ENTAIN PLC.
ENT.LSE | Gambling and betting activities
Entain PLC is a global sports betting and gaming group. The company operates through various channels, including online and retail. Its online business offers a wide range of betting and gaming products, such as sports betting, casino games, poker, and bingo. The retail business consists of betting ...Show More
Better Health for All
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Entain's core business of betting and gaming has inherent negative health impacts, including addiction and mental health issues, which the company acknowledges. The company makes substantial efforts to mitigate these harms. It committed £5.5 million over five years for research with the Cambridge Health Alliance Division on Addiction
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and established a gaming and health initiative at UNLV.
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Entain implements an Advanced Responsibility & Care (ARC) program to identify at-risk players using over three times the previous number of behavioral indicators
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and provides interventions.
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It supports various charities like YGAM, GamCare, Gordon Moody (including a women's residential service for 64 women per year),
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and Cognacity for severe mental health issues related to betting.
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Entain offers BetBlocker, a free multi-platform betting and gaming blocking software,
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translated into French and Spanish,
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and promoted in Zambia.
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The company provides comprehensive risk disclosures on its websites, offering information on responsible gambling, advice, and encouraging customers to set gambling controls.
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Entain has a global Customer Protection team of 400 people
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and provides mandatory annual safer gambling training for employees.
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It also supports YGAM and GamCare in working with over 13,400 practitioners and partner organizations.
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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles that quantitatively align with the defined thresholds for any of the KPIs under the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value. The company's core business as a betting and gaming group does not directly involve lending, insurance, or traditional financial services that would generate data relevant to KPIs such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes, debt burden ratio, or geographic inclusion. While some articles mention initiatives like donations to financial literacy programs
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or efforts to simplify products and provide easy-to-read information
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,
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, these lack the specific quantitative metrics (e.g., percentage of customers reached, reading grade levels, percentage of profit reinvested) required by the rubric's tiers for scoring.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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No evidence available to assess ENTAIN PLC on Fair Pay & Worker Respect.
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No evidence available to assess ENTAIN PLC on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.
Honest & Fair Business
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No evidence available to assess ENTAIN PLC on Honest & Fair Business.
Kind to Animals
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The company's primary business is sports betting and gaming. The provided articles do not contain specific, quantifiable evidence for any of the 'Kind to Animals' KPIs. While the company has involvement in the racing industry, the articles do not provide data on cruelty-free certifications, alternative testing usage, humane certifications for operations, wildlife conservation impact, ethical input substitution, supplier audits for welfare, cage-free sourcing, animal testing policies or volume, innovation investment in animal-free technologies, animal agriculture ethics, animal-free R&D collaboration, or active public policy engagement for higher animal welfare standards that meet the rubric's criteria.
No War, No Weapons
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No evidence available to assess ENTAIN PLC on No War, No Weapons.
Planet-Friendly Business
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Entain's renewable energy procurement reached 72.9% in 2024
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, a significant increase from less than 5% in 2019
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, and includes purchasing nearly 100% of electricity from renewable sources in the UK and Republic of Ireland
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. The company has a long-term target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2035
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, supported by interim goals to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 29.4% by 2027 (from a 2020 baseline)
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and by 42% by 2030 (from a 2023 baseline)
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, as well as to reduce material Scope 3 emissions by 29.4% by 2027
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. Entain has formally committed to the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi)
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and is currently developing its decarbonization strategy, with targets aligned with the Paris Agreement
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. The company has also launched a carbon emissions accounting platform
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and is assessing 46% of its in-scope supplier base using EcoVadis
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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No specific evidence was found in the provided article regarding Entain PLC's performance on any of the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' KPIs. The article lists various ISO certifications and Carbon Trust reports related to environmental, information security, and occupational health & safety management
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, but these do not provide data points for community engagement, cultural preservation, local employment, or grievance mechanisms.
Safe & Smart Tech
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No evidence available to assess ENTAIN PLC on Safe & Smart Tech.
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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No evidence available to assess ENTAIN PLC on Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.