As players enjoy gaming titles like "The Last of Us," "Fallout," "Mad Max," and other games of the post-apocalyptic genre, the possibility of Earth sharing the same fate may prove more likely than you think.
Amidst the alarming rate of waste contributing to climate change, many tech companies like Apple, Dell, Intel, and more have started embracing environmentalism by taking on sustainable initiatives.
Tech companies may be stepping up their game to do their part to stop climate change, but one way to connect with the younger generation regarding the issue is to tap a playing field they're familiar with: the gaming industry.
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Gaming Companies as One of the Biggest Contributors to Carbon Emission
Gaming may serve as a gateway for humans to escape the horrors of real life, but what happens when an apocalyptic world becomes a reality?
The technology sector is undoubtedly one of the dominating sources of pollutants on the planet, according to the World Economic Forum. Gaming manufacturers produce a mass of built-in carbon costs from consoles and chips, which require refined materials and minerals that may contribute to a scarcity of resources in the environment. Additionally, the gaming industry is also a big source of accumulating carbon footprint from electronic waste and technology production.
According to Earth, netizens have already generated an estimated 57.4 million tonnes of electronic waste from the year 2021 alone, weighing more than the Great wall of China.
Microsoft, Sony Among Gaming Companies Taking a Stand Against Climate Change
Fortunately, big gaming companies have been doing their part to acknowledge and take action on the issues of our environment.
According to Forbes, Microsoft has already taken its early initiative since 2012 to become "carbon net zero". However, after recognizing that fighting to protect the environment has been growing "critical", Microsoft pledged that they will start working towards becoming "carbon net negative" by 2030.
Microsoft also alleges that it will remove all the carbon that its tech empire has emitted since its founding in 1975 when the Earth reaches 2050. However, in 2019, the tech company decided to go further and address their consumers' concerns by producing 825,000 carbon-neutral Xbox consoles, which were built using renewable electricity.
Similarly, Sony joined in the environmental initiative by announcing that their factories will become carbon neutral by 2030, according to EuroGamer, a decade early from their original goal, 2040. Since 2020, 78% of the electricity used to stream PlayStation games with the "PS Now" has directly come from renewable sources.
Sony has also been walking the talk by transitioning its data centers to renewable energy where possible, with their Europe and US head office already using 100% renewable energy, according to Push Square.
Among other gaming companies that have vowed to take the initiative to reduce their carbon footprint include Supercell, Wild Works, Ubisoft, and more.
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Written by: Andi C.
