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