Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1163/18784712-03104049
Rachel Martin, M. Kolman, Domenico La Magna, Quentin Deschandelliers
Climate change is an increasingly urgent matter at the national, European, and international levels. In 2021, the European Union pledged to become the first carbon-neutral region by 2050 and to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 55 per cent by 2030. In the book industry, publishing associations are one of the main actors in fostering environmental sustainability. They are represented at the European level by the Federation of European Publishers (FEP). This paper focuses on drivers and opportunities for action on climate within the publishing sector, analysing responses from several senior European publishing association representatives during a series of interviews conducted in May 2022. The interviews revealed differing approaches between European publishing associations that were proactively addressing the topic (push approach) and those whose membership had yet to recognize climate change as a priority issue (pull approach). Overall, publishing associations are well positioned to engage their respective members. The final part of this article suggests some actions that publishing associations could take to help their members to address sustainability. First, to facilitate discussion, regional or international organizations such as FEP or the International Publishers Association could provide support to frame the wider context. Secondly, all climate-related actions in the publishing sector should be concrete, such as implementing carbon calculators or reimagining a more eco-friendly book fair. Finally, the article emphasizes the reputational risk for associations that do not take a position on the issue, and the increasing pressure that could come from the media and the regulatory environment, and suggests a more consistent approach and communication strategy.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1163/18784712-03104048
M. Kolman, Rachel Martin
Reliable and accurate data form the basis for driving progress and taking informed decisions. The publishing organizations – national, regional, and international – play a crucial and unique role in this, especially the International Publishers Association (IPA), which has been quite effective through its World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) collaboration. International publishing data show the size of the market and the leading publishing nations, as well as more granular data of formats such as print versus digital. The scarcity of data from the Global South should improve over time. Moreover, we see that high-quality data can help shape policies in the publishing industry on sustainability in general and climate change in particular.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1163/18784712-03104051
Jörg Engelstädter, Peter Fisk
The challenge of generating new growth while remaining sustainable and profitable was the central theme of the 2022 Future Book Forum held by Canon Europe. The event gathered leading publishers, book producers, distributors, and industry influencers from across Europe to discuss ways to make the publishing industry fit for the future in terms of its environmental and financial health. Key themes that emerged included the concept of how to design for purpose, thinking through how the sector uses raw materials. There is also the need to tell the story of publishing to connect emotionally to customers and satisfy the growing demand for sustainable purchasing. Finally, through interactive workshops many ideas were raised that required a sector-wide approach to challenge the established thinking and put sustainability at the heart of the sector. This article will outline the outcomes of the Future Book Forum and outline the next steps to bring action to the many ideas raised during the event.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1163/18784712-03104052
David Baker, L. Ellis
This article reflects on David Baker and Lucy Ellis’s work in two recent books they edited for Elsevier and the next title in the Advances in Information series. The focus is on the question of life after the COVID-19 pandemic for libraries in terms of sustainability and the role that digital developments will play in the future.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1163/18784712-03104053
Roger Worthington, R. Martin, G. Beasley, Victoria Gardner, Nikita Lad, Derek M. Lough, Chirag Jay Patel
There is significant support for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among global stakeholders in higher education, covering important areas of research and scholarly communication. As a group of volunteers from across the academic publishing spectrum, Higher Education Sustainability Initiative [HESI] SDG Publishers Compact Fellows aim to address key policy issues and help stakeholders across research and publishing to better support the aims and objectives of the SDGs. This article provides details about the work of the Fellows, focusing on top action tips for researchers, authors, and publishers. These top action tips provide practical advice to key stakeholders on translating research into practice in the area of sustainable development.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1163/18784712-03104050
R. Charkin
Although it is important to set targets for improving the environmental sustainability of a publishing house, it is vital that the management accounting systems reflect the actuality of a book’s cost, including all overhead transactions, in order to measure and motivate appropriately.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1163/18784712-03104047
Richard Horton
This article is a transcript of the London Book Fair’s inaugural sustainability keynote delivered by Dr Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet. Horton delivers a challenge to the publishing sector to consider how sustainability sits alongside the ever-increasing uncertainties in the world, such as the ongoing pandemic and Ukrainian crisis. He spoke about the important role that publishing plays as an early warning system for society, introducing the concept of planetary health that demands consideration of a safe and just space for humanity alongside respect for planetary boundaries and the social and economic foundations of a healthy life. Horton finishes with three key challenges to publishers: to stand for something, to invest in our future, and protect the freedom of expression.
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{"title":"Władysławas Tatarkiewiczius Vilniuje (1919-1921 m.). Filosofijos istorija - Etika - Darbo metodai","authors":"Adrian Habura","doi":"10.24101/logos.2023.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24101/logos.2023.21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81888,"journal":{"name":"Logos (Santa Clara, Calif.)","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85047435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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