The Playing for the Planet Carbon Calculator is a validated, user-friendly carbon accounting tool which has been built with, and for, studios, publishers, and other games industry organisations. It enables organisations to measure emissions in alignment with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and highlights the emissions in need of greatest attention.

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Informed by Playing for the Planet’s 2023 report, Untangling the Carbon Complexities of the Video Gaming Industry, the calculator has been developed with The Carbon Trust alongside input from Playing for the Planet Alliance members.‍

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Emission sources covered by the calculator include both business operations and games industry specific value chain operations (such as those from data centres or consumers playing your games) to measure across all categories of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. The output of the calculator allows studios to report on regulatory requirements such as CSRD.

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The Carbon Calculator is accessible for free to Playing for the Planet members or available at a subsidised, one time fee for others across the industry who are looking for tooling and support in their carbon accounting.

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For more information, please get in touch with us at info@playing4theplanet.org.‍