ENVIRONMENT

Addressing climate change

Sony is committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the end of fiscal year 2040 (FY40) from an FY18 baseline. This includes direct emissions from our sites (Scope 1), indirect emissions from purchased energy (Scope 2), and all other value chain emissions, such as manufacturing and product energy use (Scope 3). 

Our targets are approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), which is a globally recognized body that enables businesses to set emissions reduction targets in line with climate science.

Sustainability Report 2025

Our GHG emissions are included within the totals set out in the latest Sony Group Sustainability Report.

Reduce Energy Consumption of Consoles

Reducing product energy use is essential to achieving our targets, as the electricity consumed in users’ homes represents between 69% and 77% of total annual GHG emissions. Our interim target is to reduce GHG emissions per product sold by 13% by FY30.

For PS4, we introduced System-on-a-Chip architecture, power scaling, die shrinks, and deeper energy-saving modes over the lifecycle. These changes reduced PS4’s estimated energy use by ~50% from the launch model (2013) to later revisions (2018 onwards).

For PS5, we introduced more advanced technologies including the AMD Zen 2/RDNA 2 chipset and improved power management. At its launch in 2020, PS5 drew less power than PS4 in rest, media, and navigation modes—for instance, drawing <0.5 W in Rest (with no other features enabled), whereas PS4 drew 1.8 W. However, its enhanced capabilities result in higher power consumption during play.

While further opportunities to reduce PS5 power consumption are limited due to technological constraints, we continue to develop novel solutions to further reduce energy use in day-to-day operation in support of our GHG emissions reduction targets. These include new energy saving features such as Adaptive Charging for peripherals in Rest mode and a new Power Saver for games setting that can scale back gameplay performance to reduce power when enabled by the user for supporting games.

For more information on the power consumption of our consoles, visit: PlayStation.com/Ecodesign

Game Streaming and Network Services

We estimate our game streaming service, content distribution networks (game and patch downloads), and network usage represent less than 1% of our total annual GHG emissions. We work with the data centers housing our game streaming servers to ensure they work towards the latest efficiency benchmarks and encourage them to transition to renewable electricity wherever possible.

Inspiring action on climate change

Climate Station uses the latest gaming technology to allow players to view, interact with, and understand complex climate data to raise awareness about climate change. The application tells the story of climate change through three acts: Weather Year, Observations, and Projections. There’s also an Explainer Library to explore.

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Climate Station is available free on PS5 and PS VR2.

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