
  • Attractiveness, employee retention and career development
  • Intellectual property
  • Climate change and carbon footprint

Environmental Achievements

  • All electricity consumed came from renewable sources.
  • Reduced waste through improved sorting initiatives (coffee grounds collected and used for mushroom cultivation).

Social Achievements

  • Increased employee training budget and hours of training.
  • Implemented a whistleblowing system.
  • Launched initiatives to fight discrimination (training and reference persons).
  • Organized awareness-raising workshop on sexism at work.

Governance Achievements

  • Established a CSR committee.
  • Improved internal control principles.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Extend CSR initiatives to all Group subsidiaries.
  • Raise employee awareness of CSR challenges.
  • Implement a Code of Ethics.

Environmental Challenges

  • Shift in sales from physical to digital, increasing digital technology's environmental impact.
  • Growing environmental regulations.
  • Equality and gender diversity challenges.
  • Attracting and retaining talent in a competitive market.
  • Rapid pace of skills change.
  • Anticipating consumption trends.
  • Cyberattacks, fraud, and piracy risks.
  • Regulations on personal data protection.
  • Toxic behavior in online communities.
  • Shortages of raw materials and semiconductors impacting console production.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implemented behavioral protection systems in games (anti-insult filters, moderation, reporting systems).
  • Made General Personal Data Protection Policy available on website.
  • Designated a Data Protection Officer (DPO).
  • Provided data protection training to employees.
  • Implemented a flexible work-from-home policy.
  • Organized social activities for employees.
  • Conducted an internal employee satisfaction survey.
  • Implemented an alert system for unethical or unlawful behavior.
  • Developed a travel policy to prioritize train travel.
  • Partnered with Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) entities for services.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Inclusion of CSR clause in contracts with partner studios.
  • Consideration of environmental and social criteria in general service purchases.
  • Partnership with SSE entities.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Growing environmental regulations.
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, UN Sustainable Development Goals

Certifications: ISO 14001

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Hardspace Shipbreaker (SIGGRAPH 2021), A Plague Tale: Requiem (Tribeca Games Festival), Evil West (Best of PAX East), Dordogne (Team Choice Award).

Reporting Period: 2022-04 to 2023-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2774 tCO2e (2019 data)
Renewable Energy Share:54.4% (2022 data)
Total Energy Consumption:220287 kWh (2022 data)
Water Consumption:481 m3 (2022 data)
Waste Generated:758 kg of coffee grounds (2022 data)
Carbon Intensity:20.39 tCO2e per employee, 19.42 kg CO2e per thousand euros of revenue (2019 data)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Player satisfaction and competitiveness
  • Player health and safety
  • Diversity and the fight against discrimination
  • Protection of personal information and data security
  • Risk management, business continuity, and business ethics
  • Working conditions and well-being at work
  • Attractiveness, employee retention, and career development
  • Intellectual property
  • Climate change and carbon footprint

Environmental Achievements

  • Moved to obtaining 100% of its electricity consumed from renewable sources (later reduced to 54.4% due to provider bankruptcy)
  • Implemented a travel policy to limit short-distance travel, prioritizing train travel within France and neighboring countries.

Social Achievements

  • Launched several initiatives to improve accessibility in games, including training for content monitoring teams and the creation of a reference tool for game development.
  • Organized a campaign to invite employees to become shareholders, allowing them to buy shares at a preferential price.
  • Implemented a profit-sharing policy.

Governance Achievements

  • Established a CSR committee chaired by Mrs. Irit Hillel.
  • Implemented an alert system to collect reports regarding unethical or unlawful behavior within the company.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Carbon neutrality
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • The war in Ukraine, impacting a long-standing partner in Russia.
  • Risks associated with shortages of raw materials and semiconductors.
  • Risks associated with finding and retaining talent in a competitive market.
  • Risks associated with delays in game development and marketing.
  • Risks associated with dependency on console manufacturers.
  • Risks associated with dependency on a partner studio (Saber Interactive).
  • Risks associated with video game regulations.
  • Risks associated with intellectual property rights and licenses.
  • Risks associated with a possible commercial dependency on platforms.
  • Risks associated with the competitive environment.
  • Risks associated with piracy and copyright infringement.
  • Foreign exchange risk due to exposure to currencies other than the euro.
  • Liquidity risk.
  • Risks associated with financial covenants.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Partner has taken steps to relocate employees and transfer tasks to other studios.
  • The situation with raw material shortages is improving.
  • Investing in its own in-house development capacities to reduce dependency on external players.
  • Setting dual objectives of releasing high-quality, innovative games while upholding cost and deadline targets.
  • Diversifying partnerships.
  • Maintaining solid relations with Saber Interactive.
  • Complying with national and international laws and regulations.
  • Established a policy to protect its intellectual property rights.
  • Diversification of its network of partner physical distributors and digital sales channels.
  • Renewed a credit insurance policy with Euler Hermès.
  • Careful choice of game release dates and content to avoid direct competition and improve player retention.
  • Implementing measures to limit the impact of exchange rate fluctuations (rapid settlement of invoices, low cash in foreign currencies).
  • Regularly reviewing funding sources and considering gross cash available, investments, debt repayment, activity level, and off-balance-sheet commitments.
  • Maintaining compliance with financial covenants.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Inclusion of environmental and social criteria whenever possible, selection of service providers from the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), and work with ESATs and EAs.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, UN Sustainable Development Goals

Certifications: ISO 14001

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • 4th place in Metacritic ranking
  • Numerous awards for A Plague Tale: Requiem, Evil West, Blacktail, Chained Echoes, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.

Reporting Period: 2023-07 to 2023-12

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Social Achievements

  • Improvement of the Gaïa Rating

Governance Achievements

  • Nomination of Didier Crespel as Independent Board Member

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2023-2024

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:4778.6 TeqCO2
Scope 1 Emissions:7.2 TeqCO2
Scope 2 Emissions:84.7 TeqCO2
Scope 3 Emissions:4,686.7 TeqCO2
Renewable Energy Share:40%

ESG Focus Areas

  • Player health and safety
  • Talent retention
  • Skill development
  • Attractiveness
  • Climate change and carbon footprint
  • Energy consumption
  • Waste management
  • Business ethics
  • Personal data protection

Environmental Achievements

  • 40% renewable electricity consumed during the year
  • 47.0% Rate of recycled waste/collected waste

Social Achievements

  • 91% of employees surveyed are satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of life at work
  • 24.9% of average workforce trained during the year

Governance Achievements

  • 0 alerts received on our whistleblower system in 2023-2024
  • 0% of cyber-attacks resulting in business interruption

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Toxicity in online multiplayer games
  • Talent retention in a competitive industry
  • Skill development to meet evolving technology
  • Attracting talent in a competitive market
  • Reducing CO2 emissions and environmental impact
  • Managing energy consumption
  • Reducing waste
  • Maintaining business ethics and preventing corruption
  • Protecting personal data and information security
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implementing ban systems and chat filters in online games
  • Providing pleasant working conditions, salary incentives, and a sense of belonging
  • Offering employee development programs and training
  • Diversifying recruitment strategies and improving onboarding
  • Measuring carbon footprint and setting reduction targets
  • Transitioning to renewable energy and promoting sustainable mobility
  • Implementing waste reduction and sorting initiatives
  • Establishing an ethics charter and a whistleblower system
  • Implementing IT security measures, conducting security audits, and raising employee awareness

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities