Sustainability: Shaping our sustainable future

Pioneering safer gambling solutions | Partnering on shared societal challenges |
Promoting integrity and an inclusive culture | Powering action for positive environmental impact

We are pioneering safer gambling technology solutions to help our customers deliver game-changing player experiences and player protection. Our products and services deliver game-changing levels of safety, engagement and entertainment.

We believe betting and gaming has a vital role to play in the global entertainment sector. By championing sustainability and operating responsibly, we are striving to have a positive impact on our customers, colleagues, communities and planet.

Our sustainability governance structure

In March 2025, the Board approved a structural change to the Sustainability and Public Policy Committee, expanding its remit to include regulatory and compliance matters under a new Sustainability and Compliance Committee function. This Committee’s primary responsibility is to oversee and review the Group’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and status of compliance with laws, regulations, and internal procedures. In practice, this function co-ordinates action, provides subject matter expertise, delivers support to other relevant functions, business units and country management, manages and tracks performance, and leads engagement and partnerships with external stakeholders.

Sustainability governance structure

Our sustainability approach

We have refreshed our review of Playtech's social and environmental impact, and the issues that are most important to our stakeholders. This is the basis for our framework for action, which has four priority areas:

Pioneering safer gambling solutions

Partnering on shared societal challenges

Promoting integrity and an inclusive culture

Powering action for positive environmental impact

Our Sustainability progress

The most impactful contribution Playtech can make to the industry and in society is to advance safer gambling and player protection technology. Through our safer products, data analytics and player engagement solutions, we are keeping players safe and helping our licensees succeed in regulated and fast-moving markets. In 2023, Playtech continued to make progress in all areas relating to sustainability including safer gambling, diversity and climate change.

  • 23 brands deployed and integrated with BetBuddy in 14 jurisdictions
  • 21 compliance and safer gambling SaaS partnerships
  • >£2,400,000 monetary donations and investments
  • 14.9% global average in employees' contributions (skills, time or money)
  • >108,000 people engaged through our community programmes
  • 30% of female senior leaders
  • >790 colleagues engaged through wellbeing initiatives
  • >35 colleagues and immediate family supported through Playtech's Benevolent Fund
  • 29.9% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 (location-based) carbon footprint against a 2018 baseline
  • Science-Based Target initiative approval over near-term and net zero targets in February 2024
  • 58.3% total energy consumption from renewable sources
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2024 Group Sustainability Scorecard

Our Sustainability Data Methodology and Reporting document sets out the principles and methodology used by Playtech to collect, analyse and report the Company’s sustainability data as it relates to mandatory reporting in the Annual Report and Accounts (ARA). The document provides additional details on our methodology for non-financial reporting as well as the indicators we have reported on for 2024 and their relation to both the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Board (SASB) standards.

2024 Sustainability Data: Principles and Methodology

In 2024, we engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (‘PwC’) to undertake a limited assurance engagement, reporting to Playtech plc only, using the International Standard on Assurance Engagements (‘ISAE’) 3000 (Revised): ‘Assurance Engagements Other Than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information’ and ISAE 3410: ‘Assurance Engagements on Greenhouse Gas Statements’ over Playtech’s 2023 GHG reporting (Scope 1 emissions, Scope 2 (location-based) emissions, Scope 2 (market-based), Scope 1 & 2 intensity per FTE employee and Scope 3, Categories 1, 2, 3, and 14). The assured data can be found in the Responsible Business and Sustainability Addendum to the Annual Report 2024. To access PwC’s assurance statement please read and accept the following disclaimer.

2024 Independent Limited Assurance Opinion