Deforestation contributes to 13% of total human-caused CO2 emissions, exacerbating the biodiversity crisis with 1 million species facing extinction today. That’s why the GamesForest.Club, a Berlin-based NGO supports the games industry in investing into forest protection and forest restoration to tackle climate change. Since November 2021 the community of forest restorers has grown to over…Continue readingHow games companies restore forests, share their impact to raise awareness and fight climate change
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Vermila Studios’ blueprint for a more sustainable games studio Founded in 2020, Madrid-based Vermila Studios is an up-and-coming studio with a young team and some big ideas on how to put sustainability at the forefront of the business. The company is currently hard at work on its debut game Crisol: Theatre of Idols, a first-person…Continue readingHow Madrid-based Vermila Studios encouraged its staff to become green-fingered
MAG Interactive is a Swedish mobile games developer based in Stockholm with a global player base and a wealth of puzzle games in its portfolio. We recently sat down with Chris Peters, QA Coordinator and Customer Support Manager, who’s responsible for the quality control and support for all their Live Ops games. Chris is one…Continue readingA chat with MAG Interactive about reforestation and protecting the oceans
Behind the Nitro Games decision to use Evergreen, the Slack-integrated service that plans trees for every given positive employee recognitionContinue readingHow to sustainably make your COO cry over feedback
Massive Entertainment’s efforts to bring nature close to their place of work and welcome the beesContinue readingMassive’s rooftop garden for biodiversity in the city center
With a catch! The catch is, use second hand furniture as far as it is possibleContinue readingRaw Fury’s guide to stylish decorations
The London-based mobile games company Space Ape has chosen a quite hands-on approach to lessen their negative impact on the climate. They’ve decided to take the time and do the research on how you can measure and reduce the emissions of a game company – and they’re happy for you to copy their method. The…Continue readingSpace Ape measured and reduced their carbon footprint – Here is their 4-step-process for you to copy
The Berlin-based game company GameDuell is working towards the vision of reducing their carbon emission production to zero. In order to move towards this goal, they set up an internal Green Team to coordinate and implement steps and actions. The designated Green Team In 2009, GameDuell decided to work towards the vision of making the…Continue readingA designated Green Team drives emission reductions at GameDuell
Reducing your carbon emissions is an important part of becoming greener. But it can be hard to cut all emissions. Offsetting your emissions through green initiatives has been the way for MAG Interactive to make up for their negative impact on the climate. Offsetting is a way to compensate for the carbon emissions caused by…Continue readingMAG Interactive’s process and considerations when offsetting their carbon emissions
The energy consumption from gaming computers is an important part of the carbon emission from the life cycle of games. But there are ways to reduce this. Two of the leading researchers on energy consumption of gaming computers have made a website describing things you can do to cut gaming computers energy consumption. Via their…Continue readingHow to build a green gaming computer