The carbon clock is ticking...
The climate clock is ticking. Scientists agree we have just a few years left to reach zero emissions.
Implementation and commitment
to sustainable climate actions are the key
Flights, heating, servers, and energy are some of the biggest producers of CO2 that a games company, such as GameDuell, generates in its business processes. We are rethinking our business processes and are putting effort into drastically reducing our CO2 footprint.
We are also working on internal information to encourage our team members to be aware of their own impact on the environment including tips to help them reduce their carbon footprint, ways to be greener while traveling, and to achieve zero waste.
Our four green pillars
Reduce
Reduce waste and emissions to a minimumRefuse
Say no to unnecessary waste and emissions and strive for alternativesRecycle
Separate garbage and use recycled productsOffset
Compensate greenhouse gas emissions and neutralize themWhat we achieved so far during our daily business processes
- 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.
- 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)
- 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”.
- 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.
- 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.
Offsetting and neutralizing CO2
In the first step, annual (or one-off) CO2 emissions must be calculated. Then the equivalent (e) amount of the emissions is invested in a climate protection project. This saves CO2 because the amount of greenhouse gas won’t be emitted somewhere else in the world.
Therefore the emissions are theoretically net zero because it is irrelevant at which location the emissions are saved. Even though the goal is to not even generate CO2 (e), in any case, it is always more sensible to offset a ton of CO2 emissions that cannot be further reduced for us at present and thus avoid them elsewhere, than to wait until action is also taken (politically and technically) at some point.
The rapidly advancing climate change leaves us no more time - we must take action now. Therefore, offsetting acts as a transition mechanism which enables us to build a sensible temporal bridge until CO2 avoidance is actually completed in Germany.
By carefully selecting projects that are sourced through an expert-in-field that is committed to transparency and carrying out due diligence, we can ensure that our funds are translated into meaningful ends and ensure a genuine offset of harmful greenhouse gas emissions.




We are proud to be on a path to becoming carbon neutral, taking many steps along the way to calculate and reduce our carbon footprint, and offsetting the remainder via Gold Standard or Verified Carbon Standard climate protection projects.
Act with us
With GameDuell you will become part of an ecologically and socially sustainable company and in our very own "Green Team" you can actively engage in implementing ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment.
- As part of our GreenTeam you can directly participate in our many green initiatives
- When buying our office supplies and food we pay attention to fair, biological, environmentally friendly and resource-friendly standards
- We match your charity donations
- Social responsibility begins with ourselves: our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. In our open and international team we respect and welcome diversity
Join our team today and help us in our mission to become carbon neutral - you can find all open positions here.
Want to know more about our Green Team, sustainability, or our measures to become carbon neutral? Contact us here.