Playtech Plc

The session started with an update from Playtech's Director of Public Affairs and Sustainability on the progress made since the last meeting in October. Key areas of progress included :\n\n - ESG Governance: Playtech officially held its first Sustainability and Public Policy Board Committee meeting in November where Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and targets were tabled. The main discussion topics included a comprehensive view of data, scenarios for setting targets and plans for increasing female representation as well as increasing cultural and ethnic representation amongst leadership.\n\n[...]\n\nPlaytech has continued to strengthen its governance on climate change with the launch of its Environment Forum and establishment of its dedicated Sustainability and Public Policy Board Committee in 2021. The Group also participated in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The Company has completed two CDP submissions; receiving a 'C' score in the first submission and a 'B' score' in the second submission. In addition, the company initiated an analysis of climate scenarios to identify climate related risks and opportunities in the short, medium and long term and through the lens of its customers, operations (including people) and supply chain. Most recently, the company conducted a full value chain (Scope 3) GHG footprint. This will enable the company to understand, prioritise and reduce its supply chain emissions in the categories that are most material to the business.

Governance: Playtech has continued to strengthen its Board of Directors' engagement and oversight of climate change through the Sustainability and Public Policy Committee. As mentioned in previous panel meetings, the Board approved linking ESG performance and remuneration. Playtech's climate change target will be one of the key performance measures linked to remuneration. This year, Playtech's Board of Directors and Executive management have received specific training on climate change to further their understanding of how the latter may impact the business and vice versa. This embraced evolving expectations and standards on climate change, in relation to reporting and mitigation actions, and the impact of climate change on companies and the importance of quantifying it. Finally, Playtech has continued its engagement with our key country leads via our Environment Forum to communicate the Board mandates on climate change.

- Strengthening governance with frequent engagement with the Board Sustainability and Public Policy Committee in addition to engagement with our external stakeholder advisory panel. [...] - Expanding our engagement and partnership with our licensees and other partners on safer gambling technology solutions through Playtech Protect whilst also advocating for strong safer gambling policy and standards across regulated and emerging markets.