Culture and Values

Every month we donate to Oxfam, UNICEF and the Grassroots Charity to provide food and education for children in need. We also donate to the mental health charity Mind, for each employee’s birthday. In addition, we have made annual donations to the St James’s Place Children’s Charitable Foundation which provides grant programmes to hundreds of children’s charities both in the UK and overseas. 

We are always keen to Sponsor Individuals that climb mountains, run half marathon’s or cycle miles or just do something crazy all in the need for charity! 

Caring about the impact we have on the world around us is part of who we are. The climate emergency is accelerating rapidly.  To face that emergency head on we have placed the building of a more sustainable business at the heart of our company strategy to ensure that the planet – and REALTIME – are in a better shape for the future.   

As a high user of electricity our focus is looking at energy efficiencies.  Several years ago we had roof mounted solar panels installed.   In 2023 we introduced Wake on LAN technology on all render nodes and workstations in our four server rooms and in our production studio’s.  We keep our server rooms at an optimum operating temperature by using highly efficient evaporative cooling systems.

Under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, REALTIME is currently not legally required to publish a modern slavery statement.  We do however wish to demonstrate our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our business or in any of our supply chains.  We recognise this is a long-term issue with no quick solutions.  We are committed to continuously improving our practices to help support the eradication of modern slavery. 

At REALTIME we conduct our business to the highest ethical standards.  We are committed to protecting our employees, partners and the company through policies we have in place such as our Data Protection and Whistleblowers Policy.  A culture of openness, trust and the expectation to be treated to fair business practice is at the core of our operations. 

We do not tolerate any wrongdoing or impropriety at any time within our business or from any of our business partners.  Our Anti Bribery and Anti-Tax Evasion Policy are clear demonstrations to our commitment to how we conduct business. 

Our reputation is paramount.  We expect our clients, suppliers and business partners to have the confidence in how we operate, and we look for the same high levels of ethical conduct from them. 

Climate change is impacting the world around us. At REALTIME we want to be part of the solution, not the problem. We have measured our total carbon emissions for both our operations and upstream supply chain, using 2019 as our baseline year and assessing our progress in 2023. To view our full report, click here. Based on these measurements, we have set ambitious science-based reduction targets.

We are committing to….

Our near-term targets:

• Reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 80% by 2023.
• To procure 100% renewable electricity at controlled sites by 2028.
• Reduce Scope 3 emissions by 20% by 2023.
• Measure all scope 3 categories when disclosing Reporting Year Ending 2026.

Our long-term targets:

• Reduce our total market-based emissions (scope 1,2 and3) by at least 90% by 2042.
• Neutralise any residual emissions using verified carbon offsets.

To achieve these targets, we’re committed to the transition to renewable energy and to drive carbon reduction through emissions management measures and projects in line with our targets.  To view our Carbon Reduction Plan, click here.