Sustainable Growth

At Room 8 Group, we strive to create a better world through our business practices and products. We understand the significance of video games in our lives, and we want to ensure that this impact is positive. Through bringing games to the next level, we embrace a social and environmental approach to our activities. We believe responsible balance between profitability and sustainability is at the heart of the United Nations’ global Sustainable Development Goals.

As a game development company, our corporate responsibility mission is to create a positive social and environmental impact through our work. We strive to promote community development, foster inclusivity, and make our planet a better place to live and learn, not just in games.

Sustainability policy

Objective 

At Room 8 Group, we are committed to creating a sustainable future for our planet and a better life for everything on it. We take responsibility for our role in the global society, environment, local communities where we operate, and all people that we work with.

We are committed to implementing responsible business practices and making a positive impact on social, economic, and environmental issues. Our efforts are aimed to balance our profitability with sustainability and bring long-lasting positive changes to the world.

General provision 

At Room 8 Group, we recognize the importance of sustainable practices and their impact on the environment and society. We are committed to integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations into our operations, decision-making processes, and culture.

Environmental Responsibility: We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and minimizing our impact on the environment. We will achieve this by implementing energy-efficient practices, reducing waste, and promoting recycling and responsible resource consumption.

Social Responsibility: We recognize the importance of being a responsible corporate citizen and supporting our local communities. We will achieve this by promoting diversity and inclusion, supporting local initiatives, and fostering positive relationships with our stakeholders.

Ethical Responsibility: We believe that ethical behavior is essential for sustainable business practices. We will achieve this by complying with all applicable laws and regulations, promoting transparency and accountability, and ensuring that our products and services are safe and socially responsible.

Continuous Improvement

We recognize that sustainability is an ongoing process, and we are committed to continuously improving our business practices. We will achieve this by regularly reviewing and updating our sustainability policy, setting goals and targets, and measuring our progress against these goals.

Our Commitments

Being a responsible business we make the following commitments, which will enable us to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders and contribute to the sustainable development of our society and the planet.

Environmental

We understand that the gaming industry can make its contribution to climate change and environmental protection. Therefore, we pledge to minimize our waste by adopting the following practices:

• Promote environmental awareness of the specialists and local communities
• Reduce, reuse, and recycle to minimize waste and promote eco-friendly behavior
• ‘Green office’ policy in all country locations

Social

We acknowledge our responsibility to the community and the impact of our actions on people’s lives. Therefore, we pledge to prioritize the following practices:

• Create a sustainable workplace for our specialists
• Foster a diverse and inclusive team that respects and values individuals’ differences
• Support local communities through charitable donations and corporate volunteering
• Encourage wellness practices for our specialists
• Promote workforce development through educational programs

Governance

We recognize that transparent and ethical governance practices are critical to our success and reputation. Therefore, we pledge to uphold the following principles:

• Adhere to high ethical standards in all our operations and decisions
• Maintain transparent and accurate reporting of our ESG performance
• Ensure that our business operations align with our commitments and principles
• Regularly review and improve our business practices
• Encourage our stakeholders to share their feedback and collaborate with us to achieve global goals

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policy

Objective 

Room 8 Group is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Our specialists are the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent that our specialists invest in their performance represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well.

We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Room 8 Group.

We will take positive steps to ensure that our employees, stakeholders, contractors and clients can enjoy an experience that is fair, equitable and free from discrimination in their dealings with us.

We embrace and encourage our specialists’ differences in age, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our specialists unique.

General Provision 

1. Room 8 Group’s diversity initiatives are applicable—but not limited—to our practices and policies on recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; professional development and training; promotions; social and well-being programs; terminations; and the ongoing development during the cooperation.
2. Each specialist will be held liable for acts of bullying, harassment, victimization, and unlawful discrimination during the cooperation against fellows, partners, and the public according to our Disciplinary Action Policy. 
3. To achieve policy objectives, the Company commits to:
   • Encourage equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace as a part of corporate values and culture;
   • Regularly review formal and informal hiring practices and procedures to ensure they are fair and help to identify the best talent, recruitment, and selection practices are free from unlawful discrimination;
   • Create a working environment free of bullying, harassment, victimization, and unlawful discrimination, promoting dignity and respect for all, and where individual differences and the contributions of all specialists are recognized and valued;
   • Maintain that communication is respectful between all employees regardless of title or level;
   • Provide training of managers and specialists about their rights and responsibilities under the equality, diversity, and inclusion policy; 
   • Investigate promptly all complaints of bullying, harassment, victimization, and unlawful discrimination by specialists, suppliers, visitors, the public, and any others in the course of corporate activities. Make opportunities for training, development, and progress available to all specialists, who will be helped and encouraged to develop their full potential, so their talents and resources can be fully utilized to maximize the efficiency of the company;
   • Review corporate practices and procedures when necessary to ensure fairness, and also update them and the policy to take into account changes in the law.
4. We recognize the need to balance work and home life and have in place a range of family-friendly policies and guidelines.
5. We recognise that it is necessary to encourage more flexible patterns of work where feasible, to attract and retain staff in order to help them have a more balanced and better quality working life.
6. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy workforce for our employees by minimizing the risk of people suffering from poor health as a result of work, resolving ways to allow people to work with poor health or disabilities, and promoting a healthy and productive workforce.
7. We have created a dedicated Equality & Diversity team/group to champion diversity and inclusion throughout the business, and as a forum to facilitate discussions and challenges, reduce gaps, and create new initiatives where staff can get involved, contact the team with concerns, and seek help and support.

Sustainability Overview