Brightstar Lottery announced the release of its 2024 Sustainability Report, showcasing the company’s continued commitment to global sustainability under its new pure-play lottery brand.
“The 2024 Brightstar Lottery Sustainability Report highlights our ongoing mission to advance lotteries by delivering insights-driven, future-ready solutions that bolster our customers, inspire their players, and contribute to a sustainable future,” said Vince Sadusky, CEO at Brightstar Lottery.
Brightstar’s new sustainability strategy is guided by three key elements:
- Empowering Our People;
- Collaborating with Partners;
- Preserving the Planet.
These elements are activated through six spheres of impact, which are dedicated actions that ignite change, including employee engagement, human rights, responsible gaming, community engagement, sustainable procurement, and climate action, biodiversity, and circularity.
Key highlights from the 2024 report, structured around Brightstar’s three sustainability pillars, include:
Empowering Our People
- Brightstar fosters a culture that values individuals, recognizes the unique contributions and perspectives of every person, and attracts and retains the talent of tomorrow. In 2024, among other achievements, Brightstar:
- Received the Top Employer certification for its U.S., Canada, and Italy operations for the third consecutive year.
- Introduced two new employee-led, executive-sponsored communities, called Employee Impact Groups (EIGs) – Well-Being (focused on mental health) and HOLA (Hispanic Organization Leaders in Action) – bringing the Company’s total number of EIGs to nine.
Collaborating with Partners
- From suppliers to business partners to the communities it serves, Brightstar believes in growing together responsibly and transparently, and building relationships that are trustworthy, ethical, and mutually beneficial. In 2024, among other achievements, Brightstar:
- Became the first supplier to receive the National Council on Problem Gambling’s Internet Compliance Assessment Program Ready certification for upholding the highest levels of responsible gaming standards in its iLottery operations.
- Hosted the fourth annual Brightstar Coding and Robotics Rock! Camp in the Caribbean, as part of its After School Advantage program, providing students with access to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics educational opportunities in digital learning centers around the globe.
Preserving the Planet
- To help safeguard the environment and its resources, Brightstar is on a journey to protect the climate, preserve natural resources, and advance circularity. In 2024, among other achievements, Brightstar:
- Introduced a life-cycle assessment for Brightstar’s terminals into the product development process, enhancing the practice of Sustainability by Design.
- Repurposed approximately 700,000 printing cartridges in Italy, resulting in approximately 280 tons of saved plastic.
“Along with the evolution of our business, our sustainability strategy was enhanced to focus on our most important stakeholders. This strategy serves as the foundation of our 18th annual report, demonstrating how we are Empowering Our People, Collaborating with Partners and Preserving the Planet,” added Brightstar’s CEO, Vince Sadusky.
Since rebranding from IGT to Brightstar Lottery, following the sale of IGT’s Gaming and Digital business to a holding company managed by Apollo Global Management funds, the lottery powerhouse has secured key contracts across the US and Europe, driving business growth and reinforcing sustainability for the company and its partners worldwide.
