DONNA
For an equal industry
In 2021, only 21.4 % of game industry workers in Sweden are women¹. While the number is slowly growing, it’s still nowhere close to corresponding with the distribution of gamers, which previous studies in Europe has clocked at an average of 43 % women.²
DONNA is a local initiative of the University of Skövde to bring more women into the industry – in part by means of getting more women into game development education. After all, as founder Jenny Brusk explains, “it’s obvious that unless we manage to recruit more female students to our courses, game companies will have a more difficult time recruiting women”
Every year in relation to Sweden Game Conference, DONNA DAY takes place: an event where students and industry can network and exchange experiences.
Our contribution
There are many important initiatives dedicated to furthering the cause of women and non-binary in the games industry, with DONNA being more local to our roots in Sweden.
We are proud to collaborate closely with DONNA to support their efforts to inspire women and non-binary students to pursue careers and entrepreneurship in game development. As Gold sponsors of DONNA Day 2022, we invest in the future of our industry by helping more applicants join regardless of financial situation, with travel, lodging and food all covered throughout DONNA Day as well as free access to Sweden Game Conference, one of the country’s biggest game conferences. We are also happy to contribute as mentors and speakers at DONNA Day, sharing our knowledge and experiences to inspire passionate creatives who share our ideals of diversity and equality.
We hope to soon be able to share exciting information about a new collaboration.
¹ Dataspelsbranschen spelutvecklarindex 2021, Nyckeltal
² Videogames in Europe: Consumer Study, European Summary Report November 2012, Ipsos Media CT
Climate Compensation
Until we can run a business without it
Climate compensation is not a perfect solution. As technology progresses, we hope to be climate neutral or positive without it. But until then, we need to reduce our carbon footprint where possible and compensate for the rest. This means choosing renewable energy sources, reusing hardware and furniture, and selecting low energy models or sustainability-focused suppliers whenever we need to buy something new.
We’re also contributing to Gold Standard projects in order to fully offset our footprint, making every single game that we release climate neutral or better, from day one. Below are the projects selected for each year since we started.
In 2021, our group's total carbon footprint measured 90 metric tons and we decided to offset 100 metric tons.
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