Press release
In this press release, you will find all the information regarding JYROS’s development to date
JYROS Is Growing : The Next Big Adventure!
A little over two years after its launch, Jyros is entering a new phase: European expansion.
Last September, we launched EURO-Jyros, a two-year international program supported by the European Union Creative Media program. The goal: to strengthen Jyros’ capabilities, integrate the new Sustainable Games Alliance Standard, and deploy the tool in Poland and Croatia as pilot countries ahead of a broader European rollout.
Paris and Lyon – January, 26 2026
Since its release, JYROS has evolved into a more powerful sustainability tool, offering richer functionalities and clearer insights to help studios understand and reduce their impact. After rolling JYROS out across all French regions, reaching more than 1,000 users in 400+ companies and obtaining the CNCs’s approval to be used in a major public funding initiative, we’re ready for the next step.
Jyros: the environmental impact calculator for gaming companies
Jyros is an easy to use online platform designed by and for the video game industry. It aggregates production, infrastructure, and operational data to deliver precise environmental insights, actionable advice to reduce emissions, and compliance-ready carbon reporting in a few hours. Also, it’s specifically tailored for small and medium-sized studios, using data available to them and allowing them to precisely measure, report and act on the impact of their games during their entire lifecycle.
JYROS was created by Game Only, a French non-profit regional Association for video games studios, together with the National Video Game Consortium for the Environment. It was released in October 2023 following a pilot phase involving 27 studios and an environmental expert company (I Care) to ensure the science-based nature of the calculation methodology as well as its user-friendliness.
- A successful experience in France
Since its launch, Jyros has reached more than 1,000 users in 400+ companies. It has been approved by the CNC (National Center for Cinema and Creative industries) as a tool to be used in the process of the FAJV funding program, and thus has been instrumental in the implementation of the eco-conditionality of national funding for the Video game industry.
After the success of Jyros in France, it is time to spread wider, reach more users and drive the ecological transition of our industry across borders. Indeed, while Jyros is already available in English (and has a few international users) and compliant with European carbon reporting standards, there have been no dedicated actions to reach or tailor the tool to a wider international audience.
- Accelerating the industry’s transition with a European dimension
EURO-Jyros aims to reinforce Jyros as the European solution supporting the decarbonisation of the video game industry and to provide gaming companies across borders the tools they need to collect, report and act on comparable carbon-footprint data.
The project focuses on:
- Enhancing Jyros’ carbon calculator, analytics, and recommendation engine through improved UX/UI, enterprise dashboards, automated suggestions, and a trajectory-planning module. This will make it even easier for studios to measure, calculate and reduce their impact.
- Integrating the SGA Standard—a GHG Protocol-based methodology tailored for video games companies—directly into the tool. We aim to standardise carbon footprint calculations for all companies in the industry.
- Deploying Jyros in Poland and Croatia to gather insights and prepare for Europe-wide expansion.
- Publishing an industry insights report to raise awareness, help the industry understand where it stands and support more sustainable practices.
- Empowering professionals with a new e-learning platform, offering short, self-paced sustainability training.
- Integrating Jyros and environmental impact calculation into more funding and accelerator programs
- Securing Jyros’ long-term sustainability through business model refinement and expansion into new markets.
- An international collaboration:
We believe change happens through ecosystems, not in isolation.
This project brings together key players who are instrumental to EURO-Jyros’ success:
- Games Industry Poland (Vitruvio) and the Croatian Game Developer Alliance (CGDA) are helping recruit pilot studios and will lead local adaptation and promotion of Jyros in their respective countries.
- The Sustainable Games Alliance is supporting the integration of its carbon calculation methodology (the SGA Standard).
- SpielFabrique will help amplify our findings and promote Jyros, environmental footprint calculation and our project across Europe through its extensive cross-border network.
The next two years will be decisive, and we’re excited to build this new chapter with the European games community.
If you know studios in Poland or Croatia who would like to join the pilot phase (or if you’re simply curious about the project) we’d love to hear from you! Your support and insights help us shape a tool that serves the industry a little better every day.
If you’d like to be informed about updates on this project and the other initiatives of Jyros, please subscribe to our newsletter or get in touch via jyros.contact@gmail.com.
ABOUT JYROS
Jyros is the first comprehensive environmental impact calculator dedicated to video game production and publishing companies. Jyros enables the industry to measure its impact and that of its games based on the best international scientific calculation standards (GHG Protocol, CSRD). Created with the support of 27 companies in the sector as part of the National Video Game Consortium for the Environment, composed of eight French regional associations representing the sector and the SNJV, Jyros has nearly a thousand users and more than 400 companies have already created accounts on the platform. Jyros is supported by France 2030, the CNC, and Europe MEDIA.
ABOUT GAME ONLY
Game Only brings together the organisations and professionals of the video game industry in the Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes region. The association promotes the development, recognition, and long-term resilience of the sector, supporting studios, schools and institutional partners in their creative, economic and responsible growth. Game Only leads the National Video Game Consortium for the Environment and created Jyros, launched in 2023 and already adopted by more than 500 companies across Europe. Jyros is a finalist of the 2025 Playing for the Planet Awards.
elodie@gameonly.org
ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE GAMES ALLIANCE
The Sustainable Games Alliance (SGA) is a non-profit cooperative founded by the world’s leading game entrepreneurs and environmental researchers with one goal : to make the games industry the leader in sustainability by setting ambitious and achievable standards for environmental and social responsibility. SGA has members from 11 different countries including PC, console & mobile game developers, research groups, and local as well as pan-European trade associations.
maria@sustainablegamesalliance.org
ABOUT THE CROATIAN GAME DEVELOPER ALLIANCE
Croatian Game Developer Alliance (CGDA) is the central organisation gathering studios who in total account for over 90% of the workforce in the Croatian game sector and is a full member of the European Game Developer Federation, supporting them with yearly sector analyses as well as other efforts that help the local sector grow and thrive.
info@cgda.eu
ABOUT SPIELFABRIQUE
SpielFabrique is a leading Ecosystem catalyst dedicated to supporting independent videogame developers in turning creative ideas into sustainable businesses. Through tailored Acceleration programs, Expert & peer-to-peer mentoring, international networking, and access to industry partners, SpielFabrique empowers indie studios to strengthen their business strategy, financing, publishing, and market readiness. By connecting emerging talents with key players across the global videogames industry, SpielFabrique builds bridges between indies, fostering cross-border collaboration, and long-term growth. Within the European, African and international videogame ecosystems.
info@spielfabrique.eu
ABOUT VITRUVIO FOUNDATION/GIC
Vitruvio Foundation is one of the leading national video game associations in Poland. It works with the country’s most prominent game developers, such as CD Projekt Red, 11-bit Studios, Techland, and many others. The organization notably hosts the Game Industry Conference (GIC) in Poland, the largest B2B game development event east of Cologne. Together with the Poznan Game Arena, it provides opportunities for professional knowledge exchange, workshops, a B2B exhibition area, business meetings, a Geek Careers recruitment zone, and informal networking events. Vitruvio Foundation also cooperates with European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) and helps bridge the gap with other European countries through the Central Eastern Europe Game Awards, independent competitions, and showcase events.
contact@gic.gd
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