PUBLISHING DECLARES CLIMATE ACTION Sign the pledge
Our ideas and stories are limitless, but the planet’s resources are not.
The planet is warming at an unprecedented rate. Habitat loss and deforestation are destroying the biodiversity essential to our very survival. And these changes will disproportionately impact some of the world’s poorest communities. With just eight years left in this crucial decade, the time for action is now.
As readers, storytellers, creators, and educators, we have a unique role to play in the climate crisis. We have a responsibility to use our collective voice to inspire positive change, as we reduce our impact and transform our ways of working. We invite everyone in the UK book and journal industry – from printers and publishers to booksellers and authors – to join us in this effort.
We, the undersigned, pledge to:
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Take action on climateJoin the global climate effort to limit warming to 1.5°C by setting ambitious, measurable targets across our own operations and extended supply chain to achieve net zero as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest.
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Protect life on landProtect nature and biodiversity, working with supply chain partners that are resource efficient, use sustainable materials and processes wherever possible in the content we produce, and constantly innovating to make use of new and recycled materials.
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Strengthen partnershipsCollaborate with our peers, authors, illustrators, supply chain partners and business partners to translate our climate aspirations and commitments into tangible actions to safeguard our planet for future generations.
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Educate for sustainabilityEmpower our colleagues to become climate literate and support them to bring that knowledge into the work that they do.Advocate for sustainabilityUse our expertise, platform, and voice to raise awareness and drive positive climate action wherever we can.
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The signatories
210 and countingPublishing
- 5m Books
- Akasaa Ltd
- And Other Stories
- Anthem Press
- Arkbound
- Austin Macauley Publishers
- Author In Me
- b small publishing
- Balestier Press
- Bedford Square Publishers
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Boldwood Books Ltd
- Bonnier Books UK
- BookMachine
- Books Council of Wales
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Bristol University Press
- British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- Canongate Books
- Class Publishing
- Comma Press
- Dare-Gale Press
- Dark Holme Publishing
- David and Charles
- Dialect Press
- Digital Tugboat, Inc.
- DIRT plantable poetry
- DK
- Draig Press
- Duckworth Books
- Earth Island Publishing
- EDItEUR
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Eleusinian Press
- Elsevier
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Extremis Publishing
- Faber
- Facet Publishing
- FCM Publishing
- Fine Feather Press
- Firefly Press
- Floris Books
- Fly on the Wall Press
- Footnote Press Limited
- Hachette UK
- HarperCollins UK
- Hazel Press
- Henson Editorial Services & North Staffordshire Press
- Hesperus Press
- Impress Books
- Independent Publishers Guild
- Inpress
- IOP Publishing
- Isegoria Publishing
- Isegoria Publishing C.I.C.
- IT Governance Publishing
- Jacaranda Books
- Kogan Page
- Lantana Publishing
- Leamington Books
- Liverpool University Press
- Mama Makes Books
- Manchester University Press
- manual.editions
- Michael O'Mara Books
- Moonlight Publishing
- Muddy Publishing
- Nosy Crow
- Notting Hill Editions
- Ockham Publishing Group
- Old Barn Books
- Oneworld
- Oriel Square
- Oxford University Press
- Palewell Press ltd
- Pan Macmillan
- Pearson
- Peepal Tree Press
- Peirene Press
- Penguin Random House UK
- Polari Press
- Princeton University Press
- Profile Books
- Publishers Association
- Publishing Scotland
- Renard Press
- Richmond Santillana
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- SAGE Publishing
- Saqi Books
- Saraband
- Scholastic
- Sean Lusk
- Search Press
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Softwood Books
- Sophie Galleymore Bird
- Sort of Books
- SPCK
- Spiramus Press
- Springer Nature
- SRL Publishing
- STM (The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers)
- Strange Region Press
- Tapsalteerie
- Tate Publishing
- Taylor & Francis
- Thames & Hudson
- The FCM Group
- The Folio Society
- The History Press
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology
- The Irish Pages Press/Cló An Mhíl Bhuí
- The Salariya Book Company
- Triarchy Press
- Tudor Rose
- Ulverscroft Group Limited
- Valley Press
- Wayward Bird
- WF Howes
- Wild Hunt Books
- Wiley
- WordUnited
Production & Supply
- Arab Printing Press
- Blue Indigo (design)
- Book Industry Communication (BIC)
- Books International
- BookSource
- CarbonCo
- Charles Harris
- Clays
- CPI Group (UK)
- Fragma
- Hung Hing UK
- Imago
- Imago Group
- Inspired Search & Selection
- Martins The Printers
- Perlego
- Prenax
- VIKA Books
- Westchester Education UK & International
- Westchester Publishing Services UK
- Woodland Group
Bookselling
- Blurb
- FOLDE Dorset
- Kibworth Books
- Nature Books Online
- Red Lion Books Ltd
- The Booksellers Association
- The Paperback Shop
Writing & Illustration
- Alex Mullarky
- Alice Jolly
- Alison Layland
- Ancestry Talks Community Interest Company
- Annabelle Sami
- Anne Rooney
- B.A.B.E.
- Celestine And The Hare
- Claire Philip
- Clare Richards
- CMC Translations
- Creatura Ltd
- Cregneish Ltd
- Dr Robert A Gilbert
- E. L. Williams
- Emma Reynolds
- Firefly Cage Ltd
- Gabriel Hemery author • photographer • silvologist
- Gillian Duff Author
- Glasgow Gallerina
- Golden Egg Academy
- Guinevere Glasfurd
- H. S. Norup
- Hannah Vincent
- Hayley Wells Illustration
- Helen Sedgwick Ltd
- Hiddel Brock Wood
- Inky Frog Editorial
- Interlinea
- Isobel Kent Proofreader
- James Hywel Books & Oink Books
- Jane Ray
- Jonathan Emmett
- Julie Allan
- Kate Evans
- Kay Syrad
- Laura Muetzelfeldt
- Lucinda Hawksley
- Lucy Coats
- Lucy Coats Children's Books
- Lydia Syson
- Mandy Haggith
- Mark Leffert MD
- Media Mint Publishing
- Moira Mcpartlin
- Piers Torday
- Rashmi Sirdeshpande
- Ray Star Books
- Rebecca Cobb
- Rethink Global
- Rhona Snelling
- Shazea Quraishi
- Society of Authors
- Steven Mitchell
- Sue Reid
- The Good Literary Agency
- Vanessa Harbour