Green Pledge
 

In our industrial age, the emission of Greenhouse gases such as CO2 plays a decisive role when considering climate change. Sources of CO2 emissions include activities from every con­ceivable area: mobility, production, consumption, food, and so on. A life without CO2 emissions is not possible. As the CO2 content increases, nature will no longer be able to process the excess amount and the atmosphere will become increasingly impermeable to the long-wave thermal radiation reflected by the earth, which leads to a rise in temperature (greenhouse effect). Surpassing the limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius average global temperature rise transforms a gradual, linear process into a very steep, exponential progression. An example would be the loss of the complete ice mass or rainforest as well as an average global temperature increase of 4 degrees Celsius resulting in a devastating effect for all life on earth.

The climate clock is ticking. Scientists agree we have just a few years left to reach zero emissions.

Minimizing the carbon footprint of our office
 

• We switched to a sustainable office material supplier with recycled material for the office and our kitchen
• We make sure that we are buying fair trade and environmentally friendly coffee, milk, fruit, gifts and team clothing
• We use environmental paper and climate-friendly printing methods and try to minimize our total print volume
• We use cleaning agents that are at least 98% biodegradable.

Optimizing our waste hierarchy:
 

• We separate paper, plastic, glass, and organic waste
• We save more than 17,000 plastic bottles per year: We introduced water dispensers to reduce plastic waste and to reduce the CO2 emissions generated by, for example, bottle transport
• We make our company events as environmentally friendly as possible (e.g. by using biodegradable plates, bowls, & cutlery)

Inspiring others:
 

• We are part of the initiative “Leaders for Climate Action” and committed to the Green Pledge and the goal to become a carbon neutral games company.
• We are members of the initiative “Playing for the planet”, an initiative that is facilitated with the support of the UN Environment Programme. In this initiative, gaming companies reach out to their players to address the world’s biggest environmental challenges and inspire them to take action for the environment. For that reason, we have been taking part in the “Mobile Green Game Jams”, where we have been implementing green activations into our games to educate and activate our users, and plan to also take part in future “Mobile Green Game Jams”.

Energy management:
 

• Both our office and the data center with our servers are running on green energy, using certified wind and hydroelectric power
• We use mainly energy efficient computers.

Minimizing emissions through travelling:
 

• We encourage our team to come to the office by bike - there are over 50 bike racks and a private bike storage available.
• By changing the travel policy to a more climate-friendly model, we cut down a huge chunk of company flights. Travel for all team members will be minimized to a necessary minimum, where possible conducted with environmentally friendly transport systems only.
• We avoid domestic flights, opting rather for the train. Where flights are inevitable, we compensate for the emissions.